Virgin Media Was Down Last Night And People Couldn’t Handle The Stress Of No Internet

Irish internet users across the country were left without broadband and WiFi last night thanks to a Virgin Media outage.

Once people began realising that the ‘turn the modem off and on again’ trick wasn’t going to do the job, panic began setting in. After all, there was Neflix to be watched…

@VirginMedia I have a lot of Netflix to watch before my free month is up! #fixmyinternet #virginmedia #netflixandchill

— Lara Neilan (@laraneilan) December 7, 2016

I JUST WANT TO WATCH M’STORIES WHY ARE YOU NOT HELPING #virginmedia

— rachel glass (@rachelglass_) December 6, 2016

Gilmore Girls revivals to criticise…

#virginmedia come on I was watching #thegilmoregirls finale #nofair pic.twitter.com/9Ku2AyQq38

— Klo (@khloewilkinson) December 7, 2016

@VirginMediaIE why is our wifi not working in Dublin about to watch #gilmoregirls and it will not connect #help #virginmedia

— Sinead McAllister (@1Sinead) December 6, 2016

And movies to be, er, legally streamed…

Being forced to watch tv instead of illegally download movies and tweet using 3G like a caveman because #virginmedia is down

— Dave Lawless (@Davepants) December 7, 2016

What to do when you’re suddenly left without social media, internet TV or anything fun to occupy your mind of a Tuesday night? Well, you could clean the microwave, like this guy:

Over 2 hours without Broadband or 3G thanks Virgin Media. Decided to clean the microwave & sort through old clothes #Productive #VirginMedia

— (((Barry W))) (@barrycork) December 7, 2016

Or read, if you’re really in the mood to be smug.

There’s more to life than Netflix.. How about we all do a spot of reading hmmm??? @VirginMediaIE #virginmedia #BBblackout #internetshutdown

— Niamh Carroll (@NiamhCarroll_1) December 6, 2016

You could hit the bed early – but not to sleep, mind.

I can see a lot of babies being born in early september 2017… #virginmedia

— Ben Labbe (@benlabbe) December 6, 2016

No internet access last night so barricaded myself into the bathroom and barbecued the dog. #virginmedia

— James Howley (@FrJamesHowley) December 7, 2016

Ever when it’s not working as a modem, that little black box has PLENTY of other uses.

A Chopping Board! Other uses for your #virginmedia modem during The Great Virgin Media Crash of 2016. pic.twitter.com/ULmaTQVLUo

— Will St Leger (@WillStLeger) December 6, 2016

An effective paperweight! #virginmedia pic.twitter.com/Fau9Y2ZFZ5

— Úna-Minh Caomhánach (@unakavanagh) December 6, 2016

Loads, honestly.

Contemporary art! Even more uses for your #virginmedia modem during this Great Virgin Media Broadband Crash of 2016 pic.twitter.com/7jUBJhgvHN

— Will St Leger (@WillStLeger) December 6, 2016

Thankfully Virgin’s services were back up and running by midnight, although customers are still experiencing outages as late as this morning. May we never have to suffer through such upsets again.

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