Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, tv and wi-fi.
Full Outage Map
- 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 Total Blackout.
- The most recent signal from this area was received Jul 13, 11:58 PM GMT+1.
- Internet (58%)
- Wi-fi (19%)
- Total Blackout (11%)
- TV (6%)
- E-mail (5%)
- 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.
July 13: Problems at Virgin Media
Virgin Media is having issues since 06:20 PM 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, Halesowen, Bromsgrove, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Stourbridge, Walsall, Bilston, Dudley, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Rowley Regis, Brierley Hill, Oldbury, and Wolverhampton.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Birmingham
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Internet | 3 minutes ago |
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Halesowen
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Internet | 11 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 12 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Wi-fi | 12 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 13 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Wi-fi | 1 day ago |
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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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jen (@jenkin99) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia We had issuse with our service, and was told we would need new cables. We the new cables installed. They left cabels hanging in the garden which has since been removed. Our grass is ruined (I have photos) it looks like next doors cable are also under or grass????
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iamscorchy (@iamscorchy) reported from Wednesfield, England@virginmedia Experiencing issues in your area there is a technician in the area but still doesn't explain why my routers fans go really loud and disconnected from everything I have to keep resetting to get it back to normal then on top get "issues in my area" like always
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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
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, EnglandNot only did I have to go out to watch the football because Sky Sports doesn’t work BBC has gone down so can’t even watch MOTD thanks @virginmedia
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Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported from Himley, England@virginmedia @WaynesWorld20_ How many areas have this 'intermittent' loss of service? O have it in DY6 too.
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia I’m going to but I know I won’t get anywhere anyway the customer never gets anywhere
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England@IanMurphy111 @virginmedia Been with them since Telewest I don’t know why I stay false promises poor service
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Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia Yes I’ve done that. My connection drops out for a minute or so every 30-60 mins. Hard to replicate. My account has notes regarding the reason why the credit was given last time. Ideally I don’t want to wait so long for the same issue to be fixed.
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Pretentious Opinions (@OpiniatedOne1) reported from Walsall Wood, England@virginmedia its nice you’re offering new customers ridiculously cheap deals but charging prices through the roof for an inferior service for a customer of nearly 20 years #CostOfLivingCrisis
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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, EnglandMad that I pay £71 a month for 350mbps for @virginmedia Broadband for them to only supply me with 40mbps, internet is barely moving, can’t even load basic web pages on my MacBook or phone. Problems in the Birmingham area?
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Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported from Swindon, England@virginmedia @ste1984r But YOU say 'intermittent' loss when it isn't. It's FULL loss of service. And to only compensate after 2 days is crazy.
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Sheldon, England@virginmedia I don’t think so I’m still getting distorted TV on a few channels it’s frustrating as my complaint never gets recified I’ve spent hours on end trying to get it sorted
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Stephen Bennett (@Stephen12857059) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia Nobody has called me and the WhatsApp chat is very frustrating and not dealing with the issue. This is very simple, I was sent contract paperwork with an agreed monthly fee of £86.75. Why have I paid two months of excessively higher payments. I should have left VM
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ch Saqib (@saqibsvideos) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia They haven't called me yet that's how bad you're
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Satish Danny Paul (@________Danny) reported from West Bromwich, England@virginmedia I called cust serv today after logging complaint on 26th Nov and hearing nothing back. cust serv asked me to request my data and voice calls. listen to it myself and then send proof of being missold a contract/virgin error, so virgin can then resolve the matter and complaint
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Frugalista (@frugalista1) reported from Dorridge, England@virginmedia Typical Virgin Media response. Passing me on. Not actually solving the problem. I will never come back to @virginmedia and will advise all my friends never to think of using you.
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England@virginmedia hi I was on a web chat last Sunday my TV was meant to be fixed by yesterday but it’s still not working & my other box is playing up now as well as the internet it’s been a month now & im paying a lot of money for a service I’m just not getting
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Simon Neale (@nealesj) reported from Swindon, EnglandIt looks like @virginmedia name servers are not accessible so no DNS records can be resolved. A major outage for their services. Seems to be no comms from them. @BBCNews are you aware? #VirginMediaDown #VirginMedia
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Phil Queenan (@philq001) reported from Birmingham, England@Ian66232919 @virginmedia @02 have been awful and the reception is non existent, especially any where near Villa Park. May as well not take my phone out.
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Marianne Sommerville 🌻 (@MariannexS) reported from West Bromwich, England@virginmedia red button for the football not working again. @SkySports
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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jango fett (@jangofe42286291) reported@dublinvoter I will never pay my licence fee again. This joke of a broadcaster all ready receives revenue from advertising like virgin media, they will survive without the licence money if they stop paying stupid wages to talentless hacks.
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Dunc in a bothy (@1123funko) reported@virginmedia I did all that before I tried on here. Not my first experience with this stuff. The issue was I had a ppv bought that I didn’t get to watch so the point is moot now tbh.
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Lacking Courage (@NeedMoreCourage) reported@MichelleBeckett @SkyUK @VodafoneUK Agree, my poor wife trying to deal with VirginMedia who are still sending bills 2 years after his death & 3 months after his bungalow was sold!!!
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Sinbinnin (@sinbinnin) reported@virginmedia We have had no TV in L22 since Saturday 11th July, outage checker has shown fix time this afternoon - just received a text to say engineer on the way, fix time now tomorrow. This is a bit more than rubbish, how do I claim compensation? (I thought it was automatic)
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Lubdub (@LubZafar) reported@virginmedia I refuse to call you for hours to cancel for the third time since January. You’re a sick company
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Leon Fear (@LeonFear) reportedIf I paid @virginmedia pro-rata, on the basis they provided a reliable service, my bill would be around £1.50 a month!
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Martin Shrimplin (@MartinShrimplin) reported@MichelleBeckett @SkyUK @VodafoneUK Sorry to hear about your loss. It’s never a pleasant task making those calls. If you’d left the name of the company with terrible customer service out of your post, I’d have still guessed it was Virgin Media.
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Samet (@Samet_UK) reported@virginmedia The Wi-Fi hasn’t been working since 1 a.m. It says there’s an outage in the area, but I can’t reach customer service either. There still haven’t been any further updates. There’s no information about when it will be fixed or what’s going on.
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Wingssherpa (@WingsSherpa) reported@MichelleBeckett @SkyUK @VodafoneUK No surprise Virgin Media was fined by OFCOM last week for its poor customer service, Michelle.
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emma 💜 (@lovrlwtt) reportedoh my days virgin media had me arguing w a guy in india until i said im closing the account cancel everything was then transferred to a man with a british accent and was trying to make me keep the account and they can get it sorted. funny how that works