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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 03/20/2026 12:35

March 20: Problems at Virgin Media

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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: Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Sheerness, Basildon, Grays, South Benfleet, Canvey Island and Gravesend.

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

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

    @virginmedia I have continually tried to call, your wait times are really unacceptable, anyway I have also opted for the text service, however no text received. I am losing faith I’ve been waiting since August for some kind of contact from you. Any other options?

  • MidkentTravel MidKent Travel (@MidkentTravel) reported from Gravesend, England

    @virginmedia Can you please private message me, I have a log on issue.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

    @virginmedia I have continually tried to call, your wait times are really unacceptable, anyway I have also opted for the text service, however no text received. I am losing faith I’ve been waiting since August for some kind of contact from you. Any other options?

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

    @virginmedia me19 postcode broadband down please advise

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • andrew_kemp Andrew Kemp (@andrew_kemp) reported from Currie, Scotland

    Another day with poor internet connectivity from @virginmedia factory reset your hub they say... that’s made it worse!

  • HastonOliveira Haston Oliveira (@HastonOliveira) reported from Hounslow, England

    @latoyaestella @TalkTalk @virginmedia and Sky’s customer service are better and no drops of speed I hear. That’s who I’ll be going to when I get rid of this rubbish (TalkTalk)provider and their service!

  • JLW1006 WALKER JAMES🍁™️ (@JLW1006) reported from Glasgow, Scotland

    @virginmedia Since last Friday I have spent over 4.5hrs in queues for your Teams with no avail. I’ve tried the community forum, live messages, you’re site (which is down) so this has been ongoing but with no resolve from you.

  • eldonnell7319 emmylou14 (@eldonnell7319) reported from Bedford, England

    @virginmedia still waiting for a call or response to my issue

  • GoldSoul_P Prince 👑 🇺🇬 (@GoldSoul_P) reported from Enfield Lock, England

    I swear I’m tired of @virginmedia last week the tv box decides to act up and I had to wait 3 days for a new one and now the broadbands not working so I’m without internet for God knows how long smh

  • RobertDejong19 Robert De-jong (@RobertDejong19) reported from East Ham, England

    @virginmedia I always have problems with talking to virginmedia on the phone they say some shit even Dow u had a chat no one puts it down so when u call bk it’s some next shit is they any internet out they what’s gd as virgin let me no

  • nosrettePwerdnA Drewski (@nosrettePwerdnA) reported from Edinburgh, Scotland

    @GodlyTheresa @TalkTalk @virginmedia @Hyperoptic Yeah their customer service is absolute pants 🙈 I experienced a few nightmares with them over the years, and even trying to leave was a calamity 🤪

  • WiltsTG Wilts Tourist Guide (@WiltsTG) reported from Salisbury, England

    @AlBayliss @virginmedia And you call their automated line and it tells you, it looks like there are no issues affecting your area at the moment, when clearly there is 😂

  • trfcjonesy Simon Jones (@trfcjonesy) reported from Birkenhead, England

    @kingkayofficial @virginmedia Ha ha . A keyboard warrior never fails with pathetic accusations

  • dgmackenzie_uk David MacKenzie (@dgmackenzie_uk) reported from Cambuslang, Scotland

    @virginmedia is there an email address I can report a problem. All services went down at 17.15 for last three evenings and I'm struggling to explain to call centre. Thanks.