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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 02/15/2026 15:20

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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 (20%)

    Wi-fi (20%)

  3. Total Blackout (11%)

    Total Blackout (11%)

  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, Canvey Island, South Benfleet, Gravesend and Grays.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Internet
United KingdomSouthend-on-Sea Internet
United KingdomBasildon TV
United KingdomBasildon Wi-fi
United KingdomCanvey Island Wi-fi
United KingdomBasildon TV

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Rayleigh, England

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

  • samanthadoe1 Samantha Doe (@samanthadoe1) reported from Canvey Island, England

    Having real problems with our broadband dropping out regularly @virginmedia. Any known issues in the SS8 area?

  • MrsDyer25 Laura Dyer (@MrsDyer25) reported from Great Baddow, England

    @virginmedia Yes and I am doing it again now. No network issue has been found

  • Paul07852224 Paul (@Paul07852224) reported from Chelmsford, England

    @virginmedia Hi, done the reboot and pin reboot but still dropping out drastically. The speeds I was getting to the speeds I am getting is really bad

  • joniread68 Jon Read (@joniread68) reported from Great Baddow, England

    Any @virginmedia customers out there who’ve been landed a price increase - just ring them on 03454541111 and the automated service immediately offers you a £4.50 pm discount for 6 months = £27 of savings. Bit of a weird way of doing business but obvs hope many just suck it up. 👍

  • rob_green86 Rob Green Jnr (@rob_green86) reported from Thundersley, England

    @SpursKS @virginmedia What's the issue

  • Dearnormajeane lindsay wood (@Dearnormajeane) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @kelseybytheway @virginmedia Second this so ******* hard. Diagnostics dont do **** when the issue is with the hardware itself

  • becshawyer Becca (@becshawyer) reported from Wickford, England

    @virginmedia disgusting customer service ... after months of issues still not being resolved our latest phone call after raising a complaint the customer service representative hung up on me! Getting to the point now where we will be leaving 😡

  • MrsDyer25 Laura Dyer (@MrsDyer25) reported from Great Baddow, England

    @virginmedia I have checked and there are no faults. I am still having issues over a week later and this is totally unacceptable! Two children trying to take part of zoom lessons which they keep dipping in and out of as the connection just keeps dropping! Unable to get through to you on 150

  • joniread68 Jon Read (@joniread68) reported from Great Baddow, England

    @virginmedia no way of contacting you over cancelling my contract, lines are down. How do we speak to you?

  • katiewoo26 katie lee (@katiewoo26) reported from Chelmsford, England

    @virginmedia After spending 1 hour on hold, I gave up. I just want to order a booster for my broadband! Please help!

  • Paul_Ilett Paul Ilett, Author (@Paul_Ilett) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @fingers_terry @virginmedia I hope so. I’d hate to have to cancel my subscription.

  • pauldee74 Paul Dwyer (@pauldee74) reported from Grays, England

    @virginmedia a new contract then told one would be sent in 24 hours and still waiting 3 days later! been on text message for over 6 hours this week! and today just keep getting terri triage bot!!!!! any chance of some help or do I have to be a new customer!!!!

  • c1ormy Claire - with a capital C (@c1ormy) reported from Gravesend, England

    @virginmedia since outage in DA12 yesterday i have no services. Apparently on fault check status there’s no fault. Any advice? #virginmediadown #noservices

  • WeHateHills WeHateHills (@WeHateHills) reported from South Woodham Ferrers, England

    @ClassicSoulDJ @virginmedia Get @BTGroup much more reliable - have read so many stories about #Virgin having problems

  • Paul07852224 Paul (@Paul07852224) reported from Chelmsford, England

    @virginmedia Hi, yeah done that - no issues

  • NicklessColin Colin Nickless (@NicklessColin) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia broadband down again in Southend. Had to pay for a BT WiFi day pass so my wife can continue working from home.

  • KeeleyOF101 Keeley O'Flaherty (@KeeleyOF101) reported from Thundersley, England

    @virginmedia you came to my mums house to fix cable. You’ve left having disconnected her phone line and sent it to a neighbour house who is now being rude. Been on hold hour on phone. Both in poor health phone Essential

  • MrsDyer25 Laura Dyer (@MrsDyer25) reported from Great Baddow, England

    @virginmedia So what can be done to improve the technical issues we are having? Could it be our equipment?

  • samanthadoe1 Samantha Doe (@samanthadoe1) reported from Canvey Island, England

    @virginmedia Yes and there are/were no known broadband issues showing in the area on the service page

  • goonergeek2000 Gary Thompson (@goonergeek2000) reported from Grays, England

    @virginmedia right I’ve just about had enough of virgin customer services. Cancelled service on 10 December. Today find out account is live after logging in. On hold four times for over 45 minutes. Latest on hold for 1hr 19 minutes. Call gets answered then cut off! What the hell

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Jonnybravo20 Jon Brown (@Jonnybravo20) reported

    @virginmedia how do I order a replacement remote when your links are broken on your site? I've tried chat on your site etc but no-one is responding? been trying for days now

  • MeganDenton_ Megan♡ (@MeganDenton_) reported

    @virginmedia we’ve just moved into our house and connected the box but the internet won’t come on, can you please help?

  • AnatolOrient Anatol Orient (@AnatolOrient) reported

    @virginmedia I think it’s recent. After all your problems with all of 4’s HD last week I assume it’s at their end again.

  • maccsiccar Chris Lilley (@maccsiccar) reported

    @virginmedia Absolutely disgusting service. @gigaclear - hurry up and get to Upper Lambourn. Am dealing with clowns now.

  • BEN_GR33N Ben Green (@BEN_GR33N) reported

    @virginmedia No chance, your issue I’m not chasing you about. Would rather cancel the direct debit and see you in court.

  • annamaryjanec Anna Calvert (@annamaryjanec) reported

    @virginmedia @YodelOnline first day of being a Virgin Media customer and waited in all day for my equipment to be delivered, no updates and no equipment - will it ever arrive? I’ve been waiting for my two hour delivery slot from yodel, does this run until 11.59pm?

  • coolnafearagh Coolnafearagh (@coolnafearagh) reported

    @virginmedia Can someone please call and fix my channels

  • maccsiccar Chris Lilley (@maccsiccar) reported

    @virginmedia I’m going to Ofcom. You’ve already broken a load of their rules. Absolute rubbish.

  • proroan Roan ❄️ (@proroan) reported

    Another day, another @virginmedia blackout. No TV, no internet.

  • Sehrish71444939 Sehrish khan (@Sehrish71444939) reported

    @virginmedia and after that I called back again to see if another representative can help me but then I came across a gentleman who was rude enough to say to agree the fact that the colleague was saying rubbish initially and