Virgin Media Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, England
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Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
The latest reports from users having issues in Smethwick come from postal codes B67.
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 (55%)
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Wi-fi (16%)
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Total Blackout (14%)
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TV (8%)
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E-mail (5%)
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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: West Bromwich, Birmingham, Redditch, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Solihull, Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Oldbury, Kidderminster, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Smethwick and Halesowen.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 West Bromwich |
Total Blackout | |
| Birmingham |
Total Blackout | |
| Redditch |
Internet | |
| Birmingham |
TV | |
| Wolverhampton |
Wi-fi | |
| Walsall |
Internet |
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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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Evan Davis
(@EvanD) reported
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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Evan Davis
(@EvanD) reported
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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Claire B🐈⬛🐈⬛
(@KittykatClaire) reported
from
Willenhall, England
I'm so pissed off @virginmedia blackmailed me into signing my mobile contract with @O2 by saying my media account would be cheaper. If I stayed with virgin it would be amount more. So I had no option but to go with o2 and No my mobile Internet is crap. I can't use my doorbell
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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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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia And this is why, I'll be reporting you to trading standards for fraudulent misselling/misrepresentation and then abdicating ALL responsibility/accountability to resolve. There's no security/DPA issues in you giving me a direct dial number via DM. You just don't want to resolve.
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Claire B🐈⬛🐈⬛
(@KittykatClaire) reported
from
Willenhall, England
@virginmedia I guess it's not your. Problem. After pushing me into a contract with them. I've been in touch with them and there nothing they can do they just want me. To turn my mobile on and off again
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Troy
(@tr0y1291) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia the most unreliable service going! Sky should be rubbing their hands together knowing that this shower of **** is their main competition.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Alternatively, if you feel the urge to actually be helpful, you can search my name and location (it's an uncommon name) and ask a complaints manager to contact me. No security issues or breaches, since the notes I've been assured are on file, will be there to check.
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Andrew Markou
(@Andyfoodie) reported
from
Tamworth District, England
Hi @virginmedia I live in the B77 4LD area and we use you as our Broadband providers. Has the network gone down and if so approximately when will it get fixed and be back up and running?
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia No. Already done it about 7 times without any luck. I refuse to waste more hours in queues, only to rehash my issues to another anonymous operator. I've been assured that this is in the hands of a named handler, who didn't call me back as promised and is ignoring my emails. Fail
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Another fail. Well done 👏🏻
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia Just to let you know, I've taken the time to write out another complaint via the link. I've submitted and it says 'nothing to see here'. The link says response within 7 days, and the submission says 28 days, and then my portal says I haven't raised a complaint. ANOTHER FAIL
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le Phantom Plume
(@lePhantomPlume) reported
from
Wolverhampton, England
@virginmedia It’s ok thanks, one of your team rang me, was extremely rude then hung up.
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Kev Maslin
(@kevmaslin) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia The ideal resolution would have been for VM to return the document as originally promised. We have dealt with other companies in this regard and all have been prompt and professional. Even the DWP accepted a photocopy of the POA. Why VM couldn't is entirely beyond me.
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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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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Another fail. I've reached out in exasperation since my chase-ups of 14th, 19th and today have been ignored. As have my 5 messages to your local rep who promised to be on hand. If you can't be bothered to help me, I'll just escalate via another route @richardbranson
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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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Stephen Bennett
(@Stephen12857059) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I called 150 today to speak to a Supervisor regarding my bill. I was told I would receive a call within the hour. NOTHING. I agreed a contract 18/8/22 and the last two payments have been £65 & £75 more than agreed. This is shocking customer care and service.
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Kev Maslin
(@kevmaslin) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia your treatment of us over a Lasting Power of Attorney issue has been appalling. Your people have actually SHREDDED a document costing hundreds of pounds despite us being told it had been returned. CISAS has been invoked and your CEO will be told . @MoneyTelegraph
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
Quite possibly the worst onboarding and customer 'care' experience I've EVER had @virginmedia Unfulfilled promises, failure to deliver contract as agreed and now I'm 'lost' in the system and being ignored. I'm left with no choice other than to 'out' you. #CaveatEmptor
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Anna Norris
(@TurnipWobble) reported
@virginmedia How many times can you say a problem is sorted and not deal with it. Do you have any idea the amount of further distress you are causing?!
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Paul Davidson
(@PaulD1986) reported
@virginmedia is there any chance I can speak to a member of staff please your online help and automated phone service is a minefield
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Laura Winder
(@llwinder) reported
@virginmedia I have zero internet for over an hour and it kept disconnecting. So clearly that didn't fix things! Nothing any of your engineers and teams have done have fixed the issue. Continued
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Ricky Goold 🏴 🇪🇺
(@Graemereaper) reported
@virginmedia I can tell you that the young chap I spoke to the other day - Mohammed - has been an absolute star and put the rest of @virginmedia customer service to shame. Unfortunately, neither time I've spoken to him has resulted in a customer satisfaction survey being sent. 5 stars tho.
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Connor
(@Connornet) reported
@virginmedia Nope, I get an error saying No RF signal connected. I don’t think the cables from the street are working because they’re just two single cables, no wall termination
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Kenny Watson
(@KennyWatson86) reported
@virginmedia Called that number and it just states there aren't issues in my post code area, press 1 for more options and to register that I have no internet and it just sets up a text alert.
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babyduck
(@babyduck999) reported
@virginmedia perhaps someone would like to DM me to explain why you've sent an alleged os debt of £36.39 to a debt rec co? I left my SIM only contract last year giving you appropriate notice & paid up in full. Mainly because your Comms are awful. This is a perfect example.
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Graham Ibbeson
(@ibboart) reported
@virginmedia Can anybody at Virgin be proactive, and help to resolved my Blackout situation, rather than just apologising for not prioritising a vulnerable customer? I do understand the field team are very busy, however, there must be some leeway for manoeuvrability.
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Jim Symonds
(@JimSymonds) reported
@virginmedia Another fob off. Not good enough. You've had 4 months & have broken promises (which I have in writing) to fix this dangerous piece of your equipment.
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Burns.
(@tomburns24) reported
@virginmedia any idea when internet will be back in SW12, been down all morning?