Virgin Media outages and service status in Cardiff, Wales
Some problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
Full Outage Map
- Virgin Media generated 1 outage signal in the last 24 hours around Cardiff, including 1 direct report.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and Total Blackout.
- The most recent signal from this area was received May 11, 9:54 AM GMT+1.
- Internet (67%)
- Wi-fi (19%)
- Total Blackout (12%)
- TV (2%)
The latest reports from users having issues in Cardiff come from postal codes CF24 , CF14 , CF11 , CF23 and CF5 .
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 Cardiff, Wales
The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Cardiff, Wales and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
May 11: Problems at Virgin Media
Virgin Media is having issues since 11:40 AM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!
Live Outage Map Near Cardiff, Wales
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Cardiff, Caerphilly, Newport, Pontypridd, Weston-super-Mare, Porth, and Barry.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Cardiff
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Internet | 8 hours ago |
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Caerphilly
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Wi-fi | 2 days ago |
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Caerphilly
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Internet | 2 days ago |
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Newport
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Internet | 3 days ago |
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Pontypridd
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Internet | 4 days ago |
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Cardiff
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Total Blackout | 4 days ago |
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Cardiff, Wales
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Cardiff and nearby locations:
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Behnaz (@behnazakhgar) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia I am trying to terminate the account. Its for my dad's house and need it done before the 3rd of March.
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Jonny Ex 🏴 🇬🇷 (@jonny_ex9) reported from Cardiff, WalesFix my internet please, I don’t have the minerals for this tonight @virginmedia
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Darren Coomber (@Dazc090861) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia Firstly a refund of £351 for the Mobile part of the Oomph bundle as it was stopped a couple of months after starting the contract..still not paid to me! The Media part..nothing has been done at all..no solution..just continual pestering to pay by debt collectors or cut service!
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Stacey J Lipowski🐧 (@staceyjlipowski) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia internet has gone down and the website is also down so can’t check if it is an issue in the area or not
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MaartenX. (@MaartenSleeckx) reported from Victoria, Wales@virginmedia Clearly not as the issue keeps coming back after multiple engineer fixes outside AND in my home. You're lying through your teeth and leaving me in the dark literally. Stop hiding behind "standard business" replies, be human and help me.
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Sam Tempest (@SATempest) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia hello I’ve supposedly been transferred to the Customer Relations messaging team on WhatsApp but have been waiting since 2pm yesterday for an agent to get back to me, how much longer can I be expected to wait? Thanks
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Sam Tempest (@SATempest) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia Yep. Just been on hold for 1 hour 3 minutes and as soon as I got through it cut off. Sent multiple follow up WhatsApp messages and still nothing. You really need to sort out your customer service because I’ve been waiting 3 weeks just to get back into contact with someone!!!
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Paul Burnell (@Paulyb65) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia really frustrating morning. First day back from the holidays, stacks to do and internet has been down from minute I signed in!! Really need this back up ASAP!!
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amanda roberts (@amandaroberts10) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia is there a problem in the CF23 area ... no WiFi??
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Kevin Fortey (@GiantVeg) reported from Cwmbran Central, Wales@emmalunn @virginmedia Absolutely. Just had to improvise from a mobile phone with similarly shocking service too
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andy lanyon (@andylance1977) reported from Newport, Wales@virginmedia is it normal practice when a call is made to you about problems with the tivo box (3rd time this year) that you're then on a call for over an hr at at the end of it promised an upgrade, go thro all the protocols only to be told actually you can't have that
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Jordan (@welshcuriosity) reported from Cardiff, WalesUpgrading to gigabit broadband meant getting a new router from VirginMedia, so took the opportunity to tidy up and remove old cabling and extension leads. Didn't realise just how much unused crap I still had plugged in/taking up space
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Ritch Zablan (@blue_murdock) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia … is there network cover problem here cardiff now?
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Darren Coomber (@Dazc090861) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia I do not want to be with you any more because you are doing my head in!!!! You have turned from being a very good company with good service to being the most disgusting people I have ever had the displeasure of coming in contact with!!!
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stadiamap 🏟️ (@StadiaMap) reported from Taff's Well, Wales@BO3673 @virginmedia Ours is down too, live In Taffs Well area Ref 25
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Andrew Wilcox 🛖 Shedified (@unclewilco) reported from Penarth, WalesBeen lucky all day my #virginmedia has not been down at all, 5pm & it's down Pub? #VirginMediaoutage
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cheryl (@cherylockerby) reported from Barry, Wales@virginmedia I have a TiVo box but my tv screen keeps pixelating. It is not restricted to 1 channel. I have turned the box off at the plug but it has made no difference. Can you help?
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Charl Balcombe (@CharlBalcombe) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia Having serious disconnection issues with my WiFi (CF24) - is there anything that can be done? Can you help? WFH this week has been painful
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Right Direction (@BackOnTrack__) reported from Cardiff, Wales@virginmedia you SUCK, you have NO CUSTOMER service at all. Employ more staff and start to provide a service we are paying for RUBBISH SERVICE perhaps we need to move to @skytv !!!!
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Moseph Mellars (@stfcjoner1986) reported from Cardiff, WalesHi @virginmedia can I please have some assistance? Thw WiFi keeps dropping out since yesterday. I am WFH so this is causing lots of problems. I have contacted you via live chat but I am getting no reply after answering sec questions. I am based in Splott, Cardiff.
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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BaaBaa (@mumherts) reported@VirginMediaNews @virginmedia @VirginMediaCorp still trying to get through to 'help' after four days of trying. Communication company who can't communicate with its customer, no wonder so many people leaving!
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Melitha Hammond (@HammondMilly) reported@virginmedia I’m trying desperately hard to keep my child safe online. He has SEN and has spent £300 in over 18 websites since he was 13. I used essential security to lock these from my router however it hasn’t worked for months. Feel really let down!
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Andy Duncan (@andyduncan84) reported@virginmedia I’m having problems with your newly installed service. Your chat service is rubbish & I’ve been on hold for over 45mins! This is not a great start! Someone better get in touch with me soon or I’ll be cancelling my direct debit!
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Stephen Old German - English Translator (@old_stephen) reported@virginmedia It did not work. Also, my landline stopped working when you switched us over to the new fibre connection. I am told that a lot of people have had this problem. I will find a better provider.
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nicky kaleniuk (@nickytrickster) reported@virginmedia urgently trying to get through to customer services as my emails have gone down and was on hold with the most annoying music, and then was cut off dead at exactly 2 hours.
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CaperZz (@zZrepaC) reported@virginmedia what ******** is going on, i have neen on hold for 1 hour an then the bot tells me there is 177 minutes wait an puts the phone down! Whatsapp chat doesnt work nore webchat an also ZERO info from socials on what is going on!!!!!!!
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Stewart Paske 🇪🇺🇬🇧🖖 (@Stewart_Paske) reported@virginmedia Broadband issues in CB4, Cambridge. Anyone else experiencing issues? #cambridge #VirginMedia
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Bob Price - bobsrailrelics (@Huxleypiguk) reportedAnother two tries today. One I had to give up after 55 minutes waiting, now on 44 minutes. Seriously @virginmedia you are now a joke. Was just going to cancel my TV, I am seriously looking up Broadband alternatives while on hold.
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CombatPug (@9f46435cb75347b) reported@virginmedia My partner has been trying to contact your company via telephone for near 11hrs! Been on hold for over 3hrs at a time! Awful service we are experiencing contact me/us It is very important!
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Andy Devine (@AndyDevineCOYS) reportedTeam on the 17th March and have had no response. We are desperate now please @virginmedia get somebody who can help fix this urgently