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Virgin Media Outage Report in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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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 Newcastle upon Tyne, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne, England 02/19/2025 00:10

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  1. Internet (54%)

    Internet (54%)

  2. Wi-fi (17%)

    Wi-fi (17%)

  3. Total Blackout (14%)

    Total Blackout (14%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (5%)

    E-mail (5%)

  6. Phone (3%)

    Phone (3%)

Live Outage Map Near Newcastle upon Tyne, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Shields, Hebburn, North Shields, Wallsend, Jarrow, Consett, Chester-le-Street, Blyth and Washington.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Total Blackout
United KingdomSunderland Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Newcastle upon Tyne and nearby locations:

  • ruthemmj Ruth Bennett (@ruthemmj) reported from Walker Gate, England

    @virginmedia Done that.. hence why calling - your website is crap

  • jonlane86 Jon Lane 🌈 ✊🏿 (@jonlane86) reported from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

    Wondering if @virginmedia can explain the service outage I've had in NE21 for the last 3 hours? Having to watch #NFLRedZone on my phone

  • schizoid007 John Lacey (@schizoid007) reported from Gateshead, England

    Anybody else's @virginmedia Box absolutely **** when changing channels just goes to a black screen or sound or vice versa?

  • fionajohnson__ fiona johnson (@fionajohnson__) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia wifi down in NE2 area????

  • jameshedges4 James Robert Hedges (@jameshedges4) reported from Walker Gate, England

    Have a mountain of work to do and need to be online to do all of it. What a surprise, @virginmedia is down again. What a waste of money

  • stevemhh Steve Mayne (@stevemhh) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia Nice adverts for your content, shame my recorded delivery complaint about my issue originating in MARCH (after three failed online submissions and pointless texts) has still not been acknowledged,been ignored,treating a customer as a piece of 💩 way to go 👏🏻

  • peterat50 peter atkinson #FBPE (@peterat50) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia you are impossible to deal with !! I’ve been trying to contact you since 4/10 to tell you I’m moving can someone please contact me as i don’t have the life force to waste listening to terrible music whilst on hold

  • samiq Gilbert Corrales (@samiq) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia hey guys is internet down in Gateshead? Lost connection now foe 30min and rebooting the router doesn’t work

  • VictoriaBarry82 Vicki barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia can someone help with getting a broadband booster

  • finswimmerjohn1 John Lavender - #Speedowarrior (@finswimmerjohn1) reported from Whickham, England

    @virginmedia We have two VM boxes for collection as we have already left your network. Can you please arrange for someone to disconnect and collect them? Thanks in anticipation.

  • paulbanks60 Paul Banks - Tenor 🎶🇪🇺 (@paulbanks60) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia #virginmedia #virginmediadown Is there a problem chaps? Poor poor connection speed in South Tyneside! 😳

  • Deggsytweets Deggsy™ (@Deggsytweets) reported from Sunderland, England

    Anyone else in Sunderland having intermittent problems with @virginmedia broadband? It’s been up & down for ages but it’s getting worse!!

  • peterat50 peter atkinson #FBPE (@peterat50) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Anyone thinking of dealing with @virginmedia don’t their customer service is woeful . Another hour wasted trying to contact them 😡

  • ruthemmj Ruth Bennett (@ruthemmj) reported from Walker Gate, England

    @virginmedia Other than checking the plugs and the cable connections - your light indication service doesn’t work.. it made me run and run and run diagnostics and engineers in 3/4 days isn’t good enough - still didn’t repost any fault even saying the internet wasn’t working.. RUBBISH

  • GraemeBell_NUFC Graeme Bell (@GraemeBell_NUFC) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Can I speak to an understanding and reasonable human please? Or do they not exist in your company? I’ve had nothing but trouble from day one and the customer service has been woeful

  • L88HRS Lee (@L88HRS) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia are there network issues in NE29? My wired connections are working fine but WiFi is having none of it on any of our devices!

  • Mezzy14 Lee Mayes (@Mezzy14) reported from Ryton, England

    @virginmedia broadband is down once again in NE21. How long is this going to go on for? Its now been 2 weeks of issues and from the looks of it im not the only one complaining

  • piggypics Les Pigg (@piggypics) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia No but I have now dealt with it via your customer services and asked to remove my mam from virgin sales list. Thanks

  • RachelDMcDonald Rachel MCDonald (@RachelDMcDonald) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia can you check the service status? My internet is not working. Sr4 area. #virginmedia #broadband

  • HBP_Surgery_CHS Ben Banerjee (@HBP_Surgery_CHS) reported from Walker Gate, England

    Never ceases to amaze how poor @virginmedia is. Successive errors including appalling dropping out broadband. Now transferring to BT today and they stop internet last night despite specifically saying I wanted no gap in service. Glad to leave after 23 years.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • JBoaLdn JB (@JBoaLdn) reported

    @kanengonij @virginmedia Same I'm in London, Internet has been down since yesterday

  • batterseaclarke Catherine Jenkins (@batterseaclarke) reported

    @virginmedia any idea when service will be resumed for WiFi? Thanks

  • Pestsputtorest Pest Control (@Pestsputtorest) reported

    @virginmedia down once again! Worst thing we ever did was going over to you guys, the day I can get out of my contract I'll be gone! I pay for a service you fail to provide. @BBCWatchdog

  • Spikey60189432 Spikey (@Spikey60189432) reported

    @virginmedia Hope you are fixing the internet quickly. I have work to do. People's computers to fix remotely...

  • AnnoraSims Annora Sims (@AnnoraSims) reported

    @virginmedia down again. I'm hoping they don't expect the bill to be paid this month. No service = no payment. Simples! #virginmedia #useless #worstserviceprovider

  • Schc_metal Sherry chandler (@Schc_metal) reported

    @virginmedia is your network down? Cannot connect to WiFi also tried to look on Web page but that's down for maintenance. Get Starr virgin

  • ShaneGillespie Shane Gillespie (@ShaneGillespie) reported

    What’s going on with @virginmedia can’t log on to the internet and can’t check as websites are down

  • SglSimon Simon G (@SglSimon) reported

    @virginmedia is a special kind of broken today… I’d almost be impressed if I wasn’t paying for it. #VirginMediaoutage

  • RedJon70 Red Jon (@RedJon70) reported

    @virginmedia can you ensure my WiFi is working. I cant connect. This is an essential service.

  • AmanDhir20 Aman Dhir (@AmanDhir20) reported

    @johnrobeds @virginmedia Down in midlands too