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Virgin Media outages and service status in Orpington, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.

Full Outage Map
  • Virgin Media generated 9 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Orpington, including 9 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and Total Blackout.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received Aug 14, 11:32 AM GMT+1.
  • 71% Internet (71%)
  • 15% Wi-fi (15%)
  • 9% Total Blackout (9%)
  • 3% E-mail (3%)
  • 2% TV (2%)

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 Orpington, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Orpington, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

August 14: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 09:00 AM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Live Outage Map Near Orpington, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Bromley, Croydon, Southwark, Dartford, Newham, Poplar, Coulsdon, Bexley, Grays, Mitcham, Caterham, Purley, Orpington, Bexleyheath, and Carshalton.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Bromley Internet 23 minutes ago
Croydon Internet 1 hour ago
Southwark Wi-fi 8 hours ago
Croydon Total Blackout 12 hours ago
Southwark Internet 14 hours ago
Croydon Internet 16 hours ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Southwark

10 recent signals

8 hours ago
Croydon

9 recent signals

1 hour ago
Newham

6 recent signals

2 days ago
Bromley

1 recent signals

23 minutes ago
Dartford

1 recent signals

21 hours ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Orpington, England

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

  • kaybaka
    Kay Bak (@kaybaka) reported from Camberwell, England

    @Barclays why do I keep getting Error Code: 30915? I’ve been trying to log into my account for a LONG while now!! Coz of not having access @virginmedia have been stealing DD from my account even though I no lover have a subscription with them! Pls fix this b4 more money is taken!

  • mrkinski
    Tony Kinson (@mrkinski) reported from Bexleyheath, England

    After the long outage overnight, @virginmedia was back online but is now down again. Any chance of you fixing it before we all need our connection for work in the morning? Asking for all your disgruntled customers. #VirginMediaDown

  • nicktippett
    Nick Tippett (@nicktippett) reported from Croydon, England

    @virginmedia Might I add that the last handler in pre install stated he was a 'senior' and he was incredibly rude, talking over me and trying to tell me what my problem was!

  • willbassoumba
    William (@willbassoumba) reported from Camberwell, England

    Virgin media is down and I actually have to talk to my family… yuck.

  • macon1375
    Mark Connolly (@macon1375) reported from Crayford, England

    @virginmedia They advise they would send a signal to router, I then turn off after 5 mins, for 10 mins and when back on all will be working! Well it didn’t make a difference and my speed test shows my downloads dropped from 236mbs to 36. The issue is uploads tho at 0.5mbps. On hold again!

  • Khaled_Miah1
    Khaled Miah (@Khaled_Miah1) reported from Poplar, England

    @virginmedia very disappointed with the upgrade package in being offered by Virgin. You are offering a loyal customer to upgrade to Gig1 for £51.15 whereas new customers get it for £45 p/m. Where is the loyalty?

  • Andrew007Uk
    Dr Andrew Fleming 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@Andrew007Uk) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    @virginmedia John - lights are on but the external fault has already been established. It is a contractor that has to deal with the issue - one claimed to have done it but it failed to work - now you contractor is failing to respond to requests by your colleagues 4 updates on a new commission

  • discobabe76
    DragonFish 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇹 (@discobabe76) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    @virginmedia 1/ I've been without internet access since last night. I called this morning at 830 and did reset as told, didn't work so was told it'd be passed on to network engineers and they'd get back to me if it didn't come back on within the hour.

  • RanjanMallya
    Ranjan Mallya (@RanjanMallya) reported from Croydon, England

    This is what I get for being a customer for over 8 continuous years and then 5 years before that. This is awful customer service by Virgin media. #Virginmedia @virginmedia

  • Andrew007Uk
    Dr Andrew Fleming 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@Andrew007Uk) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    After a mammoth session on the phone to 6 of your departments to arrange interim broadband given your service failed in Nov. & won't be fixed to March I spoke to a helpful chap called David in the Customer Care Dept before I was cut off. Can you help reconnect me @virginmedia 🙏🏻

  • Avoiceonly2
    A voice only (@Avoiceonly2) reported from Blackheath, England

    @virginmedia @Jaym7t5 My system is down since about 4pm

  • PJacksonClark
    #TeamParkinsons Paul (@PJacksonClark) reported from Bromley, England

    @virginmedia I've covered all the options; there aren't many. It tells me there are no problems in my area and then defaults to the bot chat.

