To its credit, Virgin Media is pretty clear about that on its compensation page (even if some might claim that's because it's down so often). Under its 'Automatic Compensation scheme' you're apparently eligible for "£9.76 per day for a total loss of service after 2 full working days from registering the loss of service to us".

Virgin Media's internet service has now been "fully restored" — according to a company spokesperson According to Downdetector, the number of reported issues reached a peak of 10,000, with problems kicking off at 9:50 a.

"We apologise for any inconvenience and are working to fix this as a priority," a Virgin spokesperson told the BBC. "We're aware that some customers are experiencing intermittent issues with their services,

Downdetector, a site which monitors outages, saw issues spike across thre three providers, with Virgin the worst affected.

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