Virgin Media

Virgin Media Outage Report in Sunderland, England

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Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.

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 Sunderland, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Sunderland 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 Sunderland, England 02/28/2026 18:05

February 28: Problems at Virgin Media

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (57%)

    Internet (57%)

  2. Wi-fi (21%)

    Wi-fi (21%)

  3. Total Blackout (11%)

    Total Blackout (11%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Sunderland, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Sunderland, Gateshead, Jarrow, Borough of North Tyneside, North Shields, Seaham, Durham and Whitley Bay.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
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United KingdomSouth Shields Wi-fi
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomSunderland Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi

Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Sunderland, England

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

  • hilly_1986 Iain Hill (@hilly_1986) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia Say no known issues. Wired is fine but WiFi all over the house is shocking! Tried moving the hub but can only go so far as it’s restricted by the wires.

  • greav41 Paul Greaves (@greav41) reported from Gateshead, England

    @simonrim @virginmedia Ended up removing them from our lives due to atrocious (being generous here) customer service. Even now they are threatening £130 charge due to them not sending out the box return kit.

  • mrspag47 Elizabeth Pearson (@mrspag47) reported from Stanley, England

    @BT_Openreach can I ask why a 0161 number rings me every day (foreign accent) states he's open reach when apparently this is virgin media!! I hang up

  • barbarafoggo Barbara Foggo (@barbarafoggo) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Wow @virginmedia amazingly poor customer services on many levels. Not your best moment @richardbranson

  • TaylorBurgen93 Taylor (@TaylorBurgen93) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia your customer service team is about as much use as a chocolate fire guard! Routers not working switch off then back on... it’s broken I can book an engineer for Saturday....

  • neeta68 Anita Whelan (@neeta68) reported from Gateshead, England

    @Davidwillough19 @virginmedia After another 22 minutes and explaining it all again, calmly and politely I may add, the other person has hung up, unbelievable! @virginmedia can you help me please

  • ozwaldo1985 Craig Osborne (@ozwaldo1985) reported from Wallsend, England

    @LouisRoss67 Virgin Media box up to 2 and a half minutes tonight, switched to Apple TV and I’m down to about 20 seconds

  • ktowers74 Karen Towers (@ktowers74) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia my internet isn't working in NE25, are you having issues in this area 😥

  • M_RashidAmin Mohammed Rashid Amin (@M_RashidAmin) reported from South Shields, England

    @vmbusiness I’ve send a direct message. Im absolutely angry and annoyed by the situation today. Worst customer service experience.

  • barbarafoggo Barbara Foggo (@barbarafoggo) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia I really don’t think you can. Please provide me with an email address for the complaints department. I will write a full and detailed email and if no resolution I will forward my complaint to Ofcom.

  • Ne31phil Phil Robinson (@Ne31phil) reported from Hebburn, England

    @virginmedia disabled relatives who are without a phone for the second time ina month.they have a nurse call system that needs working phone line. No engineer until tomorrow. raised a complaint told some one will call non working phone. If no response complaint closed.

  • panicdragon8779 John Brunton (@panicdragon8779) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia Think I have but any more problems I will give you a yell

  • lukejameson17 luke jameson (@lukejameson17) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia don’t give a **** what time of year it is but to reset my ******* WiFi 4 bastard times today is a ******* joke, absolute ******* usless ***** man

  • kicka11 ⚕ ᑕᕼᖇIS ⚕ (@kicka11) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia This lithium service you use is to get people off social media. It obfuscates and is unable to resolve anything. I'll take my chance in the legal system and with independent ombudsman.

  • panicdragon8779 John Brunton (@panicdragon8779) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia No problem

  • 1lynzi1 lynzi owens (@1lynzi1) reported from South Shields, England

    Not sure who I spoke to @virginmedia but gota say she was really helpful. Top customer service 👍

  • godisageordie andy kindred (@godisageordie) reported from Gateshead, England

    @neeta68 @virginmedia Worst customer service I have encountered is with Virgin media and mobile , needless to say I am no longer one of their customers, good luck

  • neeta68 Anita Whelan (@neeta68) reported from Gateshead, England

    16 mins on hold to @virginmedia before I got through to someone who said she needed to transfer me to another department, the recorded message of that department said the number no longer exists and gave me the original phone number to ring! Some customer service that!!!

  • lalunatic michael lamb (@lalunatic) reported from Sunderland, England

    @simonrim @virginmedia Worst company going

  • AllinsonsPhoto AllinsonsPhotography (@AllinsonsPhoto) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia your shit broadband and tv service is down again for the third time this week and it’s only Tuesday WTF do I pay you for! I bet I don’t see a refund for what you don’t deliver 😡

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • dtg226 Dan Gregory (@dtg226) reported

    @virginmedia After doing test it says there is network issue…. Another one. What has happened reliability is shocking now. Not great for working from home.

  • jbhalay Joe Bhalay (@jbhalay) reported

    @virginmedia Your WiFi is shite and your customer service is worse.

  • gingerfigo2 mark (@gingerfigo2) reported

    @virginmedia hi my broadband is dropping on and off all day and now completely not working. Is there something happening in the Penge South London area

  • KeithY2Dickie Keithy D (@KeithY2Dickie) reported

    @virginmedia You don’t need access… just flag my email address with an agent. You have been for two months with false offers and the only support offered is reseting a router over and over. So i’ll be the judge of that thanks

  • KeithY2Dickie Keithy D (@KeithY2Dickie) reported

    @virginmedia Yet more nonsense. Sorry this service is a complete joke. Rather pick it up with ofcom and get out of this horrid contract. Complete joke

  • dtotheb_ dtotheb (@dtotheb_) reported

    Virgin Media down again. Thank gawd for DVD's 📀

  • zappomatic Tom P (@zappomatic) reported

    @virginmedia Now that Vodafone have pulled out of your London Underground wifi, how about adding a Three icon to the login page?

  • Marchick19 Marianne 💚❤️☘️🇮🇪 🌈 (@Marchick19) reported

    @RTEplayer Catch up tv on Virgin Media - could that be the issue?

  • lucindaduffy12 Lucinda Duffy (@lucindaduffy12) reported from Newton-le-Willows, England

    @virginmedia Thanks Anthony did arrive but very late and well after our 'slot' - he was under the impression customer services would have let us know? Such a shame to have had to complain, as he was so efficient and sorted things for us. Communication is key though!

  • Tomhuds01302244 bestpigeon69 (@Tomhuds01302244) reported

    @virginmedia I was told at 4pm it was the area not just my property…… but the “online status page” say it’s working fine. So no technician to the property surely? Wait I’ll go knock on my neighbours doors and see if they have internet issues and get them to complain then virgin might help.