Virgin Media outages and service status in Basildon, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Basildon, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Basildon, 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 Basildon, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Basildon, Romford, Southend-on-Sea, Billericay, Gravesend, Chelmsford, Grays, Dartford, Canvey Island, and Wickford.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Basildon	TV	2 days ago
Romford	Internet	3 days ago
Southend-on-Sea	TV	3 days ago
Southend-on-Sea	Internet	3 days ago
Billericay	TV	4 days ago
Romford	Internet	4 days ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Basildon, England

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

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  Nick Miller 🇺🇦 (@NickMillerUK) reported 1 minute ago from South Ockendon, England

  @virginmedia It’s everything downstream of the LAN ports, so wifi on the box is on and working but all his wired network is offline. I have asked him to check all the cabling to make sure it’s all connected.

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  Katie Purkiss (@KatiePurkiss) reported 4 minutes ago from Southend-on-Sea, England

  After 20 years of being with @virginmedia and Telewest before that, I’ve finally decided to jump ship. Broadband has been horrendous for a couple of weeks and constant issues. 😔. #TimeforaChange

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  Katie Williams (@katie_2521) reported 5 minutes ago from Wickford, England

  @virginmedia been struggling for days with home WiFi. Tried to contact you guys but cant find a number Please help

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  ✖️𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕔𝔽𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖✖️ (@NoddyMaccy) reported 5 minutes ago from Romford, England

  @virginmedia I contacted customer services for an update on my iPhone 14 Pro Max. I was informed by your Twitter account I wouldn’t need to send my current phone back until I receive my new one. I was then informed by the gentleman on the phone my new phone won’t be sent until I send this

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  Mark Connolly (@macon1375) reported 13 minutes ago from Crayford, England

  @virginmedia @virginmedia can have no rival to the worst customer service out there! Said resolved an issue after held for over an hour only to find it’s not and I now can’t get back in touch. 2nd day work ruined

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  DragonFish 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇹 (@discobabe76) reported 15 minutes ago from Sutton at Hone, England

  @virginmedia 1/ I've been without internet access since last night. I called this morning at 830 and did reset as told, didn't work so was told it'd be passed on to network engineers and they'd get back to me if it didn't come back on within the hour.

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  Katie Purkiss (@KatiePurkiss) reported 22 minutes ago from Southend-on-Sea, England

  Hey @virginmedia Parents new 360 box not working and engineer not available to come out til the 27th!!!! Not good enough! 😔

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  Going for Gold (@Gold_Accounting) reported 26 minutes ago from South Ockendon, England

  SHAME ON YOU @virginmedia refusing to send an engineer to repair my 87 year old mum with a heart condition who needs a 24/7 line for her emergency button. Making her wait ANOTHER 6 days

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  Dr Andrew Fleming 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@Andrew007Uk) reported 27 minutes ago from Sutton at Hone, England

  After a mammoth session on the phone to 6 of your departments to arrange interim broadband given your service failed in Nov. & won't be fixed to March I spoke to a helpful chap called David in the Customer Care Dept before I was cut off. Can you help reconnect me @virginmedia 🙏🏻

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  Katie Purkiss (@KatiePurkiss) reported 32 minutes ago from Southend-on-Sea, England

  Virgin Media broadband down AGAIN. Service Status website & app don’t work as no internet connection 🤨 @virginmedia

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  Penny Rolfe nee Acres (@wonky1961) reported 34 minutes ago from Southend-on-Sea, England

  @MartinSLewis Virgin Media wifi been unstable since June 2020. Virgin Media never resolved the problem caused me to lose hundreds of £'s. Made me lose my PIP. Virgin made me pay double because they kept charging me twice most months. They've made me lose half my PC Guarantee

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  Going for Gold (@Gold_Accounting) reported 39 minutes ago from South Ockendon, England

  @BBCNews please help. @virginmedia refusing to make an 87 year old with a heart condition who needs her telephone 24/7 for her emergency button a priority. Not sending an engineer for ANOTHER 6 DAYS.

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  Russell Norris (@rrrussboy) reported 42 minutes ago from Southend-on-Sea, England

  @virginmedia I raised the complaint on 14/7 and I’ve heard nothing

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  Phil (@feyipuk) reported 50 minutes ago from Crayford, England

  @virginmedia I'm sorry for the two poor support staff who are trying to sell us new remote controls, routers and O2 sims - for more money - till we hit the nuclear option and say we're leaving to get what we're asking? We're loyal customers; why does it need to get to that?

