Virgin Media down: Thousands of broadband customers hit by UK outage
Thousands of Brits were left without internet access this morning after Virgin Media suffered broadband outages across the country.
Users in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow reported issues with their internet connection.
The issues began at around 7am and peaked two hours later with more than 2,500 reports of problems, according to website Down Detector.
Virgin Media said it was aware of some issues affecting broadband customers this morning but that they had now been resolved.
The outages come as millions of Brits are still relying on their broadband for remote working. While schools in England reopened this week, some parents are also still homeschooling.
One Twitter user wrote: “Homeschooling is hard enough without having to deal with constantly crap wifi signals. Sort it out please.”
Another complained: “Another day, another epic @virginmedia home broadband fail. At this point I’m just completely drained by all this. A customer for going on 13 years and seriously considering ditching them – not just because of the broadband problems, but the constant stress of it.”
Some users also reported that the service status page of Virgin Media’s website, which gives information about outages, had crashed.