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Virgin Media Outage Report in Gateshead, England

Problems detected

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

The latest reports from users having issues in Gateshead come from postal codes NE9.

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 and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Virgin Media Outage Chart in Gateshead, England 02/08/2026 12:40

February 08: Problems at Virgin Media

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  1. Internet (57%)

    Internet (57%)

  2. Wi-fi (20%)

    Wi-fi (20%)

  3. Total Blackout (11%)

    Total Blackout (11%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Gateshead, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNorth Shields Wi-fi
United KingdomSeaham Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Total Blackout

Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Gateshead, England

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

  • chriswadehome Chris Wade (@chriswadehome) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia how do I manage the devices registered to the virgin tv go app. Online help not any help

  • Deborah24780132 Deborah Gibson (@Deborah24780132) reported from Newburn, England

    @VirginMediaCorp @virginmedia sort your employees out, two days in a row they have called me and hung up when I asked them to remove my number from your system. Poor customer service !!!!

  • shenry1972 me (@shenry1972) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Why is @virginmedia customer service so unrelentingly bloody awful?? Still no call from an engineer, told replacement TiVo box would come by post for it to come out by courier and get notified of this 20 minutes after the delivery window has started and I was at work 😡

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

    @BurnleyJo @virginmedia Yea they’ve got issues with certain channels

  • Neil_Rivelino Neil Todd (@Neil_Rivelino) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia my V6 boxes have stopped communicating with each other (in reality downstairs is talking to upstairs but not vice-verse). Anyone who can help?

  • Slesss_ JoshSlesser (@Slesss_) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia After speaking to yet another member who stated they couldn’t do anything about it, I said I was going to cancel so I was transferred. The guy I spoke to was for once someone I could understand, he was able to sort my issue out in 10 minutes after being on the phone for 1 hour

  • shenry1972 me (@shenry1972) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia Okay so why was I told it would be coming by post in 5 working days and why have I still not had a call from an engineer? Kind of my main issues and you can't blame Yodel for them!!

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

    @virginmedia Can I win a TV service that works (Thursday 2nd Dec it's been off since) , or internet with no huge drop outs please? Or a link that works to fix anything. #AllIWantForChristmasistheserviceipayfor

  • MJGray1963 Michael Gray 💙 (@MJGray1963) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Excuses excuses but no resolution how long will it take 2 days since incident raised and waiting for contact back as instructed why would I waste my day calling incompetent people when someone is trying allegedly to sort it Same old crap customer service

  • MJGray1963 Michael Gray 💙 (@MJGray1963) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Customer service non existant

  • MJGray1963 Michael Gray 💙 (@MJGray1963) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Why can't you just deal with by dm and resolve the issue

  • shenry1972 me (@shenry1972) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia According to your Customer Service I was informed I was to get a phone call by 5pm on Wednesday. When I rang back on Thursday to complete my order for a replacement box (after being offered a V6 but would have to pay installation) I was told no later than 5pm Friday.

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

    @virginmedia Still down now, can work from Catch Up or my recordings, but nothing live as there are no channels. Drop outs in WiFi too. Not great.

  • Slesss_ JoshSlesser (@Slesss_) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia @O2 your volt supercharge is a con! Why has my virgin media bill doubled and I’m being charged for making changes to my bill, none of this was mentioned to me this is a breach of contract im not paying almost £100 just cancel my package if that’s the case

  • shenry1972 me (@shenry1972) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia I suggest you feed this back to Customer Service as I very much doubt I'm the first customer who's been misinformed on this. The engineer was supposed to be calling about my ongoing intermittent service issues, with both TV and internet.

  • MJGray1963 Michael Gray 💙 (@MJGray1963) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia No customer service just ignore customers

  • purplelime Sam (@purplelime) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia hi are you having problems in NE34? Our TV has been down since around 10.45am with error code V53. Can’t check service status online as your site appears to be unavailable.

  • Chickawacka Phil Byrne (@Chickawacka) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia why am I having daily and sometimes multiple outages with your broadband service? Checked service status which always says everything is fine. It's so fine I need to switch off WiFi on my devices and use 4G. Thoughts welcome.

  • SimonBewick Simon Bewick (@SimonBewick) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Well since complaining on here about @virginmedia and their terrible phone calls last week I’ve had 5 calls in the last three days all trying to sell me the same upgrade. Absolutely this close (fingers mms apart) from cancelling with them completely. FFS sort it out!

  • MJGray1963 Michael Gray 💙 (@MJGray1963) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia There is no webmail to log on says try later - for 5 weeks Absolute shocking service

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • SunnyHair5 Sunny Hair (@SunnyHair5) reported

    @virginmedia Done that many times, no notice that system will go down. Due to Covid can't go to office so WFH yet broadband doesn't work or TV. This happened for 4 hours on Friday in my area and now again, what am I paying for?? I would like someone to contact me asap about this!!!!

  • PVincenzo8 PietroVincenzo8 (@PVincenzo8) reported

    @virginmedia So you’re trusted to stall for time with customers but not trusted enough to access Virgin’s other systems. Says a lot about your poor employer. I’m assuming you’ll be trusted enough to raise a complaint on my behalf?…

  • SteveMi03242583 Steve Miller (@SteveMi03242583) reported

    trying to cancel a channel with @virginmedia is like trying to knit fog

  • ASlightReturn1 A Slight Return (@ASlightReturn1) reported

    @NadineDorries @virginmedia @O2 Please provide minuted evidence of this and a reason why UK Govt is asking such stupid questions of the EU. Because the EU can't dictate charging policies to private companies - just as UK Govt couldn't with say, PPE, testing charges, etc, during the pandemic.

  • FrankieeC Frankie (@FrankieeC) reported

    @virginmedia I’ve been trying to cancel my broadband since 9.30am this morning. Eventually transferred to the retentions team on the chat and have received no reply for over an hour! I just want to cancel!

  • jesperg29 jesperg29🇩🇰🇬🇧 (@jesperg29) reported

    @NadineDorries @virginmedia @O2 This is untrue. And the move bu Virgin etc., is a packaging issue. Similar to the fact that for £8 extra a month I have free roaming in Brazil, US and Australia.

  • dafs_r_jones Daf Rhys Jones 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@dafs_r_jones) reported

    @BorisJohnson @virginmedia @O2 So most people in the UK will still have charges seeing as EE is the largest network. Some win that

  • LGuard123 S Dyett Gicquel (@LGuard123) reported from Islington, England

    @virginmedia Brilliant & I appreciate your help

  • RichardGreenla1 Richard Greenland (@RichardGreenla1) reported from Bexleyheath, England

    @virginmedia Thanks. Looks like estimated fix is 12th January which will be nearly a week.

  • TheVandalElite Frode Jenssen (@TheVandalElite) reported

    @BorisJohnson @virginmedia @O2 Well, either you're an idiot or you think everyone else is. How is it a good thing that only two companies isn't making it more expensive to use a mobile abroad? All your empty promises turning to dust.