Virgin Media Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, England
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
The latest reports from users having issues in Smethwick come from postal codes B66.
Virgin Media offers mobile phone, television, broadband internet and phone service over the cable network. Virgin Media is part of NTL:Telewest. Virgin's mobile service is available under the Virgin Mobile brand, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator using the T-Mobile and Orange networks.
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The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Smethwick and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.
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Internet (55%)
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Wi-fi (16%)
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Total Blackout (14%)
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TV (7%)
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E-mail (6%)
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Phone (2%)
Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Walsall, Dudley, Redditch, Smethwick, Sutton Coldfield, Brierley Hill, Tamworth, West Bromwich, Solihull, Wolverhampton, Stourbridge, Oldbury, Wednesbury and Bromsgrove.
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:
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Stuart Cockerill
(@licklemouse) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia So what happens now or am I being stupid or have you just left me in limbo like the phone call !!!
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Stuart Cockerill
(@licklemouse) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I’ve just wasted a whole hour sat on the phone with someone who had less than an a basic understanding of English what a waste of time only to be sent a new TiVo box who knows of this will work as she spent more time speaking to her work mates awful experience 😡
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chris
(@eurobob17) reported
from
Wolverhampton, England
@virginmedia It's my media service to many price hikes been with you for 8years and new people get a deal for a quarter of the price I pay I want out way to expensive paying for a land line I dont use just because VM wont let me out of LL service
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Philky
(@philwowski) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia been on hold to cs for 20+ minutes. No tv service. Intermittent service for the last 4/5 weeks. I just want to watch tv. I pay £100s /yr and yet not getting the service expected. I think I will have to contact Sky for a comparison sad after 15 years
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Clive Reeves
(@PRBloke) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@Lionbites @virginmedia @SkyUK You’re very picky. We had no broadband service from @virginmedia yesterday morning and no phone yesterday evening. 20 minutes to answer a phone call. I think they’re all challenged for customer service
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Helen Rollins
(@kittykatrollins) reported
from
Birmingham, England
Poor customer service from @virginmedia this morning. Phoned to discuss fraudulent callers to my landline. First advise was to call #TPS, I carefully explained that I was already registered with them. He then said, let me give you a number. I diligently wrote it down. Who’s that
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trev1874
(@tfd1977) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia on hold listening to crap music for hour then disconnected on hold again for 30 mins now anyone working in faults tonight
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Mark Hipwell
(@markhipwell1990) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia So now I have to ring to cancel because that's too much or give you a chance to fix the price. Both take time out of my day when we only did this less then 2 months ago.
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Dave Bytheway
(@davebytheway) reported
from
Wolverhampton, England
@wolves_ink @virginmedia @Newey_7 @SkyHelpTeam @CoopEnergy have well and truly let us down, over charged, no communication and still waiting for a call back from last week! They are the worst I’ve encountered for this
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Neil M Ainsworth
(@ainsworth_neil) reported
from
Redditch, England
@virginmedia No my wife works from home 2 days a week. She constantly gets logged out. No help from customer service. I have the agents ref number and the rough time of the call. Very disappointed
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Stuart
(@Griffomiester) reported
from
Willenhall, England
@virginmedia Have a word with yourself, this has been going on for 12 months. How about you send an engineer to fix once and for all
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Ian lee
(@ianl2001) reported
from
Wolverhampton, England
@virginmedia please explain customer service to me...on hold for 16 minutes, then cut off #jokeservice
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philwebster
(@littleanfield15) reported
from
Tamworth District, England
@virginmedia no email access still been like this since friday morning being told nothing very disappointed in the customer service receiving!just want some factual truthful information on when this will be resolved
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Luke T
(@lukiee) reported
from
Dudley, England
@virginmedia I can’t get into my account online.. I have changed my password but it is still my my details are incorrect.. help
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Teds
(@Tedtalks13) reported
from
Aldridge, England
@ukhomeoffice @BrandonLewis ive one all this in my investigation to the fraud in court tht has a fraud log failed by @ThamesVP; via EE and well virgin media refused to co operate: fraud is easy to catches frombasic start of internet "the signal" for any signal to connect it has to have data communication
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Dave Bytheway
(@davebytheway) reported
from
Wolverhampton, England
@wolves_ink @virginmedia @Newey_7 Our @SkyHelpTeam broadband hasn’t worked since installation despite calls and an attempted booster fix. Know how you feel mate
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Luke T
(@lukiee) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia Still go having issues :(
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Sarah James
(@gmb_sarahjames) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
Really disappointed with @virginmedia call centre staff this evening, asking 10 times in the space of 20 minutes to speak to a supervisor to resolve an issue is not good enough
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🇬🇧Kimbo🇬🇧
(@Kimbohud) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I have received a further two or three calls, following the request to remove one of the V boxes to save me some money, offering me different packages as a ‘loyal’ customer which would be costing me more! #youcouldntmakeitup 🙄
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Shannel - mummy of twins
(@shannelchauhan) reported
from
Dorridge, England
@virginmedia had issues for years......so many calls logged. Wifi doesnt cover whole house and is intermittent all day. Its frustrating. Just logging another call now. Used so much mobile data due to these issues. Never had an issue in this house until virgin.
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Steve Olsson 💎
(@theollyolsson) reported
@virginmedia Hello there KF, thank you for getting back so promptly. Did ring back and got into your billing support. I then started to explain to the guy about my bill changing from £28 to £53.50. We probably talked/argued for 20 minutes with no joy
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Badmanners
(@JohnRelen1) reported
@virginmedia Emergency line a hospital electrician has checked the equipment and nothing wrong with it
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Sean Underwood
(@undies_sean) reported
@virginmedia It's too much of a jump.... I'll now be paying over £100 a month if i stay, that's not affordable. However been on hold now for over an hour to your on line chat to leave..... customer service is also dreadful!!
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Steve Olsson 💎
(@theollyolsson) reported
@virginmedia He transferred me to a contract specialist who sorted it out in 5 mins, and credited me the difference back into myaccount that I had paid, the guy I first talked said they needed to investigate first,did mention he was in Asia and it’s a poor country but thanked Virgin for a job
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Ravi Kapani
(@RaviKapani1) reported
@virginmedia Do you have a SLA on the fault....I am facing this issue from last 5 days...
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Minky
(@Minky_monkey) reported
@virginmedia @TwoPaddocks It would be lovely to watch something on Virgin - considering we're paying for a non existent service due to a faulty box. Despite spending nearly two hours talking to incompetent staff, a replacement still has not arrived.
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Gary
(@GashB76) reported
@JohnKaysCanoe @virginmedia The worst customer service I’ve ever experienced mate. Appalling.
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Minky
(@Minky_monkey) reported
@virginmedia @LutzSchueler @virginmedia I cannot explain the level of frustration this diabolical level of customer "service" causes. Why do you persist in overseas call centres who cannot resolve what should be straight forward issue.
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Simon Bewick
(@SimonBewick) reported
@virginmedia No. Left hanging online for an hour with no reply. I have sent an email of complaint. Given this was part of your effort today to change my mind about leaving...not going well.
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Pilib Ó Geibheannaigh
(@Phil_Keaveney) reported
@virginmedia hi I am looking for some help regarding a recent letter I received ?