Virgin Media outages and service status in Barnsley, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Barnsley, England

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

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Wakefield, Batley, Normanton, Sheffield, Barnsley, Pontefract, Rotherham, and Liversedge.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Wakefield	Internet	12 hours ago
Wakefield	Internet	23 hours ago
Batley	Internet	24 hours ago
Normanton	Internet	1 day ago
Batley	Internet	1 day ago
Sheffield	Total Blackout	1 day ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Barnsley, England

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

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  anne l (@annie7hudds) reported 7 seconds ago from Fenay Bridge, England

  @virginmedia what’s going on with internet service in HD8 area ? I don’t want to have to wait 23 hours before calling a technician as advised by your service page

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  Mark Hewitt (@Hi1mMark88) reported 8 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia broadband service has dropped out in Sheffield (s5) any know issues or reasons why this has happened. Service checker isn’t giving any information

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  Michael Collinson (@Mcollinson72) reported 9 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia ongoing intermittent issues with my broadband for weeks now and yet your website gives no option to get through to anyone to help despite it promising to do so. Keeps telling me to check back in 24 hours. Unacceptable level of service!

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  Abdullah Mulla (@a8dullah_mulla) reported 11 minutes ago from Dewsbury, England

  @virginmedia well done 👏🏽 new way of resolving complaints! Offer a resolution that you know customer won’t accept so you can pass on to an adjudicator… all in a record time of 8mins!!!

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  The Churchill (@Churchill0782) reported 12 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia all services in the WF1 area of Wakefield have been down all day and looking like 6pm to be fixed. Will you be applying any credit to people's accounts?? Good will gesture and all that! #wakefield

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  Victims Voice (@victimsvoice73) reported 13 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia Yes both mum n dad are virgin and we’re still getting no signal

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  Paul David Phillips (@paul_phillips83) reported 14 minutes ago from Barnsley, England

  @virginmedia the cheek or virgin media staff complain about virgin router dropping out constantly call raise a complaint and tell them router is disconnected from network and request a hub 4 as been told this is what’s needed I get told I have to upgrade to 1 gig for new router

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  Victims Voice (@victimsvoice73) reported 15 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  Dad got rushed to hospital still in and @O2 connection is still not working in my house or mums @virginmedia mobile same problem (according to there test it’s fine) well try using it here especially when a loved one is ill and you can’t even connect a phone call &it’s a main road

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  Claire 💙 (@ClaireWinslade) reported 16 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  Moved to @virginmedia on Monday and router didn’t come. Then when it came Wednesday the internet wouldn’t connect. After 7 phone calls and an engineer called out it’s still not working 😡 and it seems if you are on hold for too long they just cut you off. So frustrating

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  lettiebella🦉🇬🇧 (@lettielou05) reported 22 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia No and tbh no apology for my internet not working since the day after install Friday and now I've been threatened in in contract ! I have 14 days to cancel can you confirm please . Im not paying for a fault after 5 days plus it's not worked from install .

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  Ed Foster (@EJJFoster) reported 23 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia hi is there an issue in wakefield with the broadband? It has been off all afternoon. Constantly on the blink!!

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  Jamie Whalley (@jamiewhalley87) reported 25 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia I have been trying to get through to your cancellations department since Saturday. In total, I have been on hold for 3 hours. 1 hour intervals before you cut me off. Your txt service is SH*T. Your agent introduced himself as working for Three, before he disconnected

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  Chris,,,, (@pidgpie) reported 27 minutes ago from Rotherham, England

  @virginmedia any known issues broadband off S65 area pc hard wired no internet . phone connected to WiFi without internet. Re booted router etc my status no known issues

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  Andrew Kerrison (@AndrewKerrison6) reported 32 minutes ago from Rotherham, England

  @virginmedia I tried to report a problem. The advisor was only interested in selling me a upgraded package. Miss selling packages to customers is not good practice

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  Debbie 💜 🦋🦉 (@DeborahTaylor3) reported 35 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia I hung up the call, rang back and spoke with a lovely man. Reset my email, password and answered all my quedtions. All the men are when you call, the female was awful. But thank you for the response

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  Ed Foster (@EJJFoster) reported 42 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia I have tried the status but its saying the service is fine. Yet all the people on out estate are complaining they cannot get onto Virgin internet. We cannot book an engineer as isolating. Why is it constantly broken or speeds so slow?

