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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 61 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 61 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, TV, and Wi-fi.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received May 14, 2:56 PM GMT+1.
  • 40% Internet (40%)
  • 35% TV (35%)
  • 11% Wi-fi (11%)
  • 9% Total Blackout (9%)
  • 5% E-mail (5%)
  • 1% Phone (1%)

The latest reports from users having issues in Smethwick come from postal codes B67 .

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.

May 14: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 10:20 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: Bilston, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Oldbury, Tamworth, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, West Bromwich, Dudley, Kidderminster, Kingswinford, and Smethwick.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Bilston TV 1 hour ago
Wolverhampton TV 1 hour ago
Birmingham TV 2 hours ago
Oldbury TV 2 hours ago
Birmingham Wi-fi 2 hours ago
Birmingham TV 2 hours ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Birmingham

36 recent signals

2 hours ago
Oldbury

7 recent signals

2 hours ago
Solihull

6 recent signals

3 hours ago
Wolverhampton

4 recent signals

1 hour ago
Brierley Hill

4 recent signals

2 hours ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

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

  • haychapperz
    hayley chapman (@haychapperz) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia what is going on B31 5 still without Broadband & TV from 11am and now being told fix is 12pm tomorrow. I have been unable to work all day & now problem is going in to tomorrow. This is unacceptable & I hope refunds for loss of service will be applied to all accounts.

  • scbadham
    Scott badham (@scbadham) reported 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

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

    @virginmedia afternoon. I’ve been on hold for 25 mins and when I finally got through the line went dead after security questions. My mum has been without her TV service for over a week. Last night an engineer was due by 6 o’clock and never showed. Another text stating the 26th

  • HJMKent
    Howard Martin 🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@HJMKent) reported from Kidderminster, England

    @virginmedia You have just repeated, word for word, the last tweet you sent me, to which I replied! Pointless trying to have any conversation with @virginmedia because it just goes round in circles! The most appalling customer services in UK in my experience! No more tweets from you, please!

  • DeanCondliffe
    dean condliffe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@DeanCondliffe) reported from Birmingham, England

    The day ends with a Y 🤝 Virgin media not working again

  • EvanD
    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.

  • frugalista1
    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.

  • 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?

  • 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

  • MariannexS
    Marianne Sommerville 🌻 (@MariannexS) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia red button for the football not working again. @SkySports

  • ________Danny
    Satish Danny Paul (@________Danny) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia I received my new 500+mps broadband only to get 6mps on my phone in my room. The Router is Terrible and cannot send the speed to devices via wifi. Not Good for anyone

  • xsasix
    freckles n dimples (@xsasix) reported from Woodside, England

    @virginmedia how do you check the mobile phone signal in your area? I’ve had nine for a few days

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

    Had an @virginmedia broadband outage on Sunday for 2 hours. Since then, connection so spotty that I'm getting 10 seconds of completely dropped packets followed by 20 seconds of slow-as-molasses ping times once every 10 minutes.

  • ________Danny
    Satish Danny Paul (@________Danny) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia Hi, after raising 2 complaints for being missold my contract, no investigation done by virgin, no outcomes received. i am now bing asked to request my data (dsar), investigate the issue myself listenening to the recordings and send proof to virgin to review. shocking cust service

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

    @virginmedia But when a contract is agreed like a mortgage or a fixed energy deal surely the agreement should last the full term. I’ve had issues since September & been told I can’t leave due to being under a contract so why should my costs go up when I’ve got an agreement in place until Dec

  • HenleyStatic
    Stuart Henley (@HenleyStatic) reported from Halesowen, England

    @virginmedia footy on BBC1 through virgin box about 5 minutes behind tonight. Not good service

  • 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.

  • saqibsvideos
    ch Saqib (@saqibsvideos) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia They haven't called me yet that's how bad you're

  • paragaz
    Garry (@paragaz) reported from Streetly, England

    @virginmedia hey. I am trying to speak to someone about my account but turns out nobody recognises my account number. Can you PM me to organise calling me please. I've tried the text message service

  • BeardPunk
    Beard Punk (@BeardPunk) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia Hi. The team have also said that the issue isn’t resolved though? Everything has been reset multiple times this morning and still the same issue.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • DebbsS13
    Delightful dee (@DebbsS13) reported

    @virginmedia So my virgin is down so what i done was just switch over to my stv player no problem im still watching #thismorning tv programme and I got a great deal on #virgin a saving of £42 and everything is the same as before except they gave us netflix to stay with them yeah so cool 😎

  • simonandrebecca
    Simon N (@simonandrebecca) reported

    @virginmedia I have no broadband or landline service either - is this part of a wider issue?

  • bennn222
    Ben (@bennn222) reported

    @Lisa19576 @virginmedia @Virgin It’s a national issue you just have to wait until it comes back on.

  • PaulGrayDJ
    Paul Gray (@PaulGrayDJ) reported

    @Keef_B_1 @virginmedia I've called them twice recently about upgrading my box to 360. They answered straight away both times and I could also understand their customer service person too.

  • jennoefc
    Goodison Marc (@jennoefc) reported

    @virginmedia You replaced my router now none of the WiFi pods will connect to the new one. Technician said need the newer type but your inline help says call us back in 24 hour. Embarrassing

  • JackieJJC
    Jackie Childs (@JackieJJC) reported

    @virginmedia TV picture breaking up. Went to account to check for issues - site said it couldn’t do it. Tried to phone - got cut off after a couple of rings. Customer Service is non-existent.

  • EnglishBob714
    English Bob 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@EnglishBob714) reported

    @virginmedia @5IMON_ Send messages to those affected, and provide the service you are actually paid for!!

  • HighburyRhino
    Andrew Forman (@HighburyRhino) reported

    @virginmedia No reply by phone and no ability to check anything via my account (which appears to not be recognised). Any timeline on a fix for TV issues in London N5?

  • rebhalp
    Rebecca Halpern (@rebhalp) reported

    @rilf07 @Forcegayle @virginmedia Their TV system is down for the whole country, they’re working to fix it.

  • WELSHDRAGON135
    MICHAEL (@WELSHDRAGON135) reported

    @virginmedia Paying for a service we cannot access . My contract is up soon 👋👋👋