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A man is 'livid' with his Internet provider after being without the world wide web for more than 24 hours.

Adrian Bishop, 51, from Huntingdon, has been without Internet and TV since the early hours of Wednesday morning (May 1) after his Virgin Media router stopped working.

He contacted the company's support team who said the problem would be fixed soon.

But after waiting more than a day, the 51-year-old, who suffers from anxiety and depression, said he is fed up.

'The Internet keeps my mind distracted from anxiety'

Mr Bishop, who lives with his partner and three children, said: "I'm absolutely livid.

"I've been subscribed to Virgin for 10 years now, but the service has been diobolical.

"First they told me the engineers would fix it by 11, then 12, and now it's going to be fixed by 4pm.

"I had to take extra medication to cope with this period of stress.

"The Internet helps keep my mind distracted from anxiety and panic attacks.

"My children, who are 13 and 15 are suffering too. They need the Internet to do their homework."

When asked about which sites he goes on to relax, he said: "I regularly go on eBay, and websites related to technical parts for iPads."

The Virgin Media Internet service has affected thousands of people within the last two weeks, according to istheservicedown.co.uk.

In London, there have been 2731 reports of outage and issues to do with the services.

The site also says there have been 37 reports in Cambridge, while Huntingdon, where Mr Bishop lives, had also been affected.

What do Virgin Media have to say?

A Virgin Media spokesman however said the family only notified them last night.

He said: "We were only notified at 11pm last night that there was an issue with their service.

"An engineer is visiting the property before 4pm today."

Right before publishing, a spokesman added: "We can confirm that a network engineer in the area has now fixed the issue affecting his services. The was due to a damaged cable. We have spoken to the customer directly and he is happy with the outcome.

"Considering this was only raised late last night, our engineer team has resolved this really quickly."