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  ✖️𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕔𝔽𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖✖️ (@NoddyMaccy) reported 51 minutes ago from Romford, England

  @virginmedia My phone is now over two weeks late, which isn’t an issue, I understand waiting for one to become available to send but to suggest I send this phone back and go without a phone until one eventually gets sent to me is just ridiculous. I’m not gonna pay my bills with no phone…

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  Russell Norris (@rrrussboy) reported 52 minutes ago from Southend-on-Sea, England

  @virginmedia I’ve already raised a complaint. I spoke to someone in the Stage 2 complaints team who told me it’s being dealt with and, as already mentioned, a manager would call me back at 4.30 which didn’t happen. Can someone please sort this out?

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  Ben Rogers (@eviemae239) reported 55 minutes ago from Sutton at Hone, England

  @virginmedia wi-fi down yet again for about the 5th time this week. Constantly going down over last few weeks as well, absolute shambles.

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  grizzly_gooner (@GoonerGrizzly) reported 55 minutes ago from Thundersley, England

  @virginmedia A number of times. But let’s be honest, they’re nothing but messengers. There is no escalation, and they can’t even call the construction company to escalate issues. As someone who has worked within many projects teams, and mapped business processes, yours is simply shocking

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  Russell Norris (@rrrussboy) reported 55 minutes ago from Southend-on-Sea, England

  @virginmedia I’ve spent over 2 hours on the phone and I lost count of people I’ve spoken to when I got to 12. That’s just today and this has gone on for weeks. Pretty sure you would’ve lost me as a very longstanding customer by the time 28 days is up.

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  DragonFish 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇹 (@discobabe76) reported 56 minutes ago from Sutton at Hone, England

  @virginmedia 4/ I work from home so asked what can I do in the meantime? No help given. I asked to speak to a supervisor. Waited 15 mins to speak to Supervisor ( 45 mins total already spent on phone)..

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Ex-Fedupcivvy (@Fedupcivvy) reported 2 minutes ago

  @obbsie @virginmedia Everyone I know who used to be with @virginmedia has moved to another provider having experienced the same rubbish service you're getting. Banged on my door a few weeks ago, got sent packing, told the sales person I'd rather go totally offline than use them

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  Michael Clarkson (@ria_747) reported 3 minutes ago

  @Stephencheatley @virginmedia Just get freeview or freesat, Stephen. I’ve got Virgin media broadband and to be fair I’ve never had any problems.

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  BigK (@KelvinFavell) reported 9 minutes ago

  @virginmedia is there an issue sending out a 360 upgrade box? Told it takes up to 7 days. It is now 12.

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  Martin Collins (@Martin84Collins) reported 9 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Any update on this issue as anything in the virginmedia store when you try and load it up it freezes. There is a TV issue in service status it says it should have been resolved yesterday. My area reference is 031. Thanks

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  Mia (@LondonMum2025) reported 11 minutes ago

  @Benleo @virginmedia I’m having the same issues with them

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  Steve Hard (@PercivalPeabody) reported 14 minutes ago

  @Benleo In the end, I wasn't prepared to waste my time trying to get blood from a stone, so I called my bank to report it as fraud. Whether they put it down as fraud or not, I don't know, but they knew all about Virgin Media and did a chargeback for me.

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  John Parsons (@snipsy1) reported 15 minutes ago

  @RobRollin2 @virginmedia Yes 2026 and only guarantee speeds for a wired connection. Signal strength has got lower with new routers generating extra revenue whilst customers suffer and pay

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  Phil NSNO (@Mccartney2Phil) reported 17 minutes ago

  @virginmedia there has been issues with the set top/TV since May 18th and it's still not fixed...why ?

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  Carrie (@IamCarrieagain) reported 18 minutes ago

  @virginmedia My issue is you turned off my working router. I'm disabled and you turned off my service.

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  Michael De La Broc (@MDeLaBroc1) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Benleo @virginmedia Last MARCH I went in store to enquire about a new, better priced broadband contract or to disconnect. I was going abroad for at the time, but wanted something better when I got back, I was sold on a new contract. Apparently my previous account should have been closed there and then. In September my service is cut off with no explanation, I do most of my work online so this is obviously bad, I got in contact, turns out my direct debit was still going to the supposedly cancelled account, not the current one, for the next three months I have a never ending series of chats on the phone or online chatbot to try and figure out what is going on. I can't log into virgin media online, because the credentials I used, take me to a placeholder screen, because the account is deleted or something, I don't know, no one can tell me. I go abroad in December, come back in January, same problem, the internet is disconnected for ''non payment'', all payments, are still, going to a an account that was supposed to be deleted or merged into my current one a year ago. every other month I am having to redo the same chat on their chatbot, followed by a customer complaints phonecall with some arrogant Indian who barely speaks English and doesn't understand what I am trying to tell him. And every month this goes on for, they are charging me a £7 late fee and even letter saying the price for the contract I am barely receiving service from is going up due to inflation. Truly is an absolute travesty this company, I am just going to cut the entire thing loose and go to StarLink the next time this happens, which I expect will be in two weeks going by the near monthly disconnects I am put through