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Virgin Media Outage Report in Rayleigh, Essex, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.

Virgin Media offers mobile phone, television, broadband internet and phone service over the cable network. Virgin Media is part of NTL:Telewest. Virgin's mobile service is available under the Virgin Mobile brand, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator using the T-Mobile and Orange networks.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Rayleigh, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Rayleigh and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Virgin Media Outage Chart in Rayleigh, Essex, England 03/22/2026 17:35

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  1. Internet (56%)

    Internet (56%)

  2. Wi-fi (21%)

    Wi-fi (21%)

  3. Total Blackout (10%)

    Total Blackout (10%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Rayleigh, Essex, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Chelmsford, Sheerness, Grays, South Benfleet, Canvey Island and Gravesend.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Internet
United KingdomBasildon Internet
United KingdomBasildon Wi-fi
United KingdomChelmsford Internet
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Total Blackout
United KingdomChelmsford Total Blackout

Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Rayleigh, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Rayleigh and nearby locations:

  • hilarymillingt hilary (@hilarymillingt) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    After contacting Virgin Media on Twitter numerous tines on Twitter about no landline & getting no help since Friday my neighbour phoned 1/

  • karengale7 Karen Gale (@karengale7) reported from Corringham, England

    @virginmedia I was waiting to speak to your team after asking to cancel my contract and got cut off just before 9pm!!! Urrrrggghh

  • engineer59a Richard S (@engineer59a) reported from Corringham, England

    @virginmedia 15 minutes wasted waiting on the phone till 9PM For the most awful internet service, 6 days now of truly awful service

  • TheSimonC90 🏳️‍🌈🌟Simon🌟🏳️‍🌈, Esq. (@TheSimonC90) reported from Chelmsford, England

    @richstrickland @LDNPeter I usually connect to virgin media, but always have to sign in, and for some reason every time at Wanstead it says I'm not registered

  • hilarymillingt hilary (@hilarymillingt) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia my landline has had a fault for over 24hrs. Have rung 151 from mobile but being visually impaired can't follow links, help pls

  • shannonispeng S H A N (@shannonispeng) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia are trying to say I owe them 2 months of bills even though I can see on my bank statement I paid last months bill. Can someone please advise me as I just sat on hold for 30 minutes only for the rude inept **** to hang up on me after placing me on hold. #fuming

  • karengale7 Karen Gale (@karengale7) reported from Corringham, England

    @virginmedia No I've not I will call and cancel my package over the weekend

  • karengale7 Karen Gale (@karengale7) reported from Corringham, England

    @virginmedia I'm really fed up I've waited 45 minutes to speak to you to cancel my services after yet another price increase to be told I've got another 30 minutes to speak to another team I'll go sky for a cheaper deal now

  • kellydyke08 Kelly Dyke (@kellydyke08) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia checked the website apparently no issues in my area, yet tv and WiFi keeps going off 👎🏻👎🏻

  • engineer59a Richard S (@engineer59a) reported from Corringham, England

    @virginmedia So only total loss of service allows me compensation,just 7 days of really awful service including customer services, when asked about compensation and I query the criteria,throw a ‘sorry I can’t hear you’... Now that’s really awful customer service 😡

  • hilarymillingt hilary (@hilarymillingt) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia 2/2 when I've rang them with a toy TV problem,s

  • RyanTCB Ryan (@RyanTCB) reported from Basildon, England

    I hate phoning virgin media at weekends and getting the Indian support centre 🤬

  • tommyewing84 Tom (@tommyewing84) reported from Gravesend, England

    @virginmedia our wifi drips out anything between 4 and 8 times a day. The app always says there are no issues. Getting pretty sick of it now. Looks like going back to @SkyUK is the only way.

  • engineer59a Richard S (@engineer59a) reported from Corringham, England

    @virginmedia WHAT AN AWFUL SERVICE YOU ARE PROVIDING! Internet down over 1 hour, your automated service hangs up when saying it’s going to test my line and when I ring and go to ‘ want to leAve’ that’s a 10 min+ hang on phone Sort yourselves out Virgin Media😡

  • FoxSlfox sharon fox (@FoxSlfox) reported from Grays, England

    @virginmedia What is wrong with the broadband having no problem for days even weeks but no service at all now . Hope we will be refunded for service that not being provided

  • engineer59a Richard S (@engineer59a) reported from Corringham, England

    Virgin media - your automated service has a flaw, it just repeats the same message, ‘ no faults found’, when there is a fault, like my internet is giving 2Mb download right now

  • buckers43 Andrew Buxton (@buckers43) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia I've been a customer with you for 21 years and your customer service is not great, I'm paying through the roof for my package, the wifi is crap sometimes, your team has offered to take my bill down £20, but when I mentioned about replacing my hub, that will cost £35

  • LIHT80 Lad In His Thirties (@LIHT80) reported from Wickford, England

    @SkyUK internet that I pay for and my package in general is shit! I am contacting @virginmedia tomorrow putting sky. Shocking. Just everything about

  • Damboye Damilola Adeboye (@Damboye) reported from Tilbury, England

    Virgin media decided to add £3 to the bill But the broadband service’s poor ...@richardbranson ::: Your company or franchise , can do better

  • hilarymillingt hilary (@hilarymillingt) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia it took my neighbour over 2 hours on phone but an engineer is coming today, taking 4 days for this is dreadful service

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media @virginmedia I upgraded my Internet and its the worst service ever. My Internet is on off on off on off on off and switches between 5g which is a big problem. Everything has to keep being reset. Its a lot of money for Internet thats dysfunctional.

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media @virginmedia I upgraded my Internet and its the worst service ever. My Internet is on off on off on off on off and switches between 5g which is a big problem. Everything has to keep being reset. Its a lot of money for Internet thats dysfunctional.

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia

  • Teresacooper 🌸 🙀 Teresa Cooper (@Teresacooper) reported

    Virgin media and 5g. That 5g is rubbish. Its the worst WiFi ever. Its switches between 4g and 5g and any other Gs they have. Totally unstable. Even Alexa is struggling with it. Ive rebooted it sev times bc nothing in the house works with it & nothing fixes it. Drama. @virginmedia