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Virgin Media outage or just me?

Virgin Media Hub

  • To do: Look at the light on your Virgin Media Hub 5: solid white, your Hub is working normally.
  • To do: Light red? Check all cables into and out of the Hub are pushed in firmly, at the wall socket too.
  • To do: Turn the Hub off and then on again, then wait for the light to turn solid white.
  • To do: Test another device, then a computer connected by Ethernet cable: if that works, it's the Wi-Fi.
  • To do: Still down? Run Test my broadband in the Virgin Media service status checker.

Virgin Media Mobile

  • To do: Turn airplane mode on for 30 seconds, then turn it off.
  • To do: Restart your phone so it reconnects to the O2 network, which Virgin Mobile uses.
  • To do: Remove the SIM, clean it, reinsert it, then try it in a different O2 phone.
  • To do: Check for issues with your account in My O2, where Virgin Mobile plans have moved.
  • To do: Check the O2 network status checker to see if your local mast is working.

Virgin Media network

virginmedia.comUpdated 04/10/2026

Virgin Media runs its own cable network (HFC, DOCSIS 3.1) and is moving it to full fibre: 9 million premises in June 2026 including nexfibre, its fibre joint venture. Part of Virgin Media O2 since June 2021, its mobile customers use the O2 network.

Fixed network

Network used
Virgin Media
Technologies
Full fibre (FTTP)Cable (HFC, DOCSIS 3.1)
Subscribers
5.42M· June 2026
Coverage
United Kingdom

18.8 million homes serviceable, all with gigabit speeds. Full fibre reaches 9 million premises including nexfibre (June 2026).

Mobile network

Network used
O2
Technologies
5G4G
Coverage
United Kingdom

Runs on O2: 5G reaches 87% of the UK outdoor population. O2 Satellite lifted UK landmass coverage from 89% to 95% in 2026.

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