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Virgin Media Outage Report in Consett, County Durham, England

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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 Consett, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Consett 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 Consett, County Durham, England 12/10/2025 06:50

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (60%)

    Internet (60%)

  2. Wi-fi (16%)

    Wi-fi (16%)

  3. Total Blackout (12%)

    Total Blackout (12%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Consett, County Durham, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Wallsend.

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City Problem Type Report Time
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United KingdomGateshead Internet
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Consett, England

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

  • CraigSmartUN Craig Smart 💙 (@CraigSmartUN) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia Hi spoke to Customer services was told IT would get email sent out to me. 3 days later still no email to verify my email address so I can log into my online account.

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

    @virginmedia Yes that’s fine, I offered to send it back but I was told to use it until the call was listened to. Can you check on the progress of the complaint

  • 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

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

    @virginmedia M125, it’s terrible, it’s always going down, if we are both wfh we need to turn any devices off to be able to use our work laptops

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

    @virginmedia Out of contact & another £8 was added. My account for the free booster another complaint was logged. But no one has called me back. Can u DM me to have a look into this

  • 40yearsofhurt JOP (@40yearsofhurt) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @Magpie24_7 Fitness levels of Virgin Media are poor.

  • StevieWalls 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

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

    @virginmedia sorry for the late reply I smashed my phone I phoned customer service and I'm still waiting for someone to phone me iv had NO TV for about 15 days now

  • liamsholder91 liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported 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

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • NevilleLishman Neville Lishman (@NevilleLishman) reported from Durham, England

    5 hrs now. Just rude @virginmedia just rude. Clearly little of your astronomically charges is spent on your customer service department. It's a recruitment Sargent for @skytv

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

    @virginmedia I called up about 6 weeks ago about the poor quality of the wifi, I was offered another booster free of charge. Then I received an email to say my bill was going up by £15.someone said they would listen to call, no one got bk 2 me & I called the other day & was told I was out of

  • seldomseenkid16 Georgina McGowan (@seldomseenkid16) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia can you help with my phone services not currently working

  • Tanya_M_S Tanya ❤️🤍 (@Tanya_M_S) reported from Sunderland Bridge, England

    @virginmedia sky red button not working again. 😕 sort it out 🤬😡😡😡😡

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

    @virginmedia won't even let me over the automated service

  • CraigSmartUN Craig Smart 💙 (@CraigSmartUN) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia trying to set up online account ready for install on Wednesday, verification email expired. Clicking send new email but no email is being sent so can’t verify email. Please help!

  • HelenEmbleton1 Helen Embleton (@HelenEmbleton1) reported from Leadgate, England

    @virginmedia Your customer services

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • PhillThornhill Phill Thornhill (@PhillThornhill) reported

    @virginmedia I was told there was a problem with Virgin and Netflix and it would take 7 days to resolve.

  • man_likemike Michael (@man_likemike) reported

    @virginmedia I've been getting overcharged for the last 2 months I've spoke to use both times this has happened. I've not had a refund nor has anyone got back to me. I want to now cancel my subscription

  • BennyHall17 Benny Hall (@BennyHall17) reported

    @virginmedia Well the box that broke was the one downstairs, the box in my room was working fine. I have now moved my box downstairs and it’s working fine. So the only problem is with the box. The cables inside and outside are ok if that makes sense

  • arnoski Arni Arno (@arnoski) reported

    @virginmedia Pre-recorded outage message but no timescales on when its due back on. Can you advise ?

  • nashpainter19 Steve Nash (@nashpainter19) reported

    @virginmedia after years of loyalty from us we get an email today our bill is going up by £19.43 WTF not happy at all

  • cytrxx2 mercedespeek (@cytrxx2) reported

    Will I get put on a watch list if I said I wanted to bomb virgin media HQ for being hands down the shittiest internet provider in the UK

  • MyKomment x 💙 (@MyKomment) reported

    @JenClone @noodles_nood @virginmedia I just got a new deal about 3 months ago so it's hot on my brain Also, even if it is a cancellation fee, look at the new deal, it may be cheaper. inc the cancellation. To leave, they said to me, 6 months holiday before they'd allow me back as a new customer btw. Nearly did it too

  • redwitches3903n Rica Scott (@redwitches3903n) reported

    @virginmedia Hi thank you for getting in touch. I rang on 27 th May through to you cancellation department as soon as I received my moving date for 30th June to cancel my contract as I knew new address was not serviceable. I spoke to a man who told me he would cancel and org retrn of hub &tv

  • chugh28m DR Mukesh chugh (@chugh28m) reported

    @virginmedia It’s mattter of principle and I am not paying for poor communication from your side

  • PhillThornhill Phill Thornhill (@PhillThornhill) reported

    @virginmedia Yes. Tried to find it when on to the customer support. Couldn’t find it and operative unable to tell me where it was.