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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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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Claire B🐈⬛🐈⬛
(@KittykatClaire) reported
from
Willenhall, England
@virginmedia I guess it's not your. Problem. After pushing me into a contract with them. I've been in touch with them and there nothing they can do they just want me. To turn my mobile on and off again
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Another fail. Well done 👏🏻
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Kev Maslin
(@kevmaslin) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia The ideal resolution would have been for VM to return the document as originally promised. We have dealt with other companies in this regard and all have been prompt and professional. Even the DWP accepted a photocopy of the POA. Why VM couldn't is entirely beyond me.
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Stephen Bennett
(@Stephen12857059) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I called 150 today to speak to a Supervisor regarding my bill. I was told I would receive a call within the hour. NOTHING. I agreed a contract 18/8/22 and the last two payments have been £65 & £75 more than agreed. This is shocking customer care and service.
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Antony Howlett
(@AntonyHowlett) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@ChristineAllado @virginmedia I keep having this problem every week and nothing ever gets done and all you get back is we can't find a fault
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia No. Already done it about 7 times without any luck. I refuse to waste more hours in queues, only to rehash my issues to another anonymous operator. I've been assured that this is in the hands of a named handler, who didn't call me back as promised and is ignoring my emails. Fail
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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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Troy
(@tr0y1291) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia the most unreliable service going! Sky should be rubbing their hands together knowing that this shower of **** is their main competition.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia Just to let you know, I've taken the time to write out another complaint via the link. I've submitted and it says 'nothing to see here'. The link says response within 7 days, and the submission says 28 days, and then my portal says I haven't raised a complaint. ANOTHER FAIL
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia And this is why, I'll be reporting you to trading standards for fraudulent misselling/misrepresentation and then abdicating ALL responsibility/accountability to resolve. There's no security/DPA issues in you giving me a direct dial number via DM. You just don't want to resolve.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Alternatively, if you feel the urge to actually be helpful, you can search my name and location (it's an uncommon name) and ask a complaints manager to contact me. No security issues or breaches, since the notes I've been assured are on file, will be there to check.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
Quite possibly the worst onboarding and customer 'care' experience I've EVER had @virginmedia Unfulfilled promises, failure to deliver contract as agreed and now I'm 'lost' in the system and being ignored. I'm left with no choice other than to 'out' you. #CaveatEmptor
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Kev Maslin
(@kevmaslin) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia your treatment of us over a Lasting Power of Attorney issue has been appalling. Your people have actually SHREDDED a document costing hundreds of pounds despite us being told it had been returned. CISAS has been invoked and your CEO will be told . @MoneyTelegraph
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Andrew Markou
(@Andyfoodie) reported
from
Tamworth District, England
Hi @virginmedia I live in the B77 4LD area and we use you as our Broadband providers. Has the network gone down and if so approximately when will it get fixed and be back up and running?
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le Phantom Plume
(@lePhantomPlume) reported
from
Wolverhampton, England
@virginmedia It’s ok thanks, one of your team rang me, was extremely rude then hung up.
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Ronnie Harris
(@redron1975) reported
from
Walsall Wood, England
@virginmedia Right then fools. How many times do I need to contact you to tell you how bad our internet is? I am so fed up with this service and wouldn't recommend you to my worst enemy. I cant wait to get service from someone reliable. Clowns
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Claire B🐈⬛🐈⬛
(@KittykatClaire) reported
from
Willenhall, England
I'm so pissed off @virginmedia blackmailed me into signing my mobile contract with @O2 by saying my media account would be cheaper. If I stayed with virgin it would be amount more. So I had no option but to go with o2 and No my mobile Internet is crap. I can't use my doorbell
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Martin Price
(@mrmjprice) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I have been but they couldn’t get a good-enough price and directed me to the self-service page but I get “customer-exclusion” at the end of the URL which tells me to use chat.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Another fail. I've reached out in exasperation since my chase-ups of 14th, 19th and today have been ignored. As have my 5 messages to your local rep who promised to be on hand. If you can't be bothered to help me, I'll just escalate via another route @richardbranson
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Apples
(@adamapperley) reported
@virginmedia your website is a nightmare. I'm logged in. Contact us > Moving home, why not sign in? Back to main profile/bill page. STUPID. I've already told you I'm leaving but no confirmation. Can't speak to you now to confirm. When is the box arriving to return equipment?
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Sonic Death Monkey
(@Parkesy1701) reported
@virginmedia Our issue though, is poor upload speed on 1gb package, we are getting 1-4mbps when suggested speed should be 50mbps
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Chloë
(@CloopR) reported
@itscoxxy @virginmedia Oh god, I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news 😭 I have a text number I’ve been contacting them with, if that’s any good? I’ve found it to be the only way to get in touch with them that gets a response!
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Ange
(@t77nge) reported
@virginmedia It's come back on now, but it's a real inconvenience, especially as it's not the first time it's happened, I'm still waiting on a reply from my complaint last year when we had a total of 5 days of outage, seems I'm being ignored.
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Ben Clarke
(@benccclarke) reported
@virginmedia All sorted thanks! But your customer service advisors really need to learn to not hang up the phone when you say to them the price they offer is cheaper on the website so you’re going to go elsewhere. Also saying that the price shouldn’t “matter” that much with a small difference
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Cllr Lee Whitbread
(@sotonwhitbread) reported
Any idea what’s going on with @virginmedia broadband services in the west of Southampton? I’ve had frequent connectivity issues. I know @toobbroadband are digging up lots of roads locally. Could this be causing the problem?
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Garry Voss
(@gwfvrowell) reported
@virginmedia The round trip latency speed is all over the place, my workplace IT team pinged my IP address and said I'm suffering from latency jitters whereby the signal constantly drops out which is why my Teams calls are indecipherable and the picture keeps freezing whist working from home
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BillNyeTheScienceGuy
(@GDog1995) reported
@virginmedia need help with virgin bet any help?
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Tom Sugden
(@Suggy23) reported
@virginmedia Yeah so I got the engineer sorted but I’m now having issues with my speed. What should I be getting on m200 over a wired connection?
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Lisa
(@Lisa09783698) reported
@virginmedia Thank you for your assistance. Someone has now called me back and accepted my security details originally supplied ?? I believe the matter will now been sorted. Sometimes an element of common sense needs to be applied in the name of good customer service and problem resolution.