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Virgin Media Outage Report in Rayleigh, Essex, England

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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 01/17/2026 09:10

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (59%)

    Internet (59%)

  2. Wi-fi (18%)

    Wi-fi (18%)

  3. Total Blackout (11%)

    Total Blackout (11%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  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, Grays, Basildon, Canvey Island, Chelmsford and Gravesend.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Internet
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Total Blackout
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Internet
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Wi-fi
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Internet
United KingdomGrays Phone

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Rayleigh, England

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

  • wonky61shaky Penny Rolfe (@wonky61shaky) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia When are you going to refund me for many days without a wifi signal

  • TheSugg David Sugg (@TheSugg) reported from Gravesend, England

    @virginmedia hiya, another night of constant router/connection restarts and problems. Multiple engineer visits, senior engineer visits, call centre calls, new router and £160+ a month down the drain. I don’t want to switch provider but you’re not leaving me much option

  • ChrisyL1 Chris L (@ChrisyL1) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia Ty for getting back to me, look we have been together for too long to just throw it all away bc of one incident so I will take a look once I’m home from work ... I miss you lots x

  • MRDannyLawrence Danny-lawrence-BEM-BCAc (@MRDannyLawrence) reported from Billericay, England

    @virginmedia me19 postcode broadband down please advise

  • tmacbond Tmak (@tmacbond) reported from Wickford, England

    @1KolaAdebisi @virginmedia @Ofcom @Ofcom Your intervention is really needed here because @virginmedia has really failed in their dispensing of service #ShabbyServices

  • TheSugg David Sugg (@TheSugg) reported from Gravesend, England

    @virginmedia morning, your text service seems to have stopped talking to me and we’ve spent another week with no service. Who can I speak to?

  • tmacbond Tmak (@tmacbond) reported from Wickford, England

    @Ofcom @virginmedia How on earth can you on a simple change over of service that your representative said or was an easy job & you still 5months later still being billed & endless promises not kept now it’s calls eating into family time & not end in sight!! Help

  • RogerCole10135 roger cole (@RogerCole10135) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia we done that, all connections are in to the box, your company network thinks that we are connected via router this not so, but has a cable run into the house.

  • TheSugg David Sugg (@TheSugg) reported from Gravesend, England

    @lobsterpants66 @virginmedia Yep. Engineer never turned up but logged it as he turned up and couldn’t get a reply. Lying b’stard.

  • tmacbond Tmak (@tmacbond) reported from Wickford, England

    This is unacceptable @virginmedia your services especially the customer services despite endless promises still not done #ShabbyServices

  • kelly_bingham2 Kelly Bingham (@kelly_bingham2) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia you are an absolute shambles and that’s me being polite .... countless amounts of calls, hours on end of holding on the line and trying to resolve a very simple issue and it is STILL not resolved ..I am beyond frustrated now and will never ever use you again

  • RogerCole10135 roger cole (@RogerCole10135) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia reply to your tweet “NO” my wife pays a lot of money to your company for a poor service.

  • paulparker81 Paul Parker (@paulparker81) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia experiencing the worst customer service I have ever had. Been a customer for 10+ years but not after today @SkyUK will be gaining another customer instead

  • tmacbond Tmak (@tmacbond) reported from Wickford, England

    @1KolaAdebisi Endless calls eating into family time & still no end in sight just being fobbed off @virginmedia this is awful services @Ofcom please help

  • Tiger118118 Thomas Hapgood (@Tiger118118) reported from Basildon, England

    **** you @virginmedia I want my money back please 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

  • thebooooooth Mark Booth (@thebooooooth) reported from Basildon, England

    Problems with @virginmedia continue. Now the wifi is down and no streaming tonight! #shouldnothaveleftsky #FirstWorldProblems

  • maharrison Mark Harrison (@maharrison) reported from Chelmsford, England

    @virginmedia Ok so I need to arrange another visit I won’t be contacted? Can you see how bad this looks? Now I’ll be in London I need to arrange someone to be there to let an engineer in unless there is a smaller window

  • johnperreira john perreira (@johnperreira) reported from Basildon, England

    @simon_perreira @virginmedia Go with @NOWTV bruv.. never had a major problem with their service and you get a few tv channels thrown in as well.. when ever there has been a outside problem it been sorted in days.. oh and it def be 💯 cheaper than @virginmedia #Cowboys

  • LiisaJane LiisaJane'x (@LiisaJane) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia @nickgooner80 I wanna know why my broadband has been all day! I do not want to be paying for a service I cannot use!!!!!! 🤬🤬 I have a bored 6 year old. SORT IT OUT!!! And I can’t check my service status as I can’t access the internet even on my 4G or the virgin media app.

  • MarkPashby Mark Pashby (@MarkPashby) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia i get it. Captalist country and therefore a fallacy to beleive we dont need you. You social media support responders are in jobs etc But really, VM broadband is a joke. Bring back telewest and the more personal service of old. #virginmediadown again

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • EggsyGLC John (Eggsy) (@EggsyGLC) reported

    @virginmedia I will not be able to make this appointment. Please can we reschedule for 5 pm today? Could you also send me details of who I should contact in order to lodge an official complaint for failure to provide a service?

  • anellaellaeh ✿ The Humble Monster ✿ (@anellaellaeh) reported

    @ELDRITCH_FART @CommunityFibre I’m having the same problem 🙄 sometimes when I restart it, it connects for a min or so and disconnects. I might have to go back to virgin Media 🤔

  • ConorA96_ Conor (@ConorA96_) reported

    @Betchells_ @virginmedia So stupid, had an email last saturday saying next 14 days so lets see what happens next week

  • andylee210 Andy Lee (@andylee210) reported

    @virginmedia Hi. I have been charged an activation fee for my hub5 however I was told@on ordering that it would be waived. Can you help please?

  • Toulbox Nick🇬🇧 (@Toulbox) reported

    @virginmedia AB, your customer services team @virginmedia have failed you (and my partner) 3 times, your engineers failed 3 times, how many more chances do you need? #poorcustomerservice

  • ClaireDaresFood Claire Dares (@ClaireDaresFood) reported

    @virginmedia I won't be home until after 5 this evening but I believe it's a white light. We had the same issue a few weeks ago and we had to get a new box just really don't want to wait another 5 days

  • JessicaHBentley JessicaHBentley (@JessicaHBentley) reported

    @virginmedia Can you please ring us to try and rectify this problem. We are now on day 5 of no phone!

  • lzgtskllz Lily💘 (@lzgtskllz) reported

    Seriously @virginmedia I’ve got work to do & you cut out at the worst of times. There’s no work going on in my area, you’re just ****.

  • DimitriStone Dimitri Andonov (@DimitriStone) reported

    @virginmedia Team? What team? You can’t get through to a human on the number provided. Live chat doesn’t work. Your WhatsApp line is a bot. There’s been an outage in the CR0 area since 18.11.22. I want out of my contract without paying fees!!!!!

  • GoFigureItOut2 Donna (@GoFigureItOut2) reported

    @virginmedia @deepdean Can I ask if its normal when getting through to virgin media and speaking to an operative that you are left for over 7 minutes with just music? Have never had this from any other company?