Virgin Media outages and service status in Gateshead, England

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.

Live Outage Map Near Gateshead, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Sunderland, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Gateshead, Consett, Jarrow, Bedlington, North Shields, Whitley Bay, and Washington.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Sunderland	TV	2 days ago
Wallsend	TV	4 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	5 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	5 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	6 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	7 days ago

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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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  Sam (@purplelime) reported 2 minutes ago from South Shields, England

  @virginmedia No help needed, thanks - just praising the deal I was given last night 🙌

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  Real Gaz on a proper bike #fbpe (@gazza_d) reported 6 minutes ago from South Shields, England

  @_MMaritima @virginmedia Wired speed test would be to isolate between a wireless problem or the connection in. Router might be shielded which would kill signal. Make sure other electronics aren't too close. I can ruin my wireless if I put router on top of my TiVo box

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  David Pearce (@pearceswan) reported 9 minutes ago 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

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  Michael Taylor (@mickeywhizz) reported 11 minutes ago from Newburn, England

  @markcatchlove @virginmedia Pleased it’s not just me Mark. It really pee’s me off the contempt with which they treat their existing, loyal customers, some of whom have remained loyal since the days when they were Telewest. #newcustomersonly

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  Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported 12 minutes ago 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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  liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported 18 minutes ago from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

  @virginmedia I'm definitely filein complaint 15 days without no TV and 2 kids is really hard work its either that or I'll go with someone else

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  NETheatreGuide (@NETheatreGuide) reported 21 minutes ago from Walker Gate, England

  Time 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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  Maxine Tennet (@maxinetennet74) reported 27 minutes ago 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.

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  NETheatreGuide (@NETheatreGuide) reported 28 minutes ago from Ryton, England

  @virginmedia The signal struggles to get to each room in the house. My son complains as he games. No chance of streaming music in the bathroom. It isn't a big house either. The deal I'm on currently was negotiated when I spoke to disconnection team rather than intro offer.

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  Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported 30 minutes ago from South Shields, England

  @gotthegistofit @virginmedia Same, just spent a frustrating hour on their "customer service" line because about £40 of calls are on my father-in-law's bill which weren't made. Still not resolved and an engineer has to come our first (which they wanted to charge for!)

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  🦦 Helen (@vitosauras) reported 32 minutes ago 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.

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  Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported 38 minutes ago 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.

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  🇺🇦liam sholder #ISTANDWITHUKRAINE🇺🇦 (@liamsholder91) reported 40 minutes ago from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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

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  claire🐱🐾🐾 (@clairekitty12) reported 40 minutes ago from Gateshead, England

  @virginmedia But do you understand that this is a problem in my area you were aware of ! Said it would be fixed but it hasen't ? It just needs reporting i don't need a tech to my house i beed it to the area

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  Steph. (@stephwales_) reported 46 minutes ago from Gateshead, England

  A week of no issues after a month of next to no tv and now it starts all over again. I have sound and the guide but just a black screen on every channel. So glad my contract is up, deffo going to be leaving this time. Waste of time and money!!!!! @virginmedia

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  Sarah (@Rainbowztwit) reported 48 minutes ago from Whitley Bay, England

  .@virginmedia Broadband down - phone line states because of 'improvements'- not expected back until 3pm. Why was there no notice so I could arrange to work from alternate location? How do I get warning in future?

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  W. W. L. D. ? He'd stay at home. (@RobLow_7) reported 49 minutes ago 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.

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  Dowlo (@dowlo100) reported 52 minutes ago from Whitley Bay, England

  @virginmedia my elderly mother has been trying to contact you for over 3 weeks now to cancel her sub as it has gone up £60 pm. She has been out on hold numerous times and cut off no help on chat etc. her only option now is to cancel the DD as she can’t afford this anymore… help

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  LKP - DJ / Vocalist (PSiMiTAR) (@DJLKP) reported 53 minutes ago from Whitley Bay, England

  @virginmedia Yep. Intermittent service

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  claire🐱🐾🐾 (@clairekitty12) reported 54 minutes ago from Gateshead, England

  @virginmedia I would like to know how my broadband and tv are still broken after the outage ? It saying theres a connection issue on both broadband and tv . Tv error c139 ...i dont understand why my fault cant be logged as the origanal not being fixed

