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Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.

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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 E-mail.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received Aug 25, 8:28 PM GMT+1.
  • 52% Internet (52%)
  • 25% Wi-fi (25%)
  • 9% E-mail (9%)
  • 8% Total Blackout (8%)
  • 5% TV (5%)
  • 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.

August 26: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 08:20 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, West Bromwich, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Bromsgrove, Solihull, Tipton, Halesowen, Tamworth, Wednesbury, Brierley Hill, Sutton Coldfield, Stourbridge, Bilston, and Dudley.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Birmingham Wi-fi 16 hours ago
Birmingham Internet 22 hours ago
Birmingham E-mail 1 day ago
Birmingham Wi-fi 1 day ago
Birmingham E-mail 1 day ago
Birmingham Wi-fi 1 day ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Birmingham

24 recent signals

16 hours ago
Walsall

2 recent signals

4 days ago
Wolverhampton

2 recent signals

5 days ago
West Bromwich

1 recent signals

2 days ago
Bromsgrove

1 recent signals

6 days ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

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

  • JMEden_97
    James (@JMEden_97) reported from Solihull, England

    I hate VirginMedia me getting stupid little lag spikes

  • kolapoagunbiade
    TheBosz (@kolapoagunbiade) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia Unfortunately, you dont have a ticketing system or cobtact email to track issues, rather a phone system that requires you to wait forever to get through to an agent. A/c number: 095063606. I was charged x2.5 of what i was tp pay.

  • 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

  • robchippyman
    Rob Chipman (@robchippyman) reported from Birmingham, England

    @Tilton247 @virginmedia I had the same for 2 years. Constantly disconnecting on a daily basis . Changed the Hub and it worked straight away. No issues since. Good luck getting a new hub off them though.

  • redron1975
    Ronnie Harris (@redron1975) reported from Walsall Wood, England

    @virginmedia guess what ********* your system is down again. Useless pricks.

  • 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!!!

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

    @pipjcee @virginmedia And not working again in Brum! #VirginMediaoutage

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

    @virginmedia broadband down again from Virginmedia Common theme these days

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

    @virginmedia any updates on the VPN issue?

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

    @virginmedia how can i speak to someone about my MOBILE account? my password doesn't work & your telling me my moms maiden name isnt correct!

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

    Ended up just reconnecting my TP Link router, it seems the problems were with my Hub 5 because everything seems to be working fine now. Not great @virginmedia

  • NickHickey84
    Trickie Dickie (@NickHickey84) reported from Bradmore, England

    @virginmedia a customer of yours for years. Had a cpi increase letter to say leave with out penalty. Competitor massively cheaper than you for faster speeds. Only to be told by a colleague I have to pay £110 to leave today?

  • tarun65170952
    tarun (@tarun65170952) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia Im getting slow speeds on my broadband. My package is volt and which should be 250mbs im getting less that half of that. Please ask your team to look into this

  • ethnicalien
    G 🇯🇲 (@ethnicalien) reported from Wolverhampton, England

    @virginmedia Not at the moment no but it's a common issue👀

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    @Ofcom can I complain about @virginmedia to yourselves? Had no TV service for nearly a month with no help.

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

    @virginmedia right I’ve had issues for nearly a month I’ve done the link there’s a problem with the TV box please can I speak to a human ? This is seriously taking the mick now

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 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

  • AdieJAMster
    Adie Hughes (@AdieJAMster) reported from Swindon, England

    @virginmedia Internet has been down again for the whole night. When I spoke to you about the recent last 6 times it’s been down you said there was no issue! Looks like whole of UK was down now yet our bills go UP & UP & UP! #virginmedia

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • AmyDonalson_X
    Amy (@AmyDonalson_X) reported

    @virginmedia please explain to me how after my package ran out and I renewed with a different package in JULY it’s taken 3 phone calls, 5 online conversations and 4 different bill amounts for September/October to still have no resolution or idea how much my next bill will be??

  • adamebond
    Adam (@adamebond) reported

    @virginmedia I’ve had a 360 remote delivered, but I didn’t order it, so I assume it was done by mistake. There’s a note on the packaging that says my current box will be wiped within five days. How can I cancel this?

  • putasinghonit
    putasinghonit (@putasinghonit) reported

    Anyone ever had @virginmedia charge them for a movie they never purchased? Theres no history on my app, box or even an email confirmation of said purchase mind you - just a charge on my bill for £17.99 which they say was purchased with a pin number on the box.

  • allypetrie81
    Ally (@allypetrie81) reported

    @virginmedia must be the most incompetent and negligent company I have ever had the misfortune to deal with. Account hacked and a fraudulent email now linked to my account for a month now. Zero help offered and no interest in removing the email. Anyone else had this?

  • Eyezwideopen3
    Eyezwideopen (@Eyezwideopen3) reported

    @JOYRANDEV62ef @virginmedia @jrdOvn They wont help they will just avoid the issue for months.

  • Lloydjames84
    Lloyd James (@Lloydjames84) reported

    @ShrnThomson @virginmedia We have had no end of issues lately and was sent a hub5 this week

  • Dianaaaa_91
    Dianaaaa (@Dianaaaa_91) reported

    Internet went down at 9pm last night. @virginmedia you’re estimating to be back up at 5:08pm today…. My partner wfh how is he supposed to do his job? No information on the app just “an issue in the area” can someone check on this please? It’s only been a week since it fixed.

  • _SonOfTheDesert
    Kaiser Soothsays (@_SonOfTheDesert) reported

    @virginmedia No. Because it’ll end up as a hard reset and we’ll lose all our recorded stuff. When are you going to bring out a box that saves content to the cloud? That way, there’d be no issue.

  • clairewhyte12
    claire whyte (@clairewhyte12) reported

    @virginmedia Ive sent you messages and you didn’t read them! The internet has been shocking for over a week and it just says intermittent signal every day.

  • ersaztly
    kim 🥀 (@ersaztly) reported

    @virginmedia sort your ******* ****** internet out I was in a ranked match and my internet is off again, and we paid the bill aswell FIX IT!