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Virgin Media Outage Report in Wrightington, Lancashire, England

Problems detected

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 Wrightington, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Wrightington 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 Wrightington, Lancashire, England 02/20/2026 15:25

February 20: 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 Wrightington, Lancashire, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Wigan, Blackburn, St Helens, Bolton, Southport, Liverpool, Skelmersdale, Preston, Prescot and Leyland.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomWigan Total Blackout
United KingdomBlackburn Internet
United KingdomBlackburn Internet
United KingdomSt Helens Wi-fi
United KingdomBolton TV
United KingdomBlackburn Internet

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Wrightington, England

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

  • MrCRichardson Craig Richardson 🌈 (@MrCRichardson) reported from Liverpool, England

    @virginmedia how do you you speak to the specialist complaints dept. I have had a billing issue for over 2 months, that still isn’t resolved? Told last week would get call Monday still waiting...

  • pjme327 Paul Edgar (@pjme327) reported from Hindley, England

    @virginmedia please sort out our internet. We are paying for 300mbs and getting zero to minimal WiFi. Power lines have 0mbs. Have you broken the fibre optic cable? weeks of #Unstable #internet.

  • MattJ_213 matt🇸🇱 (@MattJ_213) reported from Wigan, England

    Why’s it called virgin media when it goes down more than a pornstar

  • bigdrwes Wesley Tensel (@bigdrwes) reported from Leigh, England

    @virginmedia anyone working today to help with a query?

  • samtcartwright Sam Cartwright (@samtcartwright) reported from Golborne, England

    @virginmedia @BTCare do you want another customer?

  • 1972johnclark John Clark (@1972johnclark) reported from Clayton-le-Woods, England

    @virginmedia just wondering why my broadband as been off 12 hours , everything rebooted by myself and still nothing . Been listening to your music for over a hour now . Poor service 😩😩😩😩 On the plus side it’s consistent your poor service

  • samtcartwright Sam Cartwright (@samtcartwright) reported from Golborne, England

    @virginmedia It’s gone off again, says estimated fix time is 4pm tomorrow.. what is going on? Lowton area, warrington. Seriously considering swapping to another provider and only just sorted a new deal with you. I’m not happy.

  • irishchris89 Christopher heaton (@irishchris89) reported from Hindley, England

    @virginmedia your WiFi is ******* ****. It doesn't operate properly it randomly switches it self off then can stay off for over an hour. It's been like for over a month now and getting pissed off 😤

  • sturichie Irish Stu (@sturichie) reported from Eccleston, England

    @virginmedia now 50 minutes on the phone. Absolutely useless customer service. If only I could speak to someone I could cancel

  • CraigC84 Craig (@CraigC84) reported from Liverpool, England

    @virginmedia can you please contact me. Ur customer service is a disgrace

  • liamworrall24 liam worrall (@liamworrall24) reported from Wigan, England

    Virgin media as got to be the worst Internet provider around!! Constantly down

  • wanner316 wayne peers (@wanner316) reported from Golborne, England

    @virginmedia Done everything we are even losing signal now when we never did

  • oppositejohn oppositejohn (@oppositejohn) reported from Liverpool, England

    Could @virginmedia be any more crap if they tried? Internet on & off all day. **** Turpin had the courtesy to wear a mask #fail #virginmedia

  • MrCRichardson Craig Richardson 🌈 (@MrCRichardson) reported from Liverpool, England

    @virginmedia Already tried the text service this was my last ditch attempt to resolve on here

  • samtcartwright Sam Cartwright (@samtcartwright) reported from Golborne, England

    @virginmedia any update on the internet and phone outage in wa3 area. Your website says the expected time for it to be fixed was 4pm.. been off all day.

  • kirst_louisexxo Kirst-Lou✨💛💜 (@kirst_louisexxo) reported from Liverpool, England

    Smooth play the same **** every half hour I swear; been here since 2 and I’ve heard the same song 3 times already worse than virgin media.

  • bigdrwes Wesley Tensel (@bigdrwes) reported from Leigh, England

    Another outage with @virginmedia - I’ve been told as a contingency you would be able to send me a dongle as I have to work remotely at times for my #NHS work. Can someone assist with this please and unable to get through on the phone

  • davidbowes80 Dave the deccy (@davidbowes80) reported from Eccleston, England

    @BBCWatchdog My dad recieved Absolute terrible customer service from @virginmedia apparently when you cancel a contract in april it still doesn't show up on their system and then get a bill they say they couldn't access his account to cancel it but could when he offered to 1/2

  • liameaglestone Liam Eaglestone (@liameaglestone) reported from Liverpool, England

    @virginmedia how do I best report the broadband is not working at my home?

  • CatherineR0bb0 Catherine Robinson (@CatherineR0bb0) reported from Leigh, England

    @virginmedia @virginmedia my internet keeps turning off and has been for 2 days now. It’s been rebooted and is still doing the same thing. Online checking status says there’s not an issue- there definitely is an issue WN7 postcode

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • sxmii9 Samiyahh💕 (@sxmii9) reported

    virgin media is violating , the wifi has gone so ****

  • DwowDaisy DWOW (@DwowDaisy) reported

    As WiFi is down in east London, @virginmedia sort it out!!

  • ChelseyBeesley ChelseyBeesley (@ChelseyBeesley) reported

    Week 3 with no internet. What’s going on @virginmedia Zero customer service. #expensivewithnoservice

  • RoyIkoroha Roy Ikoroha (@RoyIkoroha) reported

    Hi @virginmedia - is there an outage in east London as I have no WiFi or TV???

  • GreavsieE17 Greavsie 💙 (@GreavsieE17) reported

    Marvellous. Yet another @virginmedia broadband and TV outage. Time to go back to BT I think.

  • Boy_Better_Joe Joseph (@Boy_Better_Joe) reported

    @virginmedia Your Wifi doesnt work 💩💩💩 Also cant stream any of the champions league football through your tv go app 💩💩💩

  • UEL_Computing Computing at UEL (@UEL_Computing) reported

    ByGaurav: @virginmedia @CaitlinWat Hello @virginmedia is there an outage in E7? I have tried all the tests.

  • TimHutchdraws Tim Hutchinson (@TimHutchdraws) reported

    thanks @virginmedia now I will never know how the scales turned out on the @TheRepairShop. perhaps you need to take your service to the repair shop too! E7 down again !

  • barrybhoy1984 Barry (@barrybhoy1984) reported

    Once again having to use 4g in the house to be able to get a connection @virginmedia this is 3 years we have been in this house and you have never been able to give us a proper service

  • longmolloy peepo (@longmolloy) reported

    @CaitlinWat @virginmedia Still not working 😭 yes far from ideal... let’s hope they sort it overnight