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  Victims Voice (@victimsvoice73) reported 45 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  That’s it after years of being with @O2 I nolonger trust you &neither can my parents on @virginmedia nextdoormy dad 79 yesterday &myself need a working phone no signal, calls when there is a signal ( although) notstrong dropping Medical assistance needed earlier &again no signal

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  Oli B (@olibrown77) reported 53 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @pauldevine1986 @virginmedia We are still down in S7. Nearly 24 hours now. Saying 2pm is the updated fix time. But that keeps getting pushed back 🙄😡

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  Chris,,,, (@pidgpie) reported 54 minutes ago from Rotherham, England

  Here we go its worked for a week virginmedia internet down rebooted worked for 2 mins down again ill check my status later usually goes off then comes back on and works again S65 area

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  Terry Hague (@TezzaBelle88) reported 60 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  I’m gonna stop having days off because every time I do the WiFi seems to be down #VirginMedia

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Lisa (@LisaRacheal) reported 9 minutes ago

  @virginmedia As usual yous site says no issues. I’ve been waiting 10 mins on the live chat and still nobody has joined the chat after the bot phase

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  Paul Turner™ (Personal) (@PaulTurner140) reported 9 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I‘ve now been waiting 72hrs for a response. When Might I get a reply / resolution?

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  Chef Paul (@ChefPaul41) reported 14 minutes ago

  Reckon we had better offerings on TV last week in our lodge ( caravan ) with Freeview than we do back home with virgin media. TV sucks.

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  Dadaldo (@HRH_Duke_of_Url) reported 15 minutes ago

  Virgin Media are the worst. They strong armed me into a ****** deal to take out an O2 sim for £5 a month just to get affordable broadband. Now when my broadband's down, which happens weekly, I check their online service checker and it bounces me to a virgin02 sign in page.

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  Joseph Harvey (@Funkychicken65) reported 18 minutes ago

  @tim_longhurst A service with very channels and going down a lot, just like @virginmedia

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  Jindu (@Phils_Cassidy) reported 18 minutes ago

  Good afternoon everyone I’ll briefly share my POV on choosing a good proxy. Here are the 3 major things you must check before using any IP: 1. ISP (Internet Service Provider)
This is the most important factor.
Think of it like our local networks — Glo, Airtel, MTN, or 9mobile.
Always pick residential consumer ISPs (e.g., AT&T, Comcast for USA; Telstra/TPG for Australia; Virgin Media, BT, Vodafone for UK) instead of datacenter providers (DigitalOcean, AWS, Choopa, etc.).
Websites easily flag datacenter IPs, but residential ones look like normal users on home Wi-Fi or mobile data. 2. Fraud Score / IP Reputation
Before binding the proxy, test it with tools like Scamalytics, IPQS, or Pixelscan. • ✅ Low Fraud Score (0–10) = Clean & safe. • ❌ High Fraud Score (30+) = Avoid. It will trigger CAPTCHAs, bot detection, or shadowbans.
Also check it’s not blacklisted on major spam databases. 3. IP Range (First 3 Octets)
Not all ranges from the same ISP perform the same. Some subnets get abused over time.
Australia examples:
❌ Avoid: 1., 101., 110.
✅ Good: 124., 121., 120. (Telstra) | 80. (TPG)
UK examples:
✅ Good: 86., 80. (Virgin Media) | 82., 78. (BT) Pick the right ISP and you’ll rarely get flagged. This was the main issue a lot of people faced with services like Outlier and Handshake. What proxy challenges are you currently facing? Drop them below

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  Trina S 💙 (@BrownEyedGirlGB) reported 20 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Resolution estimate was 15:08. It’s not intermittent it’s totally out and the resolution estimate has moved 4 times and is now tomorrow evening. Right above the service status issue box is a box saying it’s time to renew, look at contract options. No chance. 4/4.

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  Amrit Phull (@Amrit_Phull) reported 23 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @306notout Can you be more pathetic! I tried calling your bullshit customer service line and the lines are closed!!!

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  Alan Roberts (@AlanRob68902430) reported 26 minutes ago

  @virginmedia what the actual **** do you think your doing texting me at 8 am on a Sunday morning then ringing me at 9 am? My contract is over I've repeatedly asked you to come and collect your router as I'm recovering from a heart attack, the account is 74724920 it. Clearly states my name is Alan Roberts yes I'm the fkin account. Holder, YOU DO NOT REPLY TO YOUR OWN MESSAGES , I will be contacting @Offcom tomorrow when its not so ANTISOCIAL.

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  VB (@Vincent2455) reported 26 minutes ago

  Received a text from @virginmedia asking me to return an unused device or they will charge me for something I did not request. Made the mistake of calling for address stickers for the return item. Big mistake!! No support! No idea. No stickers. How will this play out in court!!