1. Home
  2. Companies
  3. Virgin Media
  4. Gateshead
Virgin Media

Virgin Media outages and service status in Gateshead, England

Problems detected

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

Full Outage Map
  • Virgin Media generated 0 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Gateshead, including 0 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention TV, Internet, and Wi-fi.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received May 24, 11:08 PM GMT+1.
  • 45% TV (45%)
  • 35% Internet (35%)
  • 10% Wi-fi (10%)
  • 4% Total Blackout (4%)
  • 3% Phone (3%)
  • 2% E-mail (2%)

The latest reports from users having issues in Gateshead come from postal codes NE88 , NE9 , NE10 and NE11 .

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 Gateshead, England

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

May 26: 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 Gateshead, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Whitley Bay, Gateshead, North Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Washington, Borough of North Tyneside, Wallsend, South Shields, Chester-le-Street, Seaham, Jarrow, and Bedlington.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Gateshead Wi-fi 3 days ago
North Shields TV 4 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 4 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 5 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 5 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 5 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Newcastle upon Tyne

5 recent signals

4 days ago
North Shields

2 recent signals

4 days ago
Whitley Bay

1 recent signals

2 days ago
Sunderland

1 recent signals

6 days ago
Blaydon-on-Tyne

1 recent signals

6 days ago

Community Discussion

Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.

Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.

Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Gateshead, England

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

  • Dave_is_Elvis
    David (@Dave_is_Elvis) reported from Boldon Colliery, England

    @virginmedia checked your outage tracker and says all services good on the area. Been without internet for nearly an hour. What is going on?

  • liamsholder91
    liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newburn, England

    @virginmedia trying to pay my Internet bill and its saying all my information is wrong??can you help

  • pearceswan
    David Pearce (@pearceswan) reported from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

    @virginmedia I’m on phone to VCC,29 mins,line being SPOOFED,GETTING SCAM CALLS, daily,,advisor just cut me off,am vulnerable customer,disabled,agent not understand,what I. Talk about,amazing naff service 23 years a customer

  • geemiller71
    Gareth Miller 🇺🇦 (@geemiller71) reported from Washington, England

    @ee no signal on 5g in @IcelandFoods wife 4g on @virginmedia full signal.

  • RockcliffeFiles
    Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Hello @BarclaysUK, phoned you for ten successive days and it’s an hour long queue, been into branch, you can’t sort the issue, tried chat via the app, you don’t talk mortgages on the app. You are beginning to reach peak Virgin Media for incompetence, I’m sorry, this is appalling.

  • jamie_davison1
    Jamie Davison (@jamie_davison1) reported from Seaham, England

    My wifi and 4g at home is absolutely garbage, sort your **** out @virginmedia

  • scotty8461
    Bob Scott (@scotty8461) reported from Shiremoor, England

    @virginmedia wifi speed is disgustingly slow in NE 27

  • stephwales_
    Steph. (@stephwales_) reported from Gateshead, England

    1 whole week without any @virginmedia, months of signal issues. Engineer has gone out of his way but having to continually wait. Hopefully the engineer booked for tomorrow turns up and replaces my now faulty equipment.

  • DJLKP
    LKP - DJ / Vocalist (PSiMiTAR) (@DJLKP) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia All on screen instructions followed, waited til I finished work today to check and it still doesn't get past 25% on the "searching for channels" page... Just taken the direct debit for a service which has been broken since 2.12.21...

  • liamsholder91
    liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newburn, England

    was in my old home for 2 year with @virginmedia never had any problems now moved into my new home TV gone off gotta wait 5 days for it foxed broadband keeps dropping NOT GOOD I know we all have teething problems bit this is complete joke

  • ZicoPete
    Pete Irving (@ZicoPete) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia No, tried 3 times on hold for 20 minutes then cut off by agents without saying a word. After checking other responses I can see this has been the issue either other customers.

  • pearceswan
    David Pearce (@pearceswan) reported from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

    @virginmedia I don’t understand where you can see my personal information, it merely gives you, what broadband package I’m on what telephone service I’m on and watch TV service sign there are no account details whatsoever

  • VictoriaBarry82
    Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia She’s sent me a service receipt out

  • UnicornRunning
    Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia @VMHelpDesk Internet connection is intermittent in NE34, has been since at least Saturday. Connection drops at random. Have just restarted router again as I'm working from home & need to be online, no idea how long this will last. Not the only one having issues.

  • geemiller71
    Gareth Miller 🇺🇦 (@geemiller71) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia broadband down??? Ne34????

  • liamsholder91
    🇺🇦liam sholder #ISTANDWITHUKRAINE🇺🇦 (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia why is my internet not working ne4 8qh please sort it 🙏

  • clairekitty12
    claire🐱🐾🐾 (@clairekitty12) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia I did the online thing before contacting u it says needs a tech . But it doesnt it needs your outage fixed .

  • allymcgeorge
    Alvin TX Fernandez (@allymcgeorge) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia hi I need to cancel an engineer appointment but clearly you've made this difficult to do. Any thoughts?

  • liamsholder91
    liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia why is phone network not working and plus can't phone people or text tryed restarting phone still. Nothing can't even ring you guys WTAF

  • liamsholder91
    liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia what's going on still nothing no data no phone service nothing sort it out

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ShannonGMorley
    Shannon Morley (@ShannonGMorley) reported

    @Art71Rachael @virginmedia I didn’t get a tea or coffee the other day, slowly, then quickly morphed into a murder-y snit. I now have to own yet petty little addiction (add: internet and TV). Damn you Big Cable, Big Tea, Big Coffee! 😵‍💫

  • theRealNickle
    Time for change (@theRealNickle) reported

    .@virginmedia made multiple phone call to report issues. Promises made, problems not resolved. Fortunately, contract is up soon.

  • mec337
    mec337 (@mec337) reported

    @virginmedia why am I paying for a service every time I want to use it, it never works. Have been with you 23 years - I’m done

  • MVenvyEsq
    Stranger in a Strange Land (@MVenvyEsq) reported

    @virginmedia can you please sort out your chat system it's slow slow slow and your reps are not very helpful #VirginMedia

  • MrJacobi
    Adam Jacobi (@MrJacobi) reported

    @virginmedia is there an outage in GU16 right now?

  • andytrainspot
    Andy Nadin (@andytrainspot) reported

    @virginmedia My WiFi has gone down and has not worked probably because of outages I’ve lost money because off this problem any chance of a refund to my account

  • ianrooney48
    roo64 (@ianrooney48) reported

    @virginmedia My tv picture is distorted and pixelled. Been gradually getting worse since yesterday. Many of us in the M43 Manchester area having the same problem.

  • duke_olaf
    DÏE BLUE BARON (@duke_olaf) reported

    @virginmedia No service in the BS14 area Bristol at all

  • MrBenGrant
    Ben Grant (@MrBenGrant) reported

    £70 a month for broadband, but support shuts at 6pm on a Saturday. Virgin’s reliability is truly awful @virginmedia

  • Kirsty__x3
    Kirsty ✨ (@Kirsty__x3) reported

    Is @virginmedia down?? Internet or stream box arnt working #virgin #virginstreambox