Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England

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.

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Oldbury, Kidderminster, Tamworth, Brierley Hill, Solihull, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield, Halesowen, West Bromwich, Streetly, Smethwick, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Wednesbury.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Birmingham	Internet	3 hours ago
Birmingham	TV	4 hours ago
Birmingham	E-mail	4 hours ago
Birmingham	Total Blackout	6 hours ago
Birmingham	Total Blackout	6 hours ago
Oldbury	Internet	7 hours 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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  Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported 2 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia Hi, I’m getting around 80mpbs now, should be 350 though, when I try and test it says there’s a problem in the area, but no further information

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 2 minutes ago 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

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  Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported 11 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia Think we need to call an engineer out anyways, before the outage I was only getting 600mbps max when my package is the 1Gig.

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 26 minutes ago 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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  Andy (@a_Muss60) reported 30 minutes ago from Swindon, England

  @matt_hanson70 @virginmedia Intermittent for 2.5 days, Sunday always v poor the worst is 0.4mbs with a 250mbs supply. VM's script always saying reboot etc.. Funny though following reporting an issue a week ago I suddenly recorded 256mbs for an hour then it slowly drops to normal! First ever hitting supply.

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  Pretentious Opinions (@OpiniatedOne1) reported 33 minutes ago 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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  Beard Punk (@BeardPunk) reported 34 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia any updates on the VPN issue?

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  Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported 35 minutes ago 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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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 38 minutes ago 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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  Scott badham (@scbadham) reported 39 minutes ago from West Bromwich, England

  @virginmedia really disappointed in the service lately all it does is keep dropping. I’ve had no Internet services for the last hour again the fourth time this week and it’s still not working

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  Stephen Bennett (@Stephen12857059) reported 40 minutes ago 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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  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Simon Evans🏌️‍♂️ (@simonevans1973) reported 42 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia b42 is shocking supposed to have 200meg the #ManUtd Vs #thfc is **** like streaming on a ZXSPECTRUM

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  shanny C 🌹 (@_shannonC) reported 44 minutes ago from Solihull, England

  @virginmedia haha you mean the same forum where they didn’t answer me for days last time, and they didn’t resolve anything???? waste of time. they told me to check the speed and check for area issues. absolutely awful customer service when i’ve been complaining about this for WEEKS now.

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  Richard C. Bishop 🏃‍♂️ (@richardcbishop) reported 46 minutes ago from West Bromwich, England

  @Damien_Clyburn @virginmedia They're appalling. I've had business version for 10 years. BT never miss a beat. Outstanding. Get rid of them.

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  Howard Martin 💚 (@HJMKent) reported 49 minutes ago 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!

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  Howard Martin 💚 (@HJMKent) reported 53 minutes ago 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!

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 54 minutes ago from Solihull, England

  Not 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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  derek(🕖❤️‍🔥samurai🇨🇳) (@Dereklad) reported 54 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  Virgin media. Your internet broadband is down,we hope to have it fixed by 10pm.😣 Modern warfare 2 campaign day. And no internet.😢

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  Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported 56 minutes ago from Himley, England

  @virginmedia @WaynesWorld20_ How many areas have this 'intermittent' loss of service? O have it in DY6 too.

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  Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported 59 minutes ago 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.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  John Mercer (@Merse2506) reported 3 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Its happen8ng again tiday buffering, tbis channel has failed what is goingnon? Tnere is notbing 9n my network except my phone and i am pato g fie Virgins fastest download speed. This is shocking service.

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  ndbchnn (@ndbchnn) reported 4 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @virginmedia can you please update me on the service in m30 - it’s been 48 hours no wifi, heating or television.

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  Jane Samuels (@janeamanda67) reported 5 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I have already done that multiple times and there is an issue in my area, which was confirmed by customer services, but taking 10 days to rectify it is not acceptable

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  Sean Pearson (@soapyrct) reported 9 minutes ago

  @mobily_uk @virginmedia Because they expect lots of folk to either not realise or just pay anyway, its also why they make it so difficult to call. Funny you can join and change everything on line except cancel! Virgin are THE worst company for service.

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  Gerbil (@f4ckiam) reported 9 minutes ago

  I feel like I'm on a complaining streak but here goes: This one is for @O2 I have been a loyal customer since the switch-over of Virgin Media customers. I barely use data. So, I've been more than happy with my £9.73/month tariff. The data is unimportant. Unlimited calls/texts is

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  Keith A Pearson (@keithapearson) reported 10 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I've just wasted 55 minutes of my life trying to talk to your 'customer services' dept. Both the staff members I spoke to could barely communicate in English, and the line kept breaking up... until it died altogether. Wasted time, no resolution, and huge frustration. You're supposed to be a COMMUNICATIONS company! What am I expected to do now? Go through that same shambolic exercise again?

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  Eye of the the storm (@redjohnno1) reported 12 minutes ago

  @virginmedia 15years a customer, tried to renew 3 times. 3 times you did it wrong, given up and moved to sky. Your customer service is absolutely shocking and zero customer loyalty

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  Paul Parkin (@kingoftheshed) reported 13 minutes ago

  @virginmedia What? On and off for the past 8 days? It just went down again 5 minutes ago. Fix it and compensate me let me leave.

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  peter davis (@leamingtonpete) reported 15 minutes ago

  @ChrisWales61 @virginmedia I had similar, they promised me a free month when I complained, that never happened. I complained again and they said the offer had expired (huh?) I record all my calls take names and times with suppliers and on threat of ofcom/ombudsman I got my free month promised.

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  Owly McHoot (@OwlyMcHoot) reported 16 minutes ago

  @mobily_uk @virginmedia Way back 30 years ago I worked for cable and wireless up at Seacroft; the retentions team called themselves The Dream Team; they got a bonus for each customer who threatened to cancel they converted to a retention-when you call, drive that deal down as they have a lot of scope.