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Virgin Media Outage Report in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England

Problems detected

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

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 Chester-le-Street, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Chester-le-Street 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 Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England 10/30/2025 10:20

October 30: 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 (40%)

    Internet (40%)

  2. TV (35%)

    TV (35%)

  3. Wi-fi (11%)

    Wi-fi (11%)

  4. Total Blackout (9%)

    Total Blackout (9%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Shields, Sunderland, Washington, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Consett, Stanley and South Shields.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomGateshead Internet
United KingdomNorth Shields E-mail
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomGateshead Internet
United KingdomGateshead TV

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Chester-le-Street, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Chester-le-Street and nearby locations:

  • kicka11 ⚕ ᑕᕼᖇIS ⚕ (@kicka11) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Worst customer service I've ever encountered. On multiple occasions over several years. Rudeness and lack of knowledge being the main issues, along with the usual very long hold times.

  • kicka11 ⚕ ᑕᕼᖇIS ⚕ (@kicka11) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia can you please advise how I can easily cancel my service ASAP. It's (deliberately) impossible to contact your company by phone.

  • mickeywhizz Michael Taylor (@mickeywhizz) reported from Newburn, England

    @virginmedia Media. I ditched the TV part of the bundle years ago, but am still currently paying £50.99 p/m for 150mb broadband and a phone we never use. Come September, when you increase it by another £3.50 it’ll have gone from £37 in Dec 16 to £54.49 - A ridiculous 47% INCREASE......

  • Matt72423 Matty Erskine (@Matt72423) reported from Sunderland Bridge, England

    @virginmedia It is now, I think, five months since I made a complaint which has yet to be dealt with. To say that I'm not impressed with your 'customer services' would be a bit of an understatement.

  • brtoon Brian Reid (@brtoon) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia @honestlyhelen I've had similar feelings, my bill has rocketed by £11 per month over the last few months for my TV only service as Virgin only offer discounts now for multi package deals, loyalty no longer rewarded it seems 🤔

  • Jonnycushlow Jonathan Cushlow (@Jonnycushlow) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia your broadband is garbage. Forever puttin the price up and your service gets worse #sky incoming

  • jameshedges4 James Robert Hedges (@jameshedges4) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia I need someone to contact me immediately as I need to make a serious complaint about service. Completely ready to escalate to higher management as this incompetence of this company is a disgrace

  • mickeywhizz Michael Taylor (@mickeywhizz) reported from Newburn, England

    @virginmedia This has never been suggested before; you’ve been quite happy just to take the money and then hit me with an annual increase way above inflation. I’ve spoken to customer services on a couple of times in the last couple of months, and the offers have been quite frankly insulting.

  • LeslieBrown953 Leslie Brown (@LeslieBrown953) reported from Hebburn, England

    @virginmedia Disgusted at the speed of my broadband I am receiving. Signal very very slow. Paying for M50 broadband. Feel I am paying over the odds for what I am getting. But I already know your reply. Everything ok our side. Also received that the price is going up #ripoff

  • mickeywhizz Michael Taylor (@mickeywhizz) reported from Newburn, England

    @virginmedia Thanks for your help with this, but can you please refrain from using foreign call centres; it is incredibly frustrating trying to explain to someone that you’re unhappy about your bill, who interprets this as a technical problem.......

  • Barrymore_Jones Michael Jones (@Barrymore_Jones) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia I need help

  • kicka11 ⚕ ᑕᕼᖇIS ⚕ (@kicka11) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Media service. I waited 30 mins to speak to someone, after selecting an electronic option to cancel. "I'm not authorised to cancel". Now back on hold. Virgin has the worst customer service of any company I've interacted with. It's insane.

  • kicka11 ⚕ ᑕᕼᖇIS ⚕ (@kicka11) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Worst broadband and cable provider of all time.

