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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 03/16/2026 04:55

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (57%)

    Internet (57%)

  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, Basildon, Grays, South Benfleet, Canvey Island and Gravesend.

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

Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Rayleigh, England

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

  • john22_1 john (@john22_1) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @simonrim @virginmedia Yes have virginmedia great when working but there call centre the worst in the world hate ringing it

  • 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

  • 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

  • ed_sugarbones ed booker (@ed_sugarbones) reported from Great Baddow, England

    @virginmedia my father in law has late stage dementia and doesn't recognise family, nor speak most of the time, his house is being sold to pay for care, how can we cancel his Virgin package he no longer lives in the house..... password unknown!

  • selman1979 matt (@selman1979) reported from Thundersley, England

    @bingosbadingos @virginmedia @Ofcom They will play the game mate - you report them. Virgin will send a letter 2months backdated in 4 months wanting a response to allegation , minewhile oftcom close it as out of time .. literally virgin cost me a fortune damaging drive / lost work - promised refund never did

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

    @virginmedia @J_Roobs What is going on with broadband in our area we have had little or no service for days lucky we have sky broadband as well as I would not be tweeting this message #sortitout or loss our custom

  • PamGayford Pam Gayford (@PamGayford) reported from Billericay, England

    @jules0455 @virginmedia We had no landline for 5 weeks,6 days..We just were told there was a problem at the exchange..But it seemed it was just our property..In the end Hubby told TalkTalk just what they could do,& it was resolved in 3 days...Very frustrating..Try to stay calm..💕x

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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 👎🏻👎🏻

  • LeePatmore Lee Patmore (@LeePatmore) reported from Basildon, England

    It’s a shame @Virgin only look after new customers & punish old customers. One less customer because of New Cystomer deals not available to look after current ones #ShameOnYou #Virgin #Virginmedia

  • 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

  • lulaamillss millsey. (@lulaamillss) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia This tells me there is no error. Our internet works when plugged in but no wifi whatsoever! Need this sorted ASAP because clearly the service isnt 'good'.

  • iamBazSR3rs PORSCHE GT3,Juno Man,Jap Crap,Car Lover, Golfer (@iamBazSR3rs) reported from Runwell, England

    @virginmedia We are TOO BUSY to take your call,maybe ill be TOO BUSY to pay the BILL,absolutely useless pathetic service 😡

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ChrisSiddons84 chris siddons (@ChrisSiddons84) reported

    @virginmedia I'm sorry but it won't let me send a direct message and the complaint is lengthy, it will be on trust pilot in the next few hours though if you want to give me a method to contact you in the meantime i can do that

  • Kings_Crt 🏅👑Kings_Crt👑🏅 (@Kings_Crt) reported

    @virginmedia any idea why our internet drops out pretty much EVERY Tuesday without fail for at least an hour on end ? Queen is working from home and I was editing content but now both of us are twiddling our thumbs.

  • mattburton72 Matt Burton (@mattburton72) reported

    @virginmedia Complaint thread! I am still awaiting delivery of my 2nd Set Top Box. It is part of my package but I have not had the 2nd box.

  • Handrew94 HarryA (@Handrew94) reported

    @virginmedia service checker says there is no issue with our Internet yet it is not working. Ridiculous.

  • michaelacesmith michael sinclair (@michaelacesmith) reported

    @virginmedia @OfficialFPL my sister has contacted u online and literally done everything again and still the same. now gotta wait til if it gets fixed or may have to get a technician. why on earth do we need home fibre? y did it need to change? never had any problems til brought that in.

  • RoyalWilks Graeme Wilkinson (@RoyalWilks) reported

    @virginmedia I have since received two more contracts with different amounts on but box 2 is still not working

  • Deansbomb Harry Deansway (@Deansbomb) reported

    @virginmedia F OFF. JUST GIVE ME A NUMBER OR E-MAIL TO LODGE MY COMPLAINT YOU DAFT MONEY GRABBING C&NTS. STOP TREATING YOUR CUSTOMERS LIKE DIRT.

  • 1977helen Helen jamieson (@1977helen) reported

    @virginmedia Why has it not been sorted yet,its all very well apologising but never an explanation!!

  • sophiecullinane Sophie Cullinane (@sophiecullinane) reported

    @virginmedia Just been told it will be 48 hours until someone CALLS ME to TALK ABOUT returning my connection. That is beyond poor - by which time I've missed two and half days work. No outages, just inept service from top to bottom.

  • Rswaddle1 Rswaddle (@Rswaddle1) reported

    @virginmedia Hi, can you tell me if there is an issue in my area NE250RR as I had a text at 10:06 saying the issue had been fixed but I have no WI-FI. The online checker says it will be fixed by 10pm but it said 10am this morning and had been fixed and broke since then apparently