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Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England

Some problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.

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  • Virgin Media generated 2 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 2 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and TV.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received Sep 1, 8:11 AM GMT+1.
  • 48% Internet (48%)
  • 23% Wi-fi (23%)
  • 14% TV (14%)
  • 8% E-mail (8%)
  • 8% Total Blackout (8%)
  • 1% 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.

September 1: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 07:40 AM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, West Bromwich, Tamworth, Bilston, Bromsgrove, Solihull, Tipton, Halesowen, Wednesbury, Brierley Hill, and Stourbridge.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Birmingham Internet 3 hours ago
Birmingham Internet 24 hours ago
Birmingham TV 1 day ago
Birmingham E-mