Outages batter UK's Virgin Media into wee hours as broadband failures spike 77% globally

'Not caused by a spike in usage or a lack of network capacity,' says Brit ISP

Broadband outages have soared since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, per data from US network intelligence firm ThousandEyes. Among the most recent victims is Virgin Media, which suffered intermittent failures across the UK and Ireland starting yesterday early evening, and continuing into the early hours of the morning."