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Virgin Media outages and service status in Gateshead, England

Problems detected

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

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  • Virgin Media generated 6 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Gateshead, including 6 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 6, 9:25 PM GMT+1.
  • 64% Internet (64%)
  • 18% Wi-fi (18%)
  • 11% Total Blackout (11%)
  • 4% E-mail (4%)
  • 4% TV (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 6: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 05:20 PM 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: Newcastle upon Tyne, Jarrow, Sunderland, Bedlington, North Shields, Whitley Bay, South Shields, Washington, Wallsend, Gateshead, and Consett.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 1 hour ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 6 hours ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 7 hours ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 9 hours ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 11 hours ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 13 hours ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Newcastle upon Tyne

10 recent signals

1 hour ago
Jarrow

1 recent signals

5 days ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Gateshead, England

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

  • liamsholder91
    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

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

    @virginmedia Yep. Intermittent service

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

    @virginmedia This appears to be a known issue on your forums (phantom calls) but we refuse to be charged for the visit. Also waiting for a WhatsApp for over an hour because the direct debit still has his late wife's name on account after 7+ years, & we can't change it online (same acc no.).

  • Stevedey
    Steve Dey (@Stevedey) reported from Newburn, England

    @GingesLife @virginmedia Honestly mate it’s a joke! Just paid the bill yesterday and now the cheeky buggers can’t even provide the service they charge us so much for.

  • CazzaW
    CazzaW (@CazzaW) reported from Walker Gate, England

    @virginmedia down in Newcastle? How am I meant to work?

  • NETheatreGuide
    NETheatreGuide (@NETheatreGuide) reported from Ryton, England

    @virginmedia You offer the same package to new customers at nearly £20 cheaper so it isn't the lowest price possible, is it? Spoke 18 months ago about signal. Was told it would be looked at if I agreed to renew. Once renewed was told WiFi is not guaranteed so tough.

  • ema_neale
    emma (@ema_neale) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia Thanks for your reset help earlier it worked, unlike waiting 10 hrs for someone to finally respond to me again via WhatsApp. I was told that there were no offers for current customers yet your website states otherwise!

  • didixon74
    LadyDi (@didixon74) reported from Blyth, England

    @virginmedia please can some one contact me about my unresolved complaint. Genuinely worst service I have aver received, want to cancel my contract as I have lost all confidence in your service. Over 4 hours on the phone in the last week and still no further forward. Thanks

  • ScottN1504
    Scott Noble (@ScottN1504) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    Has anyone ever sent anything back to virgin media before? Need some help if possible

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

    @virginmedia 2 technicians over a week period, 4 visits. TV back on but Internet on and off now. Will be ringing Sky tomorrow and also your cancellation team. Clearly this is my service from now on.

  • vitosauras
    🦦 Helen (@vitosauras) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia It's not a problem at my end, and it's not just me affected. Have you really not noticed a flurry of people saying the same thing? I know people in different areas of the UK who have the same problems at the same times.

  • TrevorRidley
    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

  • Carl_Walsh33
    Carl Walsh (@Carl_Walsh33) reported from Wallsend, England

    @virginmedia I look forward to the money off the bill for the issues.

  • KiddEdan
    Edan Kidd (@KiddEdan) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia two nights in a row the internet goes down, yous are a bag of shite

  • gazza_d
    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.

  • RobLow_7
    W. W. L. D. ? He'd stay at home. (@RobLow_7) reported from Sacriston, England

    @OffMyNoodles @virginmedia Many years ago, the way @virginmedia treated me, I vowed never to have anything to do with them from that day. Never have done, never will do.

  • maxinetennet74
    Maxine Tennet (@maxinetennet74) reported from Walker Gate, England

    What will it take for @virginmedia to actually sort out an account after a bereavement??? 3 months later, endless calls and empty promises. Continued anxiety and distress for an elderly woman is not the bereavement service I’d expect. Appalling.

  • Deggsytweets
    Deggsy™ (@Deggsytweets) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia I have to wait 24hrs & call back not only is the red light an issue, the WiFi has now stopped working!

  • TheFraserPorter
    Fraser Porter (@TheFraserPorter) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia twice in 2 months that my hub 5 has completely gone down with a flashing red light and won’t work, I’ve had to book a technician for it both times. Costs too much for this to keep happening!

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

    @virginmedia The Hub is in modem mode connected to a separate wireless router as the Hub's WiFi has been poor since we got it, so technically it's a wired connection. Router's connection is lost when it drops so no devices can connect wirelessly. Has been stable for about 3 hours now.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • wfc2000uk
    pat (@wfc2000uk) reported

    @LutzSchueler @virginmedia we hade no broadband for 3 days or so no, my contract don’t run out till may, I need to cancel and get a more reliable service my with is terminal ill and , she needs the wi fi and the home service as matter for emergency’s,please could you help in this

  • rigga_mortis
    🅲🅷🆁🅸🆂 🚜🚛 (@rigga_mortis) reported

    @306notout @virginmedia @VodafoneUK Shame you've not got Connect Fibre Matt (UK call centre), just moved to them with 1Gb up and down, and going over to Sky Ultra for TV in a couple of weeks - I know its not always about money, but £50 less per month is worth it.

  • CorkinDawn
    dawnieC (@CorkinDawn) reported

    @virginmedia I already said i did status check which is estimating 5.08pm fix. My point was text says should be fixed shortly. I dont consider 9hours being shortly. Why does this happen more often now? You are no longer reliable any more 🙁

  • ScouseBouncy
    Scouse House Bouncy Music (@ScouseBouncy) reported

    So fed with @virginmedia. The sky sports plus system has not been working for over a week and they have done nothing to fix it! Starts playing and then crashes, works on the crappy stream box but the quality is poor, works via the apps and website but not on the normal box!

  • apshutt
    SHUTTY 🇬🇧 (@apshutt) reported

    @virginmedia I have not said there is a problem, so don't give me a stock answer, what do account managers do please?

  • asanchadev
    life on dialysis (@asanchadev) reported

    @biomulv @virginmedia Never had wifi issues in the house with virgin until last fair few months

  • Vincent2455
    VB (@Vincent2455) reported

    Received a text from @virginmedia asking me to return an unused device or they will charge me for something I did not request. Made the mistake of calling for address stickers for the return item. Big mistake!! No support! No idea. No stickers. How will this play out in court!!

  • nicky_oshea44
    Nicky O'Shea (@nicky_oshea44) reported

    @virginmedia are not only happy to breach my data protection they will now not correspond with me the way I ask and continue to think a resolution will Come through Twitter message.

  • Dety0
    Dety (@Dety0) reported

    Love tech like this WAS-110 XGS-PON SFP is a a module that allows you to bypass most USA/CA routers (AT&T's BGW320, Virgin Media's Hub 5X, or Bell's Giga Hub) by copying info from your router to this module and insert into a third party router or media convert from SFP to Ethernet to a router Get better stability, performance, and stronger QoS settings / firewall etc compared to the default setup I hope 1 day i find someone that needs this done

  • christo43383549
    christopher Gunn (@christo43383549) reported

    @RichardMorrow10 @virginmedia Good luck with thay mate virgin are terrible with it i lost 2 days of Internet and 2 days work when WFH had to use my phone data sadly but they basically said , get on with it ...