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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Dayna McAlpine

Virgin Media internet down for Edinburgh and Lothians as thousands left offline

Virgin Media customers across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife have been left without broadband this evening (Friday 23 April) due to a signal outage.

The disruption is currently affecting households and businesses across the capital and surrounding areas, although customers in Edinburgh appear to be the worst affected by connectivity issues.

There have been 263 reports of wifi outages in Edinburgh according to site istheservicedown.co.uk - with issues reported since 11:40 AM GMT.

The most recent outage reports issues originating from Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Musselburgh, Kirkcaldy, Kirkliston, Dalkeith, Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing, Loanhead, Bonnyrigg, Tranent, Queensferry and Danderhall.

The site reports that 67% of reported problems with Virgin Media were internet access issues, with 5% reported a total blackout of all services from the provider.

Virgin Media has approximately 3.2million customers in the UK - there is a dedicated web page where you can find out if there are any problems in your area.

Click here to visit the My Virgin service update website.

To find out if there are problems in your area, enter your postcode.

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