Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, tv and wi-fi.
Full Outage Map
- Virgin Media generated 6 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 6 direct reports.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and Total Blackout.
- The most recent signal from this area was received Jul 8, 8:38 PM GMT+1.
- Internet (58%)
- Wi-fi (18%)
- Total Blackout (10%)
- E-mail (7%)
- TV (6%)
- 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.
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Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Walsall, Birmingham, Bilston, Dudley, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Rowley Regis, Brierley Hill, Oldbury, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Smethwick, Tamworth, and Tipton.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Walsall
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Internet | 5 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 10 hours ago |
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Walsall
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TV | 11 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 13 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 18 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 18 hours 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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Stuart Henley (@HenleyStatic) reported from Halesowen, England@virginmedia footy on BBC1 through virgin box about 5 minutes behind tonight. Not good service
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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.
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LynneMUFC#22#44 (@LynneMasters) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia why is the Sky Sports red button not working
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Bonna (@Phil_Bonna) reported 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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John (@jfrncs_) reported 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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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!
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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!
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Rachael Barker (@rachmadmank) reported 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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Simon Neale (@nealesj) reported from Swindon, EnglandIt looks like @virginmedia name servers are not accessible so no DNS records can be resolved. A major outage for their services. Seems to be no comms from them. @BBCNews are you aware? #VirginMediaDown #VirginMedia
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Casey Rain (aka S-Endz) (@CaseyRain) reported from Birmingham, EnglandHad 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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IAACCTV Limited (@iaacctvuk) reported from West Bromwich, England@virginmedia broadband down again from Virginmedia Common theme these days
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SorachiTim (@PolymathTim) reported from West Bromwich, EnglandZero 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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Shelly (@shelleex5) reported from West Bromwich, England@virginmedia red button not working again!! @skytv, does yours work? #FedUp missing baggies after my shift 😪
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Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported from Solihull, England@virginmedia 2/ Despite that issue being due to a junction connection in the cabinet in the street, the op seems to refuse to look at that and just wants to reboot my router. Also claims it is due to my use of Modem Mode. Is there anyone in the UK I can contact regarding this?
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England@virginmedia I’m meant to be on a webcall about my TV that doesn’t work can anyone help me please?
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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
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia I’m going to but I know I won’t get anywhere anyway the customer never gets anywhere
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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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Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported from Swindon, England@virginmedia @ste1984r But YOU say 'intermittent' loss when it isn't. It's FULL loss of service. And to only compensate after 2 days is crazy.
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Dani Grim (@RefinedSavage) reported from Dudley, EnglandSeems like @virginmedia is completely down in our area, I can't even access their support site to log a problem. Also it appears that @O2 is having some sort of issue, my mobile data connection is so slow that royal mail could be a viable messaging alternative.
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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NewsTongue (@NewsTongueX) reported🔴 Ofcom fines Virgin Media £28m for blocking customer cancellations Virgin Media breached UK telecoms rules by deliberately dropping calls, transferring customers unnecessarily, and placing them on hold to prevent contract cancellations between January 2022 and September 2024. Ofcom received nearly 2,000 complaints and found the company's retention agents operated under a commission scheme that financially rewarded obstruction. • Fine of £28m — Ofcom's largest ever under consumer protection rules, reduced 30% after Virgin Media admitted fault and agreed to settle • Millions of calls "likely mishandled" during the three-year period
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Stacy Mitchell (@StacyMitchell2) reported@virginmedia what’s with your broadband in South Bristol. It’s been slow as hell for a week and off completely for 2 days now. As soon as this contract’s up I’m going to sky
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Kelly Kilner (@KellyKilner) reportedGood. This is the WORST telecoms company. I’m still reeling from the bad service i endured in Nov, Dec 2025. @virginmedia. I have said that I will write to Ofcom but tbh…I feel worn by them. There is a whole industry and profits based on BAD customer service.
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X Odus to Bluesky. (@PaulWatters2) reported@virginmedia are an absolute ******* awful company to try a deal with. Not a ******* clue about customer service. It's all about keeping you in contract. Bring back Telewest.
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Andy Rossiter (@andy_rossiter76) reported@virginmedia VM: We’re switching you to VOIP phone Me: oh great now more stuff to go wrong In last 3 weeks the internet has gone down 4 or 5 times for 10 - 20 minutes, how can I check the status when all you do is point to a website 🤔🙈
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Ailsa (@Ailsa56202286) reported(Part 2/4)It absolutely wasn't. As five medical students finishing university and being dispersed across the country, there was no practical way to continue using Virgin Media. We called to cancel... and were hit with a £450 early termination charge. We simply couldn't afford it
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Ibam (@imzyii) reported@virginmedia I dont want to DM just listen and sort your phone line options out to make it easier for us customer to get through to the relevant teams without having to speak to a stupid voice recognition system
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Christian Smith (@SmithChristian4) reported@lukerobins @virginmedia I can stomach the £2 difference in offering, not sure if it’s area based, but a £14 offer for an existing customer when a new one gets it much cheaper is where I draw the line. Virgin I DM’d you as requested and you’re yet to come back to me….
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Big Kev (@BengalsKevUK) reported@BEAMSEDU @virginmedia Have the same issue
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Amii not Amy 🇬🇾 🏴 (@AmiiEvlynB) reportedDear @virginmedia why is my broadband keep dropping out today!! I get it’s hot but I can’t hand hot and bored!!! HELP!!!