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Virgin Media Outage Report in Sunderland, 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 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 11/19/2025 23:05

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (61%)

    Internet (61%)

  2. Wi-fi (16%)

    Wi-fi (16%)

  3. Total Blackout (11%)

    Total Blackout (11%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Sunderland, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, Gateshead, Wallsend, Jarrow, Washington, Whitley Bay, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Stanley and South Shields.

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

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Sunderland, England

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

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

    @virginmedia The link asks me to log in which I do, then it shows me my contract etc, I can either fill a form in for someone to contact me but I’ve did it before or it shows the complaint as been closed

  • ZicoPete Pete Irving (@ZicoPete) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia what channels do I need to go down for a stable connection check in my area, two days in a row internet keeps dropping not ideal when working from home. Thanks.

  • VictoriaBarry82 Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland Bridge, England

    @virginmedia Yes that’s fine, I offered to send it back but I was told to use it until the call was listened to. Can you check on the progress of the complaint

  • ema_neale emma (@ema_neale) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia Thanks for your reset help earlier it worked, unlike waiting 10 hrs for someone to finally respond to me again via WhatsApp. I was told that there were no offers for current customers yet your website states otherwise!

  • liamsholder91 liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia basically I can't do anything on the stream box comes up contact customer care I do then I get absolute no were...look I understand everyone has teething problems but this needs sorting ASAP because different when you need the money I ain't paying for something I can't use said

  • liamsholder91 liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia sorry for the late reply I smashed my phone I phoned customer service and I'm still waiting for someone to phone me iv had NO TV for about 15 days now

  • liamsholder91 liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia I'm definitely filein complaint 15 days without no TV and 2 kids is really hard work its either that or I'll go with someone else

  • VictoriaBarry82 Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland Bridge, England

    @virginmedia M125, it’s terrible, it’s always going down, if we are both wfh we need to turn any devices off to be able to use our work laptops

  • CraigSmartUN Craig Smart 💙 (@CraigSmartUN) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia Hi spoke to Customer services was told IT would get email sent out to me. 3 days later still no email to verify my email address so I can log into my online account.

  • CraigSmartUN Craig Smart 💙 (@CraigSmartUN) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia trying to set up online account ready for install on Wednesday, verification email expired. Clicking send new email but no email is being sent so can’t verify email. Please help!

  • seldomseenkid16 Georgina McGowan (@seldomseenkid16) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia can you help with my phone services not currently working

  • PaulCraig24 Mr Smoggie (@PaulCraig24) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia my Mam has been trying to sort her mobile out today. As she can’t remember her password or security answer, she has been unable to access her account to cancel it. Can you let me know what she can do?

  • PaulCraig24 Mr Smoggie (@PaulCraig24) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia Unfortunately not. The issue is she doesn’t receive any communication from Virgin apart from a monthly text with the link to her account. As she has no password etc she can’t access it

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

    @virginmedia I have to wait 24hrs & call back not only is the red light an issue, the WiFi has now stopped working!

  • Rainbowztwit Sarah (@Rainbowztwit) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    .@virginmedia Broadband down - phone line states because of 'improvements'- not expected back until 3pm. Why was there no notice so I could arrange to work from alternate location? How do I get warning in future?

  • VictoriaBarry82 Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland Bridge, England

    @virginmedia Out of contact & another £8 was added. My account for the free booster another complaint was logged. But no one has called me back. Can u DM me to have a look into this

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

    @virginmedia I’ve looked & it’s no help

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

    @virginmedia Yes spoke to a member of the team, we have been having issues with our wifi. She offered to send another booster & cable out free off charge. Available on our contract. I’ve just received email to say my payments are going up to £60!!

  • VictoriaBarry82 Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland Bridge, England

    @virginmedia I called up about 6 weeks ago about the poor quality of the wifi, I was offered another booster free of charge. Then I received an email to say my bill was going up by £15.someone said they would listen to call, no one got bk 2 me & I called the other day & was told I was out of

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

    @virginmedia She’s sent me a service receipt out

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Caroldav0117 Caroldavies (@Caroldav0117) reported

    @virginmedia @Ofcom further to my complaint last week, I was due a callback. Nobody called me. This morning I received an email contract 09-068067667-01 I have never agreed to this contract & think this is illegal! I am leaving @virginmedia ensure this is cancelled immediately!

  • benjaland Benja (@benjaland) reported

    @virginmedia To add to my frustrations, a colleague in retentions that I spoke to on Thursday promised to call me back yesterday to see how I was getting on. Never happened, but I’m hardly surprised.

  • LaurenJennerxo Lauren Jenner (@LaurenJennerxo) reported

    @virginmedia I ordered a virgin box as a new customer over a week ago. The boxes were meant to be delivered to my local shop on 01/12 and I am still waiting! What do I do about this?

  • tomprimrose Tom Primrose (@tomprimrose) reported

    @virginmedia Have tried a number of connections. It just keeps flashing. Please help

  • nikuksoc Nikki Main Family & Funeral Celebrant (@nikuksoc) reported

    @virginmedia It's not me that needs the help. It's @Ronn1e1am

  • jrfblogs HotundertheCollier (@jrfblogs) reported

    @virginmedia Results show that a technician is coming on Thursday but I’m not hopeful that the issue will be resolved because it has been going on for months

  • Mrdilkesy Graham Dilkes (@Mrdilkesy) reported

    @virginmedia Finally managed to find a contact number and there is a fault, it’s time to fix has changed from 8:45 to 10:45 so choice of going into office or day’s holiday 😭

  • sarah_walk4 Sarah Walker (@sarah_walk4) reported

    @virginmedia Does pre pull work involve damage to my property externally? No one has said what is involved?

  • Paul1971EFC Paul1971EFC (@Paul1971EFC) reported

    @HSMSpen @Kieronocall @virginmedia We can't get virgin, judging by the tweets i see I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing

  • bookishlondoner Vicky (@bookishlondoner) reported

    @virginmedia @BinqDesign1999 Same here, wifi has been down since last night. Hub has a flashing green light. I checked the service status page earlier and no issues have been listed. What’s going on?