  • NuttyRichie Richard Payne (@NuttyRichie) reported from South Shields, England

    @MrChrisWynn @Simon21ne @virginmedia @nowtvhelp @SkyHelpTeam I managed one week before cancelling! Sky says I have so many devices that it’s slowing the hub down, in 2019 that’s piss poor

  • NuttyRichie Richard Payne (@NuttyRichie) reported from South Shields, England

    Another blackout on @virginmedia

  • ThunderbirdWPC Tracey Ainsley (@ThunderbirdWPC) reported from Whickham, England

    @virginmedia Tried to pm you but won’t let me. Someone coming Wednesday now to sort problem

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

    @NatalieeeLoweee @virginmedia I had this issue. Got home from work to watch charity shield #MCILIV after avoiding the score and it was unwatchable because of the sound issues for me so I gave up. Will just watch #motd tonight instead. #nothappy

  • minkewales minkewales (@minkewales) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @Dabooka @skybiggerpic @virginmedia It was my second attempt to be fair. First time they reduced the price rise to £1.50 per month, then I rang back a few days later to cancel. Found a better deal elsewhere but price was the driver for wanting to leave. Lovely @virginmedia agent was able to help!

  • LiamCottam Liam A Cottam (@LiamCottam) reported from Hebburn, England

    @virginmedia Everyone was fine (eventually). The feedback is simple. If I can self serve setting up and managing my account I should be able to self serve cancel.

  • VictoriaBarry82 Vicki barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia hi can someone help me with my broadband

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • O2 O2 in the UK (@O2) reported

    @JohnWil07814753 Hi John, everything remains the same for now, so a customer’s existing O2 and Virgin Media deals won’t change. But we’re looking at what we can offer joint customers in the future. Make sure you're opted in to marketing texts/emails for any updates on offers.

  • TheOlDavenport Oliver Davenport (@TheOlDavenport) reported

    @virginmedia Liar. You offered webchat if I sat and waited for up to 3.5 hours. Funny how you reveal how to solve a problem but are incapable of enacting it

  • Taylorstar1987 Matthew Taylor (@Taylorstar1987) reported

    @virginmedia These connection issues are happening on wired and wireless devices, the tests come up with no errors, though one time when i tested using the phone instead of webpage to test it detected an error reset the modem but still the issues persist.

  • LeanneCoyne1 Leanne Coyne (@LeanneCoyne1) reported

    @virginmedia literally the most abysmal customer service today ! Absolutely raging !!!!!!!’ Cannot cope with these children you employ

  • NotoSocialists Fed Up Of Socialists (@NotoSocialists) reported

    @graham_bloor @avroenergy Customer service is as bad as virgin media

  • Kendall100Nick nick kendall (@Kendall100Nick) reported

    @virginmedia There have been times when we have had no service & times when we have had a reduced service. I don’t understand why your derisory refund is not applied automatically in this situation? You know when you are failing your customers - why do you wait for us to ask for a refund?

  • kidda7183 Cara (insta - cjlfitandhealthy) (@kidda7183) reported

    @Mitz__P @virginmedia @O2 I’m just hoping O2 fab signal doesn’t go all wrong and have problems when merged I really don’t rate VM Got a feeling this is a BAD move

  • fottoc F. Otto Chua (@fottoc) reported

    @virginmedia Yes, your voice message indicates that you are aware of the outage and that engineers will be on site. The outage started last night at around 22:00. Mr. #Branson needs to know that Virgin Media affects more people than Virgin Galactic or even Virgin Altantic for that matter.

  • Kendall100Nick nick kendall (@Kendall100Nick) reported

    @virginmedia The only thing I can assume is that you are failing to deliver your promised service to so many customers, that you simply couldn’t afford to be honest and offer automatic refund/account credits. But if you did I think customers would be much less cynical about you....

  • PandaKingPinder Panda 🐼 (@PandaKingPinder) reported from Romsey, England

    @virginmedia We have tried adding a new service and thinking of leaving as none of the others apply and there is no option to call for upgrading. Your automatic service is not helpful and it would be easier to just go through to speak to someone.