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: Batley, Sheffield, Wakefield, Normanton, Barnsley, Pontefract, Rotherham, and Liversedge.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Batley	Wi-fi	1 day ago
Batley	Wi-fi	2 days ago
Batley	Total Blackout	2 days ago
Sheffield	TV	2 days ago
Batley	Wi-fi	3 days ago
Wakefield	Internet	4 days 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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  Terry Hague (@TezzaBelle88) reported 7 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

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

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  Abdullah Mulla (@a8dullah_mulla) reported 10 minutes ago from Heckmondwike, England

  @virginmedia somethings never change, £21 price increase can’t get you good customer service. Complaint logged for the second time, will I get response this time? 🤔

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  adam (@Adz_lufc) reported 12 minutes ago from Wentworth, England

  @virginmedia your chat bot is broken, how hard it is yo actually speak yo someone who knows what they are talking about

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  Padge 👌 (@AdamPagett3) reported 13 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia That checker like my service doesn't work

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  Victims Voice (@victimsvoice73) reported 13 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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  Adam Hutt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@SBOmad) reported 13 minutes ago from Swinton, England

  @virginmedia Broadband went back down for me around 16:30 and no internet etc and like others your website is still failing

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  Tom “Harlam” King (@HarlamTK) reported 15 minutes ago from Wombwell, England

  @virginmedia How do I open a complaint then, because I’m still stuck on the phone with her and she is refusing to let me make my complaint.

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  Ben Brailsford (@benbrailsford) reported 24 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia on hold for 40 mins so far just to get you to cancel a service I don't even want 🤬

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  Chris McCulloch (@Chm14Mc) reported 25 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia as a rejoining customer, how do I set up an account with my old accounts e-mail address? #gettingstuck #shouldbeeasier

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  Andy Kershaw Media 🎙 (@andyksheffield) reported 30 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @StueyDay @virginmedia @lionsgateplusuk The service is awful and customers find it too hard to get a prompt response. Last time this happened it took at least 8-10 emails before they got past the automated letter asking me to switch off, reboot and check all the connections.

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  Amanda Brightmore (@mandybaps1) reported 31 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia I've emailed MD and they called me within the hour and sorted my issue out within 10 minutes. You should be ashamed of yourselves

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  Chris,,,, (@pidgpie) reported 43 minutes ago from Rotherham, England

  Virginmedia Rotherham some with no internet and no TV known issues in the area 6pm fix time

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  Michael Collinson (@Mcollinson72) reported 47 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia awful and aggressive scare tactics from your not so friendly cancellations rep when trying to cancel my service. God help any vulnerable person that tries to do the same thing. Shameful

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  lettiebella🦉🇬🇧 (@lettielou05) reported 48 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia first day of your internet snd massive regrets ! Can I cancel ? Cutting out constantly 😫

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  Andrew Kerrison (@AndrewKerrison6) reported 49 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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  anne l (@annie7hudds) reported 50 minutes 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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  Gary Fretwell (@GaryFretwell1) reported 57 minutes ago from Wakefield, England

  @virginmedia I appreciate your advice, but rather than ask fellow customers for a fix I’d rather hope @virginmedia trained staff would be able to rectify this issue. I’ll try the forum, but this is not the way to run a business….@Ofcom

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  Adam (@tevowl9) reported 58 minutes ago from Brinsworth, England

  @virginmedia on the phone for 30 minutes, WhatsApp message and technical support still not sorting us out! Oh but we can double what we pay and get a new hub!! New customers get it for £25

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  Gary Steele (@steeleygash) reported 59 minutes ago from Barnsley, England

  @virginmedia why is the red button on sky sports football not working no option to watch the live games ?? Poor service

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  Debbie 💜 🦋🦉 (@DeborahTaylor3) reported 60 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @virginmedia what's the issue with answering a call? Line went dead, my mum can't receive incoming texts and is due an upgrade. Your customer service is terrible, God only knows what will happen when I call for TV

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Iestyn T Davies (@iestyntdavies) reported 2 minutes ago

  @virginmedia - you customer service app is faulty, my TV Box is faulty how can I leave and end this poor service? Can @skytv or @EE help Me leave and get a better service?

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  Dansun (@elbondivad) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Ewan_Huzami @downdetector Down in East Surrey since yesterday too. Virgin Media app says service won't be restored until 11th August. Luckily I'm out of contract so I'm switching to Starlink

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  Carl Difford (@CarlDifford) reported 2 minutes ago

  Hey @virginmedia - work on your customer service training. Renewed my contract this morning, then a salesman rings me this afternoon trying to sell me an upgrade. When I told him I’d just sorted my package, he simply cut me off without a further word! Good day to you, too, sir.

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  Matt (@Ochai_Muse) reported 3 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @Bomber19631 Sky sports + channels not working whats going on

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  Footy (@Footy1492) reported 8 minutes ago

  @unspeakable28 And virgin media news shuts down at weekends and bank holidays.

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  Trina S 💙 (@BrownEyedGirlGB) reported 9 minutes ago

  By December 2025 @virginmedia ongoing service monitoring determined I needed a free hub to stabilise connection. Lost track of how often internet has gone down for few minutes or so then come back. However, in last month it has been out for hours 3 times. 2/?

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  Zoe Smith (@ladyspeakerz) reported 9 minutes ago

  @andyburnham PLEASE READ THIS TWEET EVERYONE. IF ANY VIRGIN MEDIA STAFF AT BAGULEY MANCHESTER CALL CENTRE WHERE I WORKED WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SLANDERING ME / FRAMING ME. THEN HERES PROOF THAT COMPANY ARE A BUNCH OF CRUEL UNETHICAL IMMORAL SCAMMERS YOU DONT THINK IF THEY CAPABLE OF DOING THIS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY CAPABLE OF DOING TO A WOMAN THEY HATE AND NO DOUBT JEALOUS OF here’s some confirmed validated real evidence NOT THEM BEING FRAMED that the staff at Virgin media call centres were all pardoned allowed to scam MILLIONS of their customers Here is proof Copied and pasted from Google please refer to articles in the press that confirm this what I’ve tweeted here If you think moral decent people do this to their customers scamming them in a cruel cold way SEEK JESUS  Virgin Media was fined a record £28 million by Ofcom in July 2026 for deliberately making it difficult for customers to cancel their contracts and switch to rival providers. Investigation Findings The regulatory investigation covered calls made between January 1, 2022, and September 11, 2024. Ofcom found that MILLIONS of customer service interactions were mishandled to prevent or delay cancellations. Specific tactics included: • Deliberately dropping or hanging up calls when customers asked to cancel. Putting callers on hold for no reason to frustrate them Excessive and unnecessary call transfers between departments. Using a two-tier retention system where only specific agents were allowed to process final cancellations. THIS LOT ARE CONFIRMED CRUEL SCAMMERS

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  sirkeirstalin (@stalinoverlord) reported 9 minutes ago

  @biggle1908 I've been with Virgin Media since they were called NTL. I did switch to BT for a spell, but the speed was **** in comparison; I soon went back to Virgin Media. This is just for the internet, though.

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  Pete Samuels (@PeteSamuels5) reported 11 minutes ago

  @DorzetRob @Artemisapphire Ditto here. We're between 3 towns. Sod all signal. Had to get 'wi-fi calling' on the mobile phones, to make mobile calls via the broadband. Smarty seems to work OK. Old copper land line now shut off by Virgin Media.

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  Chef Paul (@ChefPaul41) reported 12 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.