  • mihaialaci
    Mitzy (@mihaialaci) reported from Poplar, England

    @virginmedia They escalated my complaint,but looks like the package is not available to us.When my contact expires will definitely looking at other options as I don’t trust Virgin Media anymore

  • AnnaThurmanLDN
    Anna Thurman (@AnnaThurmanLDN) reported from Bexleyheath, England

    @virginmedia sort it out! I’ve got Betty next door hollering at me over the fence when I’m trying to get the washing in asking if it’s gone down! #virginmedia #VirginMediaoutage

  • CarolB29041964
    Carol Dover (@CarolB29041964) reported from Stifford, England

    Just how **** are Virgin Media...my email was down for two evenings and probably the days as well earlier in the week, and now it's down again. Virgin Media i need to access my emails....this level of service is unacceptable. I'm paying for this crap service! @virginmedia

  • strutcakes
    Chris 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 (@strutcakes) reported from Lambeth, England

    Called Virgin Media to complain about the TV box not working and to get it removed from my package. Somehow ended up singing another 18 month contract with the TV box included but at a reduced price. Not ideal but not horrendous.

  • Avoiceonly2
    A voice only (@Avoiceonly2) reported from Blackheath, England

    @virginmedia @massrossini1 System was restored this AM then stopped again at 4pm cannot do no work at all and customer service lines busy

  • jameslee_1985
    JamesLee85 (@jameslee_1985) reported from Croydon, England

    Apologies for the stream interruption last night folks- @virginmedia my ISP is dealing with a large service outage. Hopefully back up tonight!

  • drummerJ83
    Jay Bourley (@drummerJ83) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    @virginmedia Hi, the VMGo app is telling me I need to upgrade to watch live tv but I’ve got the right package to have access and have until today watched live via the app. Is there an issue? Tried restarting it etc.

  • discobabe76
    DragonFish 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇹 (@discobabe76) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    @virginmedia 9/ speak but he kept interrupting me. He had no help for me for having no internet for 6 days. He kept sighing and refused to put me through to anyone who could offer anymore help.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • southsugliest
    💋 (@southsugliest) reported

    Any updates on the signal issue in SM4? @virginmedia

  • StephenPie
    Coxy 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻 (@StephenPie) reported

    @VeronParsons @virginmedia I am still with them, you have to praise them for having the worst call centre in a world full of awful ones, takes some doing

  • mont88n
    Mont (@mont88n) reported

    @wixinho @steppaCS @virginmedia Same here, impossible to deal with on phone. Never reply to emails. Can’t even quit

  • walton_bhoy
    John Bhoy Walton (@walton_bhoy) reported

    Now my Internet has completely went from being intermittent to nothing 2nd engineer visit and to quote your call operator a "more skilled engineer " this time. Apologies in my dm doesnt stop money coming my bank for a bad service. @virginmedia

  • SharonBewley
    SAVE LAMMAS PARK (@SharonBewley) reported

    @virginmedia No thanks - I have supplied all the information you require to address the issue

  • Annoyntmint
    Captain Nemesis says *settlers are criminals (@Annoyntmint) reported

    I wish to cancel my subscription with virgin media. Check my DM to you. @virginmedia

  • SusanHarding28
    Susan Harding 🩵 🇬🇧 (@SusanHarding28) reported

    @Bebs1000 @vodafone Left them a long time ago! Shocking company with customer service equal to that of Virgin Media 🙄

  • ciaramc78
    Ciara Mc Evoy (@ciaramc78) reported

    @IFAmedia @virginmedia @buckleytadhg Poor farmers need rain

  • walton_bhoy
    John Bhoy Walton (@walton_bhoy) reported

    @virginmedia No i am going to i said to the call handler i dont believe a word anyone connected to your company says anymore i took a day off work and was told it was fine. I am paying for something which seems to be known there is an issues which are not getting fixed

  • ladyspeakerz
    Zoe Smith (@ladyspeakerz) reported

    @andyburnham PLEASE READ THIS TWEET EVERYONE. IF ANY VIRGIN MEDIA STAFF AT BAGULEY MANCHESTER CALL CENTRE WHERE I WORKED WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SLANDERING ME / FRAMING ME. THEN HERES PROOF THAT COMPANY ARE A BUNCH OF CRUEL UNETHICAL IMMORAL SCAMMERS YOU DONT THINK IF THEY CAPABLE OF DOING THIS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY CAPABLE OF DOING TO A WOMAN THEY HATE AND NO DOUBT JEALOUS OF here’s some confirmed validated real evidence NOT THEM BEING FRAMED that the staff at Virgin media call centres were all pardoned allowed to scam MILLIONS of their customers Here is proof Copied and pasted from Google please refer to articles in the press that confirm this what I’ve tweeted here If you think moral decent people do this to their customers scamming them in a cruel cold way SEEK JESUS  Virgin Media was fined a record £28 million by Ofcom in July 2026 for deliberately making it difficult for customers to cancel their contracts and switch to rival providers. Investigation Findings The regulatory investigation covered calls made between January 1, 2022, and September 11, 2024. Ofcom found that MILLIONS of customer service interactions were mishandled to prevent or delay cancellations. Specific tactics included: • Deliberately dropping or hanging up calls when customers asked to cancel. Putting callers on hold for no reason to frustrate them Excessive and unnecessary call transfers between departments. Using a two-tier retention system where only specific agents were allowed to process final cancellations. THIS LOT ARE CONFIRMED CRUEL SCAMMERS