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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 2 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 2 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 21, 10:03 AM GMT+1.
  • 63% Internet (63%)
  • 18% Wi-fi (18%)
  • 9% Total Blackout (9%)
  • 6% TV (6%)
  • 4% E-mail (4%)
  • 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.

July 21: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 07:20 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, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Halesowen, Bromsgrove, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Stourbridge, Walsall, Bilston, Dudley, Rowley Regis, Brierley Hill, and Oldbury.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Birmingham Internet 16 minutes ago
Birmingham Internet 12 hours ago
Wolverhampton Internet 1 day ago
Birmingham Wi-fi 1 day ago
Birmingham Internet 1 day ago
Birmingham Total Blackout 2 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Birmingham

31 recent signals

16 minutes ago
Wolverhampton

1 recent signals

1 day ago
West Bromwich

1 recent signals

5 days ago
Wednesbury

1 recent signals

7 days ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

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

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

    @virginmedia why is the Sky Sports red button not working

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

    @virginmedia TV completely down this morning ,it’s been intermittent since September nobody helps me just fobbed off. Who is the ombudsman over you I can complain to? I’m no longer prepared to keep paying for services I’m not getting.

  • Dereklad
    derek(🕖❤️‍🔥samurai🇨🇳) (@Dereklad) reported 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.😢

  • AshleyDay1971
    Ashley Day (@AshleyDay1971) reported from Woodside, England

    @virginmedia Internet down again, 3rd day I'm a row. Can't even check status on your website as its not loading properly. When will it be fixed?

  • ThatNeilFleming
    neil fleming (@ThatNeilFleming) reported from Wolverhampton, England

    @fesshole Imagine having virgin media - those poor kids

  • simonevans1973
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Simon Evans🏌️‍♂️ (@simonevans1973) reported from Birmingham, England

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

  • RobinB1971
    Robin 🤘🏻 (@RobinB1971) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia signed up for your new broadband and still waiting for the stuff to arrive. Apparently parcel is still at @YodelOnline main hub. This is the SECOND day I've cancelled things and waited for it to arrive as yet to no avail. WTF is going on!?! 🤬

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

    @virginmedia It’s on both WiFi and wired. At this present moment I’m unable to get ANY network from the router on both.

  • CaseyRain
    Casey Rain (aka S-Endz) (@CaseyRain) reported from Birmingham, England

    Causing me to drop out of a work meeting once every 10 minutes. Oh, and Virgin tried to blame it on my hardware? Except... My neighbour is seeing the EXACT same thing. This wasn't happening before the outage. @virginmedia why am I paying you lots of money for a spotty connection?

  • MartinWilko
    Martin Wilkinson (@MartinWilko) reported from Birmingham, England

    Virginmedia down Sutton Coldfield. National outage . Their website down, unable to report status. No reports or statements from Virgin media. Price rise of 13.8% #VirginMediaoutage @virginmedia

  • stumccullagh
    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

  • SusieWJr
    Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported from Himley, England

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

  • mrmjprice
    MJP - mastodonapp.uk/@mrmjprice (@mrmjprice) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia Async live chat (WhatsApp) sucks as you let me text you with a problem, let it sit for hours, then close it down if I don’t reply within 5 mins and repeat. I’ll just ignore all the comms.

  • measlewolf
    Steve Lees (@measlewolf) reported from Dudley, England

    @virginmedia I understand that your systems were down last night, which happens, but I’ve been on hold for 30 mins this morning. We have a text to say it’s resolved but it isn’t. I just need to speak to someone please.

  • 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

  • stumccullagh
    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

  • 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!!!

  • iaacctvuk
    IAACCTV Limited (@iaacctvuk) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia broadband down again from Virginmedia Common theme these days

  • rachmadmank
    Rachael Barker (@rachmadmank) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia What is the point I would like to speak to a human being shocking service Definitely will not be staying with you 4 weeks if not more with no information regarding this matter Not consideration for others

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

    Mad 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?

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Sunlunfan
    Sunlunfan (@Sunlunfan) reported

    @Simon_Whale @virginmedia Having a similar issue. They deadlocked my complaint and now want £362. CISAS not particularly helpful, directing me back to virgin to get evidence

  • mostly_sleepy
    Kat (@mostly_sleepy) reported

    @Simon_Whale @virginmedia They never said anything about wanting our broken 2nd TiVO back (had been broken unknown amount of time, so cancelled), and we were going to take it to get WEEE'd. Seeing this I'm glad we put it off long enough that we needed a VM engineer for something else and gave it to him!

  • HoMcArdle
    Craig McArdle (@HoMcArdle) reported

    @LutzSchueler How about just getting one service that works @virginmedia Profit over customers. No service + charging customers = instant profit. Well done you

  • maatmouse
    Michelle L-Jones (@maatmouse) reported

    @Simon_Whale @virginmedia Never bothered. Just stuck with BT. Expensive but not a bad service

  • DeniseSwif5
    Denise Swif5 (@DeniseSwif5) reported

    Virgin media Day 17 no service, gor a text today saying the external works will be in contact within the 14 days #absolute joke

  • Princess_Dhamp
    Princess of Dhamp (@Princess_Dhamp) reported

    @Simon_Whale @virginmedia Rubbish company, Customer Service is just scammers, no system , bunch of scumbags in the industry. We had in one of our BTL and got it cancelled for all those reasons ,am sure many have experienced. Stay away from @virginmedia

  • BillKilvington
    Bill Kilvington 💙 FCODP, FRCA (@BillKilvington) reported

    @virginmedia What on earth is going on. Intermittent broadband, all WiFi pods disabled and the site says I don't actually have any. Customer support says you're replacing cables in my area, but no planned work showing

  • srobinson2709
    Steven Robinson (@srobinson2709) reported

    @DeviateDefiant @virginmedia @MoneySupermkt I moved to alt net, **** the main companies. Been with Quickline 6 months, during initial setup there were some speed drops, contacted support was fixed next day. Other than that no issues so far.

  • sephiroth17181
    Seph (@sephiroth17181) reported

    @virginmedia no matter how many router reboots, pc restarts cable checks and so on IT STILL DOESNT WORK LIKE I PAY FOR. a complete and utter joke

  • Jenno16
    James (@Jenno16) reported

    So @virginmedia customer service is appalling! Was told I had a default, which they had never made any attempt to contact me about. Called and was told I was up to date and to email to get it removed. They replied to email to say that I had to pay despite being told on the 1/2