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 4 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Gateshead, including 4 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 4, 7:43 AM GMT+1.
- Internet (52%)
- Wi-fi (22%)
- Total Blackout (13%)
- TV (9%)
- E-mail (4%)
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.
August 4: Problems at Virgin Media
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Live Outage Map Near Gateshead, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, Jarrow, Sunderland, Bedlington, North Shields, Whitley Bay, South Shields, Washington, Wallsend, Gateshead, and Consett.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Newcastle upon Tyne
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Internet | 11 hours ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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19 hours ago | |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Total Blackout | 20 hours ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Internet | 21 hours ago |
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Jarrow
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Internet | 3 days ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Internet | 8 days ago |
Nearby cities with recent reports
4 recent signals
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Gateshead, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Gateshead and nearby locations:
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liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England@virginmedia basically I can't do anything on the stream box comes up contact customer care I do then I get absolute no were...look I understand everyone has teething problems but this needs sorting ASAP because different when you need the money I ain't paying for something I can't use said
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Real Gaz on a proper bike #fbpe (@gazza_d) reported from South Shields, England@_MMaritima @virginmedia I'd say that needs an engineer visit then at least. Probably either a bad connection or a flakey modem. Phone and log it every time it goes off.
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Edan Kidd (@KiddEdan) reported from Whitley Bay, England@virginmedia two nights in a row the internet goes down, yous are a bag of shite
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Steph. (@stephwales_) reported from Gateshead, EnglandWhy can't @virginmedia ever just be straight forward? Absolute joke. Problem after problem.
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Bob Scott (@scotty8461) reported from Shiremoor, England@virginmedia disgusting slow speeds AGAIN in NE27 Cant wait for my contract end
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Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported from South Shields, England@virginmedia Lots of people are complaining about this on the customer forums. We've had very little downtime since the separate router was connected, it's suddenly gone to pot and seems to be a general issue at the moment.
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Paul fletcher (@P25_Fletch) reported from South Shields, England@virginmedia You’s really do make it almost impossible to cancel. I’ve called 5 times over 3 days. Either don’t get transferred or get cut off. Looks like I’ll try by writing a letter….
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Carl Walsh (@Carl_Walsh33) reported from Wallsend, England@virginmedia Just realised this is the first post in a year!! Had your broadband gone down?
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Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, EnglandHello @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.
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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.
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Steve Walls (@StevieWalls) reported from Chester-le-Street, England“You don’t need to be there, we can do the cable work outside no problem” That translated into a card through the door saying “Sorry we missed you” and the work not being done. Don’t really understand that one @virginmedia
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liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, EnglandAin't happy with @virginmedia cancelled the TV months ago and yous are still charging me for it only just noticed just checking on the bill online now this isn't the first its the second wtf man really i have phone and broadband I'm want out keep the money you've taken 🤬
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Hilly Marshall (@hylt64) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England@virginmedia The issue is I’m trying to cancel my services but I see how you keep customers as nobody will answer the phone to do this hence the reason nobody can leave I’ve now been on hold 1hr 14mins which is totally unacceptable
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Trid (@TrevorRidley) reported from Whitley Bay, England@Designer_Ross @SkyHelpTeam @virginmedia Yeah that’s the issue I’ve come across . Slow download speeds but always reported at just above the payment threshold. It’s got worse recently
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Sam (@purplelime) reported from South Shields, England@virginmedia I was told to log into the Myo2 app to change it myself, but I have been sent no login details and of course if the email address is incorrect it won’t be recognised if I try to register. O2 said we would receive texts with updates on number port timeline but had no communication
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Mazza 66 (@66_mazza) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England@virginmedia 4 hrs of drivel,inane quedtions 5 TIMES I'VE PROVIDED SECURITY,5 plus hours now,no more,your latest un helpful operator is now asking about moving house WHAT???? I want out ASAP,my god no wonder you amateurs get bad press,Im actually questioning their ability to even read????
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Bella (@SharBella72) reported from Sunderland, England@virginmedia internet is down, again in Sunderland area.
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NETheatreGuide (@NETheatreGuide) reported from Walker Gate, EnglandTime for the @virginmedia renewal. They want to hike the price. We want a new reliable WiFi box which they promised but didn't deliver last time. To be honest @BT is looking attractive as they may improve the signal around the house.
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Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England@virginmedia I’ve looked & it’s no help
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Georgina McGowan (@seldomseenkid16) reported from Gateshead, England@virginmedia can you help with my phone services not currently working
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Ermito Fernandes (@ErmitoF) reportedHi any idea whats whats happening with the service outage in Hinckley Road, Narborough Road area since morning? This is so unreliable as I lost my today's appointments as there was no prior intimation of this outage. When is this expected back online? @virginmedia
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Pat McAuliffe (@PatMcA) reported@virginmedia hi trying to sort out a log on to account issue , cannot resolve it online and phone keeps knocking us off. If not resolved soon am moving to Sky
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MH (@MhMyxacc444) reported@j_ball13 @virginmedia They are awful.
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Project Universal (@ProUniversalUK) reportedTrying to cancel @virginmedia .... What a pain in the ***. No wonder they got fined so much for making it hard but they are still at it. @Ofcom
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Monica Allan (@MonicaAllan1) reported@virginmedia It look like our outage in NW1 will be fixed by the 31st August? Surely that cannot be correct? We have have been without broadband and TV for 3 days now?
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ste (@stew187511) reported@virginmedia I need some help with my account, recently moved house and had new WiFi installed and your trying to charge me £103 just for WiFi? Not having it
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Enrique Guadiz (@EnriqueGuadiz) reported@virginmedia No need to send a DM. Managed to fix the issue. Thanks
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Boxing and Realtalk (@SexyBoxing1) reported@ReturnofColin2 @virginmedia customer service
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kaz (@girlieb71) reported@virginmedia I've had 2 emails now asking me to verify my identity but it seems I'm being hacked as the person is miles away from me, I've checked my security and it says I set up a passkey last week which I haven't, can you help
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Amrit Phull (@Amrit_Phull) reported@virginmedia You have an outage again to all services - broadband and tv. This is 3rd time in 6 months………you are the most pathetic communication company. Stop spending hundreds of thousands on your annoying TV ads, and use that money to improve your ******* service!!!