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Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, tv and wi-fi.

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  • Virgin Media generated 5 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 5 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and E-mail.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received Aug 8, 7:41 AM GMT+1.
  • 65% Internet (65%)
  • 17% Wi-fi (17%)
  • 6% E-mail (6%)
  • 6% Total Blackout (6%)
  • 5% TV (5%)
  • 1% Phone (1%)

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.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Smethwick, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Smethwick, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

August 8: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 11:20 AM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Tamworth, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bromsgrove, Brierley Hill, Halesowen, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Stourbridge, Bilston, Dudley, and Rowley Regis.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Birmingham E-mail 8 hours ago
Birmingham Internet 9 hours ago
Wolverhampton Internet 13 hours ago
Wolverhampton E-mail 19 hours ago
Walsall Internet 20 hours ago
Walsall Internet 1 day ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Birmingham

17 recent signals

8 hours ago
Walsall

3 recent signals

20 hours ago
Wolverhampton

2 recent signals

13 hours ago
Tamworth

1 recent signals

2 days ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:

  • NickHickey84
    Trickie Dickie (@NickHickey84) reported from Bradmore, England

    @virginmedia a customer of yours for years. Had a cpi increase letter to say leave with out penalty. Competitor massively cheaper than you for faster speeds. Only to be told by a colleague I have to pay £110 to leave today?

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia The TV goes all distorted I’ve done webchats phone calls the lot nothing has been resolved was told it was a problem in the area , neighbours have had no issues happened still have issues now but not as often but it’s a bit annoying esp when I’ve not had any money off

  • laticwolf
    Alex (@laticwolf) reported from Bradmore, England

    @virginmedia good work 👏🏼 issues with WiFi being down constantly as soon as £7.50 monthly bill increases comes in! Currently on hour 5 of no internet and not due to be fixed before 1am 🙃

  • redron1975
    Ronnie Harris (@redron1975) reported from Walsall Wood, England

    @virginmedia guess what ********* your system is down again. Useless pricks.

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Swindon, England

    @virginmedia No , when I last spoke to someone on the phone the issue was still happening , it doesn’t happen as much now but still happens at least once a day

  • HJMKent
    Howard Martin 💚 (@HJMKent) reported from Kidderminster, England

    @virginmedia Can you please explain why, when I renewed my package in March you reduced my last invoiced bill to reflect the change & took by DD what you said you would! Now you say you will suspend my service because I underpaid? You took what you wanted!

  • ReissOmari
    Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, England

    Fed up of these “intermittent” problems with my @virginmedia broadband.

  • robchippyman
    Rob Chipman (@robchippyman) reported from Birmingham, England

    @Tilton247 @virginmedia I had the same for 2 years. Constantly disconnecting on a daily basis . Changed the Hub and it worked straight away. No issues since. Good luck getting a new hub off them though.

  • iamscorchy
    iamscorchy (@iamscorchy) reported from Wednesfield, England

    @virginmedia No it doesn't feel hot it randomly starts the fan really loud and doesn't stop its on top of a cupboard not close to any walls ect it's cleaned still have the problem at least twice a week

  • HuntColin58
    Colin Hunt (@HuntColin58) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia It took me best part of a day Friday 24/3/2023 to contact you to cancel my broadband but since I finally managed to you have been contacting me 4 times a day. We have signed a contract with someone else. Please stop harassing us we have cancelled

  • ethnicalien
    G 🇯🇲 (@ethnicalien) reported from Wolverhampton, England

    @virginmedia Not at the moment no but it's a common issue👀

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England

    @Ofcom can I complain about @virginmedia to yourselves? Had no TV service for nearly a month with no help.

  • Phil_Bonna
    Bonna (@Phil_Bonna) reported from Birmingham, England

    @Angela_Griffin @virginmedia I have the fibre optic broadband for £23.95 month and the customer service is great

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England

    All TV boxes playing up , had issues for a couple of days now can’t get through on phones is there any issues in B37 area ? @virginmedia also I’ve been waiting nearly 2 years for my wifi booster

  • AdieJAMster
    Adie Hughes (@AdieJAMster) reported from Swindon, England

    @virginmedia Internet has been down again for the whole night. When I spoke to you about the recent last 6 times it’s been down you said there was no issue! Looks like whole of UK was down now yet our bills go UP & UP & UP! #virginmedia

  • _shannonC
    shanny C 🌹 (@_shannonC) reported from Solihull, England

    @LenFPS @virginmedia they don’t care. it only happens 7pm onwards but will happen until the next morning so I can’t stream or anything. and they’re telling me to write on a forum as if that will fix it😤

  • shelleex5
    Shelly (@shelleex5) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia red button not working again!! @skytv, does yours work? #FedUp missing baggies after my shift 😪

  • StuJonesMusic
    Stu Jones (@StuJonesMusic) reported from Kidderminster, England

    Hi @virginmedia, I am in Kidderminster, Worcestershire (DY11) and my Virgin Media broadband connection is very poor this week. I have checked your website & apparently there are no issues in my area. I have also restated my access point/router twice but no improvement.

  • k1El_w
    Kiel (@k1El_w) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia @YodelOnline your ability to deliver equipment is shocking!!! The customer service you provide is even worse!!!

  • LynneMasters
    LynneMUFC#22#44 (@LynneMasters) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia why is the Sky Sports red button not working

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • IzO_TTV
    IzO (@IzO_TTV) reported

    @virginmedia You have literally the most infuriating customer service process known to the entire universe. I cannot wait to be out of this Devil spawn of a contract. I actually pray for the down fall of this company with a passion. Zero interest in customer needs just straight aggressive sales tactics. Get out of my life seriously.

  • cathypops2010
    Catherine Jeffery (@cathypops2010) reported

    @virginmedia @D4N7O It’s not working in the Oldham area either but it’s working for Sky customers

  • VallaNils13872
    Bo Duddley (@VallaNils13872) reported

    @virginmedia I’m in the unenviable position of having my broadband with virgin and my mobile with O2 I currently have internet cutting out constantly and a phone that can’t get a signal in the backwaters of Cambridge and I pay for this awful service

  • 1989kopite
    askandyouwillfindout (@1989kopite) reported

    @biggle1908 Stay away from virgin media, cancel sky TV, and get someone else to get tv in your household full package sky stream 50pm

  • tirpse
    Mark (@tirpse) reported

    @virginmedia every night this week broadbands gone down at the same time. Do a check no issues, check again no issues check again intermittent issues check back in 24 hours. It’s not as if broadband is new, surely you should know what you’re doing by now? Fix it and get reliable!

  • technolagnos
    Georgios A (@technolagnos) reported

    @MTBoar @virginmedia That’s just rubbish, you can take it off you want it (however have a look at the issues people have had with cancelling their Virgin media subscriptions at the end before you do…)

  • LisaRacheal
    Lisa (@LisaRacheal) reported

    @virginmedia As usual yous site says no issues. I’ve been waiting 10 mins on the live chat and still nobody has joined the chat after the bot phase

  • MickeyDN7
    (tez7n2) (@MickeyDN7) reported

    @SkySports @virginmedia your red button sports stream is ******* **** ...and you wonder why people are using IPTV !!!! Robbing bastards taking money off customers and giving a **** service back

  • tcevasive
    Evasive (@tcevasive) reported

    @ziocto ok i think its just virgin media is shite then bc everyone i know with bad ping is on virgin

  • WiJayWhelan
    Jase Whelan (@WiJayWhelan) reported

    @virginmedia I have! still no Wifi 😡 day 3 , still no sign of any engineers who are apparently ' working to resolve the complex issue'?