Virgin Media

Virgin Media Outage Report in Ponteland, Northumberland, 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 Ponteland, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Ponteland 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 Ponteland, Northumberland, England 11/24/2025 16:55

November 24: 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 (60%)

    Internet (60%)

  2. Wi-fi (16%)

    Wi-fi (16%)

  3. Total Blackout (12%)

    Total Blackout (12%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Ponteland, Northumberland, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, Gateshead, Wallsend, Jarrow, Washington, Whitley Bay and Blaydon-on-Tyne.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomNorth Shields Total Blackout
United KingdomGateshead Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Total Blackout

Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Ponteland, England

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

  • Mal_Area Malcolm Sinyard (@Mal_Area) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia I have called them twice today still having issues

  • DavidField1987 David Field CBCI (@DavidField1987) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia I have had a house love booked for two weeks (planned for tomorrow) yet once again you have disconnected my services early at my current address. I’m working from home and your error has once again impacted me and I’m going to spend my morning again trying to fix!

  • Andygclark Andy Clark (@Andygclark) reported from Wallsend, England

    @virginmedia would like to thank you for your customer service. Over 15 years of money from me. 50% price rise. I would like to leave please. No problem. All booked for you. Good bye. Wish I could afford to treat my customers like that.

  • iYogaBody Tatiana M Newton (@iYogaBody) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia it’s simply Disgraceful! As @gmail email user I CAN NOT logging into my own account to check my bill- is it even legal?? After 1 hour of ohone convo with @virginmedia agent my problem is not solved and I’m back in the loop 🔁

  • JeffsW0rld Jeff’s World (@JeffsW0rld) reported from Walker Gate, England

    @virginmedia Please sort your complaints team out.... I’ve been promised a resolution numerous times over the last few months and still nothing. what a complete embarrassment they are.

  • Lucy__Hedley Lucy Hedley (@Lucy__Hedley) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia I was told that I would be called back by a manager #lies Now due to further incompetence you have cut off my Internet & phone service. Claiming that I haven't paid a bill when there's a direct debit set up! #diabolical service. I've never been treated so poorly.

  • LeslieBrown953 Leslie Brown (@LeslieBrown953) reported from Hebburn, England

    @virginmedia Wish virginmedia could do something about all the scam calls, I am an virginmedia customer and we are receiving. Had about 30 scam calls just this last week.

  • Mal_Area Malcolm Sinyard (@Mal_Area) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia I seem to be having BB connection issues here!!!

  • MJGray1963 Michael Gray 💙 (@MJGray1963) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia can you explain to me why you tell blatant lies in response to a complaint

  • DavidField1987 David Field CBCI (@DavidField1987) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia I have had a house move booked for 2 weeks (planned for tomorrow) yet once again you have disconnected my services early at my current address. I’m working from home and your error has once again impacted me and now going to spend my morning again trying to fix!

  • Look_North Karl Ward (@Look_North) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia There are no issues in the region apart from your appalling service.

  • alicen0rt0n alice✨ (@alicen0rt0n) reported from Washington, England

    THE WORST customer service @virginmedia, should be ashamed of treating loyal customers the way a member of staff has just spoken to my mam

  • nufcscott1968 graham scott (@nufcscott1968) reported from Dunston, England

    @virginmedia is there an outage on the network? Can't make calls and no data connection?

  • ITINTERACT2 Rob Turnbull (@ITINTERACT2) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia @ChesnoidGaming Virgin , impossible to call with issues but instant reply on Twitter

  • Mal_Area Malcolm Sinyard (@Mal_Area) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia Its the wifi thats gone down. I am currently using a wired connection.

  • paulm844 Paul Marshall (@paulm844) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    WHEN MY @virginmedia CONTRACT IS UP IM OFF TO SKY. Enough of this ****.

  • amymccordx Amy McCord (@amymccordx) reported from Hebburn, England

    @virginmedia how do you log a complaint? It’s made impossible. Emailed the ceo weeks ago and no response

  • john_barrass John Barrass (@john_barrass) reported from Cramlington, England

    @virginmedia why can’t I get through on the phone to cancel my broadband ? I’ve also been in the queue for hours in online Chat, ridiculous customer service

  • AnnaForester87 Anna Forester (@AnnaForester87) reported from Washington, England

    @virginmedia network problem half way through Grease, haway man! 3rd day in a row aswell

  • RWileECoyote Rob Wylie (@RWileECoyote) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia hi a few folks on our street keep experiencing drop outs of WiFi signal in the middle of the working week, a few of them have made contact with you but no issues are being found, and you don’t seem to be able to help? but there is clearly an issue?

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Hamed_1220 Hamed (@Hamed_1220) reported

    @virginmedia wifi has been so slow the last few months , should I refer to other providers bcuz I'm getting scammed here

  • ceedoubleu ceedoubleu (@ceedoubleu) reported

    @virginmedia Hi, I want to cancel some of my services but after going through a bunch of checks, I get a message saying you are closed. Is there any way I can do this online? The alternative is to cancel my entire account and direct debit and start again.

  • tmmdaley Tom Daley (@tmmdaley) reported

    @virginmedia internet went down at 6am, status page said 11am fix, then that changed to 4pm, then 10pm, now 10am tomorrow morning. We are working from home and is completely unacceptable. Can’t get through to customer services to find out more. HELP

  • billy96759879 billy (@billy96759879) reported

    @virginmedia i have been a customer for over 4 years, last 6 months awful service, internet and wifi always dropping, when calling for hell get fobbed off!! £100 a month literally so sick of the awful service

  • SimplyFarhang farhang london (@SimplyFarhang) reported

    @virginmedia They said nothing not helpful at all and my complaint has been ignored!!

  • colette_squiz ✨Colette Squirrell✨ (@colette_squiz) reported from Middleton, England

    @GBateson23 @virginmedia I’m coming to the end of my Virgin Media contract and I’ve got to ring them to get the price down and I’m dreading it 😭

  • KellyBorrett Kelly Borrett (@KellyBorrett) reported

    Great internet service from @virginmedia again today....NOT 😩

  • SteveBu75544303 Steve Burns (@SteveBu75544303) reported

    Yet again @virginmedia can’t get onto VM go. So can’t watch on my iPad. Why to you continue to give a poor service. Pathetic 😡😡

  • exkeano Susan (@exkeano) reported

    @virginmedia Unfortunately I cannot remember either my ID or password, WiFi is dropping several times an hour, can you confirm what the issue is and when will be resolved

  • lynda_petrie Lynda Petrie (@lynda_petrie) reported

    BT Sport 1&2 has been an unwatchable channel for me for the last month. @virginmedia help@please