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Openreach (@WeAreOpenreach) reported 2 minutes ago

  @RDadpour Good Morning Reza, Thanks for contacting Openreach today regarding your query, If you have not used a provider that uses the Openreach network for more then 2 year (i.e. City Fibre/ Virgin Media) What happens the address gets de-activated from our network but it will still (1/2)

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  🇬🇧 Andy🇬🇧 (@4peterborough) reported 2 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I love it when these people say DM us but your account is restricted everyone must be having the same problem with your update, look into it and get back to me

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  Joey C (@Joeurovision24) reported 3 minutes ago

  @danielarf21 I’m with you on Virgin Media not showing it anymore, really disappointing tbh as there was a fanbase for it. But willing to give this series a go, the trailer isn’t the worst. People saying it’s “Ai Slop” need to chill, unfortunately it’s gonna be the norm for a lot of shows

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  Sarah Poyntz (@sarah1986) reported 4 minutes ago

  @ryantegan @skytv We’ve just gone the other way, @virginmedia was not interested in keeping a customer of 10 years+, cost was literally going to double! We’ve switched to Sky but are ready to play flip flop between the 2 for the foreseeable as we know neither of them has any interest in loyalty!

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  Anand Gupta (@anandcheam) reported 5 minutes ago

  @virginmedia can you spend some money on customer care so they can answer calls / chats and LISTEN when they do ? You guys sent me 2016 router box when the agreement was to send the latest and now no one is licking up the phone, is that joke? @Ofcom British regulators need to penalise where it starts hurting the service company. Like they do in the USA, 100s of millions of pounds or billions. Not peanuts.

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  Gary Adams (@GazzaAdams) reported 6 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I need this escalated as a formal complaint regarding fault **F012421201**, because the information Virgin Media is providing has now become demonstrably contradictory. At **08:01 today, 20 August**, Virgin Media told me: “Our engineer is on site and they're working to fix the problem.” The estimated repair time given was **18:00 today**. At **15:27 today**, after I have had intermittent service for most of the day and had to hotspot from my phone to be able to work, Virgin Media has now told me: “We have identified the problem and an engineer is on their way.” The estimated repair time has also been moved to **14:10 tomorrow, 21 August**. These statements cannot both accurately describe the progress of the same fault. An engineer who was already **on site and working on the problem at 08:01** cannot subsequently be **“on their way” at 15:27** without some explanation. I fully understand that a complex network fault may take longer to repair than initially anticipated, and that estimated restoration times can change. That is not my complaint. My complaint is that Virgin Media is repeatedly providing contradictory factual information about the status of the repair, while I remain without the service I am paying for. I consequently have no confidence in the estimated restoration times being provided. Please therefore: 1. **Log this as a formal complaint and provide me with the complaint reference.** 2. Confirm the actual current status of fault **F012421201**, rather than repeating the automated status information. 3. Explain how an engineer could be reported as on site and working at 08:01 but “on their way” at 15:27. 4. Confirm when the outage affecting my service officially began and that the full period of loss of service has been recorded against my account. 5. Confirm what automatic compensation I will be entitled to for the complete loss of service, where applicable. I have retained screenshots of the outage updates and their timestamps. Please respond to the specific points above rather than sending me another automated repair estimate.

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  Scarlett Shaw (@ScarlettShaw) reported 6 minutes ago

  Do yourself a favour. DO NOT use the one touch switch service with @SkyUK or @virginmedia. Still paying for both for weeks. Virgin continues to bill me despite me having sent back their equipment. The whole thing is a con. Be warned. @Ofcom

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  youwouldntknowme (@lazylazydude) reported 6 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I don’t think you get it. When I say multiple calls, I mean daily. I’ve told your customer service not to contact me. They said they’d make a note and wouldn’t, then called the next day anyway. Worst company I’ve ever had the misfortune to deal with.

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  Dips (@Ndola19) reported 7 minutes ago

  @moonpeach212 @virginmedia Hey, VM will not sort anything out. I have spent so much time trying to sort out my issue as O2 failed to apply my Volt benefit. VM claims they have done everything while O2 claim they are waiting for VM confirmation. They drag the issue out hoping you will go away

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  john (@jhargie4) reported 7 minutes ago

  @o2 @virginmedia @Virgin CEO LUTZ SCHUELER seems only your bot accounts actually care about the customer