Virgin Media Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, England
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
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.
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E-mailProblems 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 and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.
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Internet (58%)
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Wi-fi (19%)
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Total Blackout (11%)
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TV (7%)
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E-mail (4%)
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Phone (2%)
Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Oldbury, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Solihull, Bilston, Sutton Coldfield, Rowley Regis, Wednesbury, Cradley Heath, Brierley Hill, Tamworth and Redditch.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Oldbury |
Wi-fi | |
| Birmingham |
Internet | |
| West Bromwich |
Internet | |
| Birmingham |
Wi-fi | |
| Birmingham |
Internet | |
| Oldbury |
Internet |
Community Discussion
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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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Caroline
(@Miss_Pumpkin666) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@Michaelallen_99 @philell21 @virginmedia Because the stupid rules say that if there’s a disruption to your services (over a specified amount of time), you’re legally entitled to compensation, but ONLY if you contact them to notify them that you specifically are effected, if you don’t they’re not obligated
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Dave
(@FuryZhil) reported
from
Dudley, England
@virginmedia I -think- my services are down due to maintenance in my area. I received a text from you apparently but no email or letter. Any news on how long this is?
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Phil Campbell
(@PhilCampbell_) reported
from
Willenhall, England
Sick to death of the UK's shittest broadband @virginmedia Every night it goes off after midnight. What a Total package of **** you get with this company! 🤬 #virginmedia #broadband
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Roger Leitch
(@notdodgy) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia Broadband connection and WiFi are stable but connectivity is intermittent-keeps losing connection every few minutes for 30 seconds. This is a network fault but I cannot find an option to report it. B90 1LB
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Roger Leitch
(@notdodgy) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia No estimated time. "It's a complex problem". In other words its a network fault not a line fault. Why isn't the number you shared available on your website? The service checker is useless in this scenario. The website says it's working when it isn't.
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Andy the baggie
(@b68baggie) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
Anybody virgin media gone down
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Evan Davis
(@EvanD) reported
from
Solihull, England
@O2 @virginmedia Further to this, he has now told me that as I get a £15/month discount for my 1st 6 months with O2, I need to cancel that and pay full price in order to get the extra #Volt speed boost with VM
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AM.
(@whatsyourtwitta) reported
from
Birmingham, England
Ffs my @virginmedia wifi is down…again 😤😤😤 - apparently I need to wait till midday tomorrow to get it fixed?!? No Netflix, no Xbox no nothing tonight ffs
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Aaron
(@B4DS1GN4L) reported
from
Dudley, England
@virginmedia doing me ***** again with no Internet. Two times in one week, slow speeds when it is working on 1gigabit, I got 2.08megabit download?! I hate that I can't have another service provider in my house.
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Phil Campbell
(@PhilCampbell_) reported
from
Willenhall, England
******* Virgin Media!! ******* ****!!!! 🤬🤬🤬 @virginmedia
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Neil
(@Mr_neil_c) reported
from
Dudley, England
@virginmedia They said they can’t do anything, just have to pay for 13 days of a service that hasn’t even been activated. Not the best customer service really, left @Plusnet due to them not helping (well trying to leave, seems impossible)
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JustAsh
(@AshTuxy) reported
from
Birmingham, England
Now is not a good time for @virginmedia to go down 😑
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AnnaBluez 🌧
(@anna_newbold) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia what's up? No TV or telephone line & your website & customer services have crashed Have you paid your bill? #virginmedia
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Suzi 🧡🖤🧡💕
(@Suzanne_WW) reported
from
Dudley, England
@Samyg1 @virginmedia We have no internet DY1 issue?
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Steve Deery
(@SteveDeery) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia any chance we could have one day (just one day) where your broadband stays online? Down for an hour in B90
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Chris Burden
(@WulfrunianChris) reported
from
Wednesfield, England
My contract with Virgin Media has run out and they want to up my contract price by DOUBLE. When I rang up to cancel I expected them to offer me a better deal and they were just Ok bye.
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Peter Brocklehurst
(@pasty_pete) reported
from
Solihull, England
Good old virgin media down again twitch in one week and I’m told two to three days before anyone can come out yet I bet the bill will arrive on time
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Roger Leitch
(@notdodgy) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia Your system sent me a satisfaction survey. Needed to complete it using mobile broadband because my virgin broadband doesn't actually work, but is apparently working enough to not qualify as being out of service.
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Steve Walters
(@SteveWa13630733) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia problems with emails all day. Message keeps saying try again in one hour. But no emails since 835am this morning. Are you aware of this problem? Any news on a fix for it?
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Roger Leitch
(@notdodgy) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia You only pay out for a total loss of service. So it can be unusable but still limping along and you won't pay out. Personally I am hoping for another provider to get around to rolling out fibre in my area.
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Gory 🇸🇱🇬🇧
(@Goryuk) reported
@virginmedia is the worst internet provider in the UK smh. They lie about speeds and always have connection problems
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S͎a͎m͎ ͎B͎u͎r͎g͎e͎s͎s͎ 💀
(@Sam_J_Burgess) reported
@virginmedia when are you fixing your frankly unacceptable outage in the SG8 area? Some people need to work from home!
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Lucia Drake
(@LucyLuDrake) reported
@virginmedia Oh looksie ... 1 am again, and your service dies again.... This is becoming far to common to be an issue to be ignored in the BS1 area .... Fix this bullshit, as it is interrupting my only method of socialising after working an evening shift!
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Jill Todd
(@jillyt1983) reported
@virginmedia who do I speak to about getting a new router? Ours is 7 years old and cuts out almost daily, awful when you're trying to work from home. Can't get through to speak to anyone in person to sort it properly without just resetting it
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James Clark
(@clarkjames70) reported
@virginmedia You’ve installed the kit. The problem is your installation was so poorly designed, rainwater is running through the trench you dug, and the cable pipe, and eroding the ground where you drilled through my perimeter wall. It’s all been reported as a complaint in March
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SelinaAnne
(@Undead_Roach) reported
I also find it convenient that the issues always happen AFTER midnight when the phone lines are closed 🤔 @virginmedia #virginmedia #nointernet #again
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Glen Arnold 🇬🇧🇬🇷🎹🎶🎵
(@MrBlitzed) reported
@Undead_Roach @virginmedia @EE Hear hear! I'm on a 'supposed' 350 contract, but nine times out of ten my EE data leaves the Virgin service for dead! Oh, and my service is currently down too...
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Limitz
(@FPSLimits) reported
@David_W11 @virginmedia they won’t be able to do anything mate, basically once you’ve set up your package there is no way to switch to a new customer deal, also they will charge you an additional £35 activation fee for your tv now if you decide to get it, goodluck lol
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Anthony Collett
(@AntC27) reported
@virginmedia I think I need to call Sky back, this is awful
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Never Ending Tory
(@NeverTory) reported
@virginmedia internet been down since last night, now you're telling me I have to book an engineer that can't come till 29th of July? Why am I with you again?