Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England
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- Virgin Media generated 4 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 4 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 Jun 8, 12:44 AM GMT+1.
- Internet (45%)
- TV (30%)
- Wi-fi (16%)
- Total Blackout (5%)
- E-mail (5%)
The latest reports from users having issues in Smethwick come from postal codes B67 and 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.
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.
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Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall, Oldbury, Dudley, Tamworth, Wolverhampton, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Smethwick, Brierley Hill, Tipton, Stourbridge, Bromsgrove, and Bilston.
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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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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported 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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G 🇯🇲 (@ethnicalien) reported from Wolverhampton, England@virginmedia Not at the moment no but it's a common issue👀
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Andy (@a_Muss60) reported 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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Casey Rain (aka S-Endz) (@CaseyRain) reported from Birmingham, EnglandCausing 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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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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𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖🧸 (@charlwalden) reported 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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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England3 weeks now with limited TV yet still paying over £100 a month for svcs I’m not getting , I’m fobbed off on the phone that engineers are working on the issues , they’re clearly not can someone reimburse me @virginmedia
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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
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TheShannimal🔜#i70 (@TheShannimal_) reported 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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Jot Shoker (@jot_shoker) reported from West Bromwich, EnglandI 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 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 from Birmingham, England@virginmedia The TV goes all distorted I’ve done webchats phone calls the lot nothing has been resolved was told it was a problem in the area , neighbours have had no issues happened still have issues now but not as often but it’s a bit annoying esp when I’ve not had any money off
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shanny C 🌹 (@_shannonC) reported from Solihull, England@virginmedia haha you mean the same forum where they didn’t answer me for days last time, and they didn’t resolve anything???? waste of time. they told me to check the speed and check for area issues. absolutely awful customer service when i’ve been complaining about this for WEEKS now.
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shanny C 🌹 (@_shannonC) reported 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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Phil Queenan (@philq001) reported from Birmingham, England@Ian66232919 @virginmedia @02 have been awful and the reception is non existent, especially any where near Villa Park. May as well not take my phone out.
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iamscorchy (@iamscorchy) reported from Wednesfield, England@virginmedia No it doesn't feel hot it randomly starts the fan really loud and doesn't stop its on top of a cupboard not close to any walls ect it's cleaned still have the problem at least twice a week
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Beard Punk (@BeardPunk) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia any updates on the VPN issue?
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Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported from Himley, England@virginmedia @WaynesWorld20_ How many areas have this 'intermittent' loss of service? O have it in DY6 too.
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, EnglandThe 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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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, EnglandMad that I pay £71 a month for 350mbps a month for @virginmedia for them to only supply me with 40mbps, internet is barely moving, can’t even load basic web pages on my MacBook or phone. Problems in the Birmingham area??
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Melvyn Malloch (@melvynmalloch) reported@virginmedia connected to your network yet they worked perfectly with @TalkTalk without any issues. It's so frustrating
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Andy Golds (@andyg81) reported@virginmedia yet another broadband fault in de7 area ! Utter joke ….. time to cancel everything and move away after 20 years of being a customer
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Mømo ຊ (@momo393alioth) reported@Seiko_Senpai_ meanwhile im still waiting for virgin media to get my **** installed after waiting for almost 2 months 💔
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BeKind (@Yolandae) reported@virginmedia do you have any idea when our area will have service? I am unable to reach your customer service to book an engineer.
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John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) reported@wattzez @ConorGallaghe_r @IrishTimes That is completely untrue. I was on Virgin Media TV Tuesday talking about the issue. Just before that programme RTE’s Prime Time did a segment. It is being very widely discussed.
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bammo (@garryba66) reported@virginmedia @UHD4k When will I get compensation for.loss of service of a week
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Marifi (@me_marifi) reported. @virginmedia I’m also locked out of my account for weeks due to something going wrong with merging @O2 and Virginmedia acoints. Escalated several times and once again today. Your support options knowledge articles, and support paths for this issue are shocking - HELP
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William Bell (@Wmb1877) reported@Just_Katie_x @virginmedia Had a similar problem with them years when cancelling due to moving house. Absolutely useless would never use them again.
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Sam Rees (@SamReesO) reported@virginmedia @fluffybubbles73 Your poor customer care team - can yiu help with that? Bring it back to the UK and provide full training and tools to do their job?
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Sodium (@sodiumlights) reported@virginmedia Oh, and when I've told you what the error message is, and you send an engineer out without telling him that, so he doesn't have the parts he needs, is ****. Looks like my O2 data is going to get hammered. And I'm going to get cold.