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, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bromsgrove, Walsall, Brierley Hill, Halesowen, Wolverhampton, Tamworth, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Stourbridge, Bilston, Dudley, and Rowley Regis.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Birmingham	TV	18 hours ago
West Bromwich	Internet	18 hours ago
Wednesbury	Internet	19 hours ago
Birmingham	E-mail	1 day ago
Birmingham	Internet	1 day ago
Birmingham	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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  Jot Shoker (@jot_shoker) reported 2 minutes ago from West Bromwich, England

  I purchased @virginmedia high speed wifi but they are not giving a proper service We are totally frustrated

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  Howard Martin 💚 (@HJMKent) reported 6 minutes ago from Kidderminster, England

  @virginmedia Can you please explain why, when I renewed my package in March you reduced my last invoiced bill to reflect the change & took by DD what you said you would! Now you say you will suspend my service because I underpaid? You took what you wanted!

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  Colin Hunt (@HuntColin58) reported 7 minutes ago 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

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  Robin 🤘🏻 (@RobinB1971) reported 7 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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  Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported 10 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia Hi, I’m getting around 80mpbs now, should be 350 though, when I try and test it says there’s a problem in the area, but no further information

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 10 minutes ago from Solihull, England

  The problem in my area B37 has been happening for over a week can’t watch any TV now @virginmedia over £100 a month!! Plus I’ve been waiting 2 years for an internet booster

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  Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported 12 minutes ago from Solihull, England

  @virginmedia Just called your offshore call centre regarding my internet connection. I’m having the same issues as I had when I got a £154 credit from you. /1

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  Rachael Barker (@rachmadmank) reported 14 minutes ago 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

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  Chris Psaras (@chrispsaras) reported 15 minutes ago from Dudley, England

  @virginmedia no broadband since yesterday afternoon, told engineers were on route but still no update. Your offshore call centre is also unhelpful and not able to offer any further information. Please can you help?

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  Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported 21 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia Think we need to call an engineer out anyways, before the outage I was only getting 600mbps max when my package is the 1Gig.

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  SorachiTim (@PolymathTim) reported 36 minutes ago from West Bromwich, England

  Zero Internet connectivity from @virginmedia now for pushing 12 hours. Resetting and/or powering down the hub does nothing, the diagnostic and fault tools just go round and around in an ever more boring circle. #LightningSpeedFarce

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  Richard C. Bishop 🏃‍♂️ (@richardcbishop) reported 44 minutes ago from West Bromwich, England

  @Damien_Clyburn @virginmedia They're appalling. I've had business version for 10 years. BT never miss a beat. Outstanding. Get rid of them.

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  Casey Rain (aka S-Endz) (@CaseyRain) reported 45 minutes 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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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 45 minutes ago 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

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  Howard Martin 🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@HJMKent) reported 48 minutes ago 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!

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  Howard Martin 💚 (@HJMKent) reported 49 minutes ago from Kidderminster, England

  @virginmedia Can you please explain why, when I renewed my package in March you reduced my last invoiced bill to reflect the change & took by DD what you said you would! Now you say you will suspend my service because I underpaid? You took what you wanted!

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 51 minutes ago from Swindon, England

  Any news on outages in B37? Also how do I get compensation for loss of svcs (inc my TV not working properly since September) @virginmedia

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 52 minutes ago from Swindon, England

  @virginmedia No , when I last spoke to someone on the phone the issue was still happening , it doesn’t happen as much now but still happens at least once a day

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  TheShannimal🔜#i70 (@TheShannimal_) reported 54 minutes ago from Kidderminster, England

  @Cplcash @virginmedia Problem is other providers are so slow at installing fibre cables that most have no choice but to go with VM

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  shanny C 🌹 (@_shannonC) reported 60 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😤

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Jindu (@Phils_Cassidy) reported 7 minutes ago

  Good afternoon everyone I’ll briefly share my POV on choosing a good proxy. Here are the 3 major things you must check before using any IP: 1. ISP (Internet Service Provider)
This is the most important factor.
Think of it like our local networks — Glo, Airtel, MTN, or 9mobile.
Always pick residential consumer ISPs (e.g., AT&T, Comcast for USA; Telstra/TPG for Australia; Virgin Media, BT, Vodafone for UK) instead of datacenter providers (DigitalOcean, AWS, Choopa, etc.).
Websites easily flag datacenter IPs, but residential ones look like normal users on home Wi-Fi or mobile data. 2. Fraud Score / IP Reputation
Before binding the proxy, test it with tools like Scamalytics, IPQS, or Pixelscan. • ✅ Low Fraud Score (0–10) = Clean & safe. • ❌ High Fraud Score (30+) = Avoid. It will trigger CAPTCHAs, bot detection, or shadowbans.
Also check it’s not blacklisted on major spam databases. 3. IP Range (First 3 Octets)
Not all ranges from the same ISP perform the same. Some subnets get abused over time.
Australia examples:
❌ Avoid: 1., 101., 110.
✅ Good: 124., 121., 120. (Telstra) | 80. (TPG)
UK examples:
✅ Good: 86., 80. (Virgin Media) | 82., 78. (BT) Pick the right ISP and you’ll rarely get flagged. This was the main issue a lot of people faced with services like Outlier and Handshake. What proxy challenges are you currently facing? Drop them below

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  Kev (@victor50) reported 9 minutes ago

  @virginmedia if Virgin paid me £5 for every time the wifi went down, I’d be a wealthy man. I am anyway, but not quite enough to sue under the trades description act for diabolical service. Absolutely awful. The new provider can’t get in our area quick enough.

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  Kate and her girls (@kateandhergirls) reported 13 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Your chat colleague already looked into it and was incredibly rude and basically said tough you’re an existing customer on a contract and we don’t help our loyal customers, just new ones 🙄

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  Scouse House Bouncy Music (@ScouseBouncy) reported 13 minutes ago

  So fed with @virginmedia. The sky sports plus system has not been working for over a week and they have done nothing to fix it! Starts playing and then crashes, works on the crappy stream box but the quality is poor, works via the apps and website but not on the normal box!

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  Emily Atkins (@bahallathegreat) reported 13 minutes ago

  @virginmedia hi guys um I need a engineer to relay my cable also just to check my hub etc as my speeds up stairs are half what the used to be we’ve done all the normal stuff soo just need the number but all I find is customer services

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  Dr Sonali Misra (@MisraSonali) reported 16 minutes ago

  Holding this amount ransom? Will you provide me interest and further compensation on the amount of time I’ve wasted calling your company and explaining this issue? @virginmedia

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  Mr. Cold (@Javier_Cold_) reported 17 minutes ago

  @virginmedia JAJAJAJAJA that must be a joke. In the complaint, your colleagues said they will train the staff better HAHAHA Train better to make it less noticeable. It is a shame how @virginmedia went from a great supplier to a pathetic one.

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  Jags Arthurson (@JagsArthurson) reported 17 minutes ago

  @briavelsjon @virginmedia @BBCNews I couldn't make it work The Virgin technician couldn't make it work I reckon it doesn't work I'm willing to be proved wrong

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  jasong guedeney (@jasongued) reported 18 minutes ago

  @virginmedia just found out an outstanding bill of £81. It is now effecting my credit score! This is after various phone calls and reassurance that this issue had been sorted! Terrible. This issue was sorted 5 months ago and I have to find out through experian. OFCOM!?

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  zach close YT (@ZachcloseYT) reported 26 minutes ago

  Seriously @virginmedia you canceled our contract with you before it even run out just because you have sued and you raised the price to over 200 pounds a month that we can't afford and the rubbish service doesn't even work and I don't want a reply from ai I want a person to reply