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Virgin Media Outage Report in Basildon, Essex, England

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The latest reports from users having issues in Basildon come from postal codes SS13 and SS14.

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 Basildon, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Basildon 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 Basildon, Essex, England 12/27/2025 19:00

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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 (17%)

    Wi-fi (17%)

  3. Total Blackout (12%)

    Total Blackout (12%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Basildon, Essex, England

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

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Basildon, England

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

  • Tiger118118 Thomas Hapgood (@Tiger118118) reported from Basildon, England

    Hope @virginmedia fix it before 9 because @LoveIsland Final is on at 9 😖😖😖😖😖

  • HolisticSabrina Sabrina (@HolisticSabrina) reported from London, England

    Virgin media are hands down the WORST WiFi providers omg.

  • frankroe2 frank #13 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@frankroe2) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia why is so hard to get in contact with you, it’s like you don’t want to help.

  • Knocker75 Karen Holmes (@Knocker75) reported from Dartford, England

    @virginmedia my mums tv/broadband went down at 8.30pm last night, you said it would be back up and running by 12.30am, still not working this morning she’s been told it should be back in at 4.30pm today. No mention of the problem! #ridiculous #compensation

  • Pegaso650 Jon Lovett (@Pegaso650) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia There are no faults in my area. The issue is likely to be with the router as the 2.4ghz works consistently on other devices.

  • GT_B4_Kevin Kevin B (@GT_B4_Kevin) reported from Romford, England

    @virginmedia I had an email Monday saying i was due a refund but there was a problem with my information and to click on the link ! Of course i deleted the email as it was obviously not from Virgin media , they got my regon code rong as well as not using my name on the email !

  • citigirly lisa sibley (@citigirly) reported from London, England

    @virginmedia I have run all the checks and it’s still really slow, can you advise who I contact to resolve this .

  • alansbrown alan brown (@alansbrown) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    @virginmedia I was some time ago but that was because I had entered my number I don't know what number they tried to call as they would not tell me so poor it really is and after 15 years 🤣

  • PaulGrayburn P͟G͟ t͟w͟e͟e͟t͟s͟ (@PaulGrayburn) reported from Romford, England

    @itsnoel @RantAbulus @virginmedia @Virgin_Victoria Yeah I’m happy with this one. The Hub I had previously was dog shit. Normally get a bit quicker then what Speed Test got tonight, can hit 390Mbps from time to time.

  • sharonblaxland Sharon (@sharonblaxland) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia majority of my channels stopped working, picture and sound very distorted about an hour ago, tried rebooting etc still not working. Tried ringing but your too busy and call cuts off 😡

  • thombie123 John Thombs (@thombie123) reported from London, England

    Virgin Media are the most untrustworthy company I have ever come across I cancelled my TV service #untrustworthy

  • alansbrown alan brown (@alansbrown) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    @virginmedia The same as always. No!! As just now getting fed up of years of awful service and paying 130 a month #awful #CustomerService #CustomerExperience

  • thombie123 John Thombs (@thombie123) reported from London, England

    @virginmedia It’s not if you fell short, you guys did fall short . I cancelled my service and it should have been cutoff on the 10th March not the 10th of Feb. all I wanted to here that it was going to be restored. #untrustworthy

  • wn1wn1 jonathan walden (@wn1wn1) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia Not working here in Southend on most channels

  • LonglandNick nick longland (@LonglandNick) reported from Sutton at Hone, England

    @virginmedia is there a problem with your tv sevice at mo , in SM postcode

  • Alanpw1955 Alan Wilton (@Alanpw1955) reported from London, England

    @MannersJack @virginmedia Mine’s ok and I’m in London. Maybe it’s a local problem, it happens sometimes.

  • frankroe2 frank #13 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@frankroe2) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia Our virgin remote has stopped working, tried re pairing and new batteries but won’t turn volume up or down or tv on/off

  • mikelondonse Mike Keogh (@mikelondonse) reported from London, England

    @virginmedia This is Another box down the bottom of Vicar's hill. Your guys can repair both in the same trip! Enjoy....!

  • Pegaso650 Jon Lovett (@Pegaso650) reported from Basildon, England

    @virginmedia It’s been awful. The connection is sporadic at best.

  • thombie123 John Thombs (@thombie123) reported from London, England

    @virginmedia I have spoke. To your CS team and I was passed to 3 different departments and basically told some admin nonsense about a call I made in October. Nothing as been resolved I don’t have TV service and I want have Broadband service soon as I will cancelling the that as well.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • MiriamShewry Miriam Shewry 💜💜 (@MiriamShewry) reported

    @virginmedia Spoke to the team 2 days ago, after a complaint call back never happened. Couldn’t get through today. Feel free to message me privately to arrange a call!

  • GwManheim Gerry Whittington (@GwManheim) reported

    @virginmedia No, I did not get the services bought, so the service was cancelled and KIT removed how can you bill for nothing? And continue to add to a bill with no Kit installed

  • MiriamShewry Miriam Shewry 💜💜 (@MiriamShewry) reported

    @virginmedia They always say there’s no outages (even though I’m not the only person locally with an issue), we’ve had 3 engineer visits in 10 Months - All of whom have told us that the last guy did it wrong. I’d be happy to have an engineer back again

  • turnersplumbing Andy Turner (@turnersplumbing) reported

    3 months after signing up I have cancel my voip system with @BTBusiness as we are still not up and running. I don’t think I would find a worse company to deal with then @vmbusiness but BT have prove me wrong.

  • hollyshearn Holly Shearn (@hollyshearn) reported

    @virginmedia paying premium rates for your fastest wifi connection and our rooter is constantly cutting off and doesn’t even reach upstairs in our home! Unable to get through to customer service online, on the phone or on the app - how are we meant to complain or contact u #karen

  • Harris_si82 Simon Harris (@Harris_si82) reported

    @cheshire_mark @Ryan_Jones85 @virginmedia If I did have signal you may have got an essay for your night time reading 👀

  • RajSMattu Raj Mattu (@RajSMattu) reported

    @virginmedia Hi. The engineer arrived and I explained that there is a covid positive case in the house, he told me to reschedule the installment. We've tried to call customer service to talk about the situation but we do not know the account password. The account owner is in hospital and

  • AaronHyde9 AaronAaronHydeHyde (@AaronHyde9) reported

    @virginmedia been waiting for 40 mins to then get put on hold then disconnected! Horrendous service!

  • YlenBuxtonSofia Sofia Ylen-Buxton (@YlenBuxtonSofia) reported

    Hi @virginmedia every time I find the time - whilst taking care of my new baby - to call you about my contract, your #customerservice line tells me you’re too busy & hangs up on me. How am I supposed to talk to you if I can never get through? 🧐

  • GillibrandPeter Peter Gillibrand (@GillibrandPeter) reported

    @Cardiff_Dave @virginmedia Is your internet going up and down too?