Virgin Media outages and service status in Paignton, England
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
Full Outage Map
- Virgin Media generated 0 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Paignton, including 0 direct reports.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet and TV.
- Internet (67%)
- TV (33%)
The latest reports from users having issues in Paignton come from postal codes TQ3 .
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 Paignton, England
The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Paignton, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Live Outage Map Near Paignton, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Paignton, Torquay, and Newton Abbot.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Paignton
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TV | 7 days ago |
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Paignton, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Paignton and nearby locations:
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Jackie Kelly (@JackieKellySW) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia Hi John apparently they are unable to help I now need to contact the oomph team !! No contact details , joke
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Brendan (@brenrich101) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia No complaints, just can’t take the service with me when I move! Only thing is an email confirmation would have nice detailing the termination, the date, and any fees/refunds due 👍🏼
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zivva (@zivva) reported from Newton Abbot, England@virginmedia - I’ve had pixelated channels for weeks - I had an actual engineer booked to come today and miraculously those channels were fixed when I checked last night - so I text “FIXED” only to find they are not working again this morning - now I’m hanging on the phone for
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Owen (@Owen_TwoTwos) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia All sorted, went down for about 4 hours in total yesterday then came back up.
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Graham Palmer (@gjp12775) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@MartinDaubney @virginmedia I've heard negative stories.about them downhere. Again around service. Dread to think what will happen with Flybe, if Virgin supply shoddy service.
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JC (@last_centurion) reported from Chudleigh Knighton, England@CISASUK @virginmedia I used the resolution service to come to a settlement with Virgin on 9/4/19. Response from Virgin that a cheque would be sent and should be received within 7-10 working days. Today is the 12th working day and I’ve received no cheque in the post. Not happy
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Mandy Pearse (@MandyPearse) reported from Teignmouth, England@danslee @virginmedia That’s shocking customer handling Dan. If it’s any help I’ve actually found the guys @TalkTalk pretty good especially on tech issues around broadband.
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Mike Morrison (@RapidBI) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@dragonsangel01 @virginmedia @Ofcom When it's works it is good BUT their customer service has got progressively worse, and now it is almost none existent
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Jackie Kelly (@JackieKellySW) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia Router being swapped some time this week ! New customer deal significently better then a customer of 15 years !
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Jackie Kelly (@JackieKellySW) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia total dismay , terrible service, routers constantly fail . Call CS and told you have been customer over 15 years but best to go to @sky for a better price !!
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Mike Morrison (@RapidBI) reported from Borough of Torbay, EnglandTrying to talk to get a change to our @virginmedia account. 5 weeks, none of the promised call back & now they close our account without telling us. If this is how they treat long term customer avoid like the plague!! #customerservicefail #broadband
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JC (@last_centurion) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia I have a Virgin complaint ref and a Cisas ref number. Don’t have them to had as I’m at work. I had no ref number relating to GDPR concerns that I emailed to the email address on your site.
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Graham Palmer (@gjp12775) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@MartinDaubney @virginmedia I would be going to an Ombudsmen. Shocking service. I'm with Sky, really great service.
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Cheryl 💇 (@cherylblackmini) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia I had my WiFi and phone installed back in June , the box outside my house was broken so your engineer connected to my next door neighbour, and was told it would only be for a week , I have phoned numerous times and just get ignored . Atrocious service!
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Richard Spencer (@richspencer111) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia next to no 40….. of course it may not be your box… nobody else wants it, or wants to help!
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Maria Powell (@MariaNDPowell) reported from Stokeinteignhead, England@virginmedia Please advise how to remove/reset a Virgin Media online account as original login details all out of date. No help on website, live chat or text so please don’t suggest these.
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Phil Steer (@philipstr) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@IJN3 @virginmedia Had the same issue yesterday took around six hours to resolve.
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Mike Morrison (@RapidBI) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@radish_84 @virginmedia We have been over 25 years & no help or follow up are all. #noloyalty
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Jackie Kelly (@JackieKellySW) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia cannot watch TV , signal keeps going off !!
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Jackie Kelly (@JackieKellySW) reported from Borough of Torbay, England@virginmedia New issue started a few days ago , tv keeps going off , not a TV issue .
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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John Bolas (@JohnBolashello) reported@virginmedia Good morning, many thanks for your help! I didn’t realise I could do that!
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Bob Ross 🐑 (@_malcolmsex) reportedVirgin Media locked in when they heard I was moving Internet off at exactly midnight holy ****
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Simply Norwegian (@simplynorwegian) reported@virginmedia I need some help resolving an unauthorised account creation, outstanding unlawful charges and failure to resolve despite numerous calls and written correspondence dating back to October 2025. What number can I call to speak to someone with authority to end this??
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Brian Geekie (@geekiebrian) reported@virginmedia I’m still locked out of my virginmedia account after waiting 15 working days for resolution of this problem
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Brendan (@sabrevan) reported@virginmedia - broadband down for the majority of the time since Wednesday night in KT2 area. “Helpline” says the engineers are looking into the problem. Surely you can give a straight answer. Sky and Vodafone are offering same speeds. Should I move?
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Nicholas Rawlings (@nick_rawlings2) reported@virginmedia #virginmedia are there any issues in the Orpington area? Broadband keeps dropping out. There's nothing on your status page.
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louanne smith (@louanne67210968) reported@virginmedia are you having problems in Dh47ln area my internet hub will not connect so we have had no internet this afternoon I’ve tried to reset it with no luck
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Craig (@bricknblock1981) reported@virginmedia Please see my wife’s posts for issues and photos and contact her directly to resolve
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LoobyLou1970 🇬🇧🏴 (@ldp17470) reported@virginmedia do you honestly expect customers to stay with you when you're gonna increase my package by £75 a month! I'm now switching to @skytv for the same package plus Disney+ for a cost of £81 a month. The best your lot could bring it down to was £128 Bye 👋🏼 #RipOff
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Amy Heppingstall (@AmyHeppi) reported@virginmedia absolutely terrible wifi this afternoon this is not the service I’m paying for !!! Really fed up of this