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, Tamworth, Oldbury, Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, Brierley Hill, Solihull, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield, Halesowen, West Bromwich, Streetly, Smethwick, Dudley, and Wednesbury.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Birmingham	Internet	4 hours ago
Birmingham	Wi-fi	5 hours ago
Birmingham	Internet	9 hours ago
Tamworth	Total Blackout	1 day ago
Birmingham	Internet	1 day ago
Oldbury	Internet	1 day 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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  Casey Rain (aka S-Endz) (@CaseyRain) reported 4 seconds ago 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.

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  Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported 18 seconds 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 3 minutes ago 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.

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  G 🇯🇲 (@ethnicalien) reported 8 minutes ago from Wolverhampton, England

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

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  Stu Jones (@StuJonesMusic) reported 10 minutes ago 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.

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  Frugalista (@frugalista1) reported 14 minutes ago 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.

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  Trickie Dickie (@NickHickey84) reported 16 minutes ago 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?

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  Ronnie Harris (@redron1975) reported 16 minutes ago from Walsall Wood, England

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

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  Beard Punk (@BeardPunk) reported 16 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia any updates on the VPN issue?

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  Bonna (@Phil_Bonna) reported 21 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @Angela_Griffin @virginmedia I have the fibre optic broadband for £23.95 month and the customer service is great

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  Robin 🤘🏻 (@RobinB1971) reported 24 minutes ago 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!?! 🤬

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  shanny C 🌹 (@_shannonC) reported 35 minutes ago from Solihull, England

  @LenFPS @virginmedia they don’t care. it only happens 7pm onwards but will happen until the next morning so I can’t stream or anything. and they’re telling me to write on a forum as if that will fix it😤

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  Andy (@a_Muss60) reported 37 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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  John (@jfrncs_) reported 37 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia Hi, I have now tried unsuccessfully for 12 hours to use the WhatsApp service as again it goes around in circles if I am not immediately available. The number you helpfully provided hangs up after sending a link… please advise how I talk to someone about my account.

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  𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖🧸 (@charlwalden) reported 41 minutes ago from Halesowen, England

  @virginmedia how am I supposed to book an engineer? There are issues with the quick start installation I have and need an engineer to set it up for me

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  Casey Rain (aka S-Endz) (@CaseyRain) reported 42 minutes ago 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?

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  Steve Lees (@measlewolf) reported 43 minutes ago 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

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  Simon Neale (@nealesj) reported 48 minutes ago from Swindon, England

  Hey, ‘RP,’ again, @virginmedia is down. The lack of resilience is shocking and embarrassing for a major broadband provider. #VirginMediaDown #VirginMedia

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  TheShannimal🔜#i70 (@TheShannimal_) reported 50 minutes ago from Kidderminster, England

  @MykeJD1 @virginmedia Gone down for a lot of people apparently

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  Kiel (@k1El_w) reported 52 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia @YodelOnline your ability to deliver equipment is shocking!!! The customer service you provide is even worse!!!

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  gemma kerr (@gemkerr81) reported 1 minute ago

  @virginmedia Paid to watch the football and have not been able to watch half of it as internet id awful today

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  David Whiteside (@yardley_canary) reported 5 minutes ago

  @virginmedia are in top 3 worst companies I've ever had the misfortune to deal with. They may even be top. Rude, expensive, evasive, and unreliable. What started as a simple investigation into switching for cost reasons has now made me resolute in my decision! Disgusting!

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  iPaulTweeting (@iPaulTweeting) reported 7 minutes ago

  Here’s an idea @virginmedia if the question your bots are asking have no relevance to the question you asked perhaps one of the options presented could be ‘talk to a human’? Also, although I’m not really that bothered that your support staff are not English please note that it does not aid understanding

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  Claire Wilson (@choc1982) reported 7 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I am absolutely disgusted in the service I have been receiving over the last week. I have been with you 12 years and calls have been cut off. WhatsApp chats have been ended while trying to go over offers. Which may I say are shocking. You get nothing for being loyal.

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  Daniel Goble (@danielgoble) reported 9 minutes ago

  @mobily_uk @virginmedia The whole point is to just get you locked into another deal. You threaten to switch and then they lower it and hope you fall for it...all while they try to upsell **** TV packages that nobody wants.

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  Robert Taylor (@rabtaylor1981) reported 10 minutes ago

  @virginmedia any idea why it has to be so difficult to actually speak to anyone? Both TV boxes no longer work right, received an email saying a new box was coming but only got a remote for a box I don't even have! Can anyone help??

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  V (@vp_matic) reported 12 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Broadband down since 7am this morning. With a secluded repair date of 2days from now! ‘Register of loss of service In Order to receive compensation’ impossible to locate on your app or any of your web pages? Yet a Price increase this month! Absolutely Shameful!!

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  Adz (@MrAdz259) reported 13 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I was informed by a customer service rep, that my service would be disconnected on April 16th, after notifying on March 16th, that I had switched providers via one touch switch.

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  MW 🏳️‍🌈 #gay #florist #lovetocook (@markbwwelford) reported 15 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Your service has been erratic to say the least over the last few weeks and it's down again. Postcode is W12 in London. Really not good enough.

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  John Mercer (@Merse2506) reported 15 minutes ago

  @virginmedia can someone please help me. I have l8ved with buffering, channel failed fir mintjs to no avail of a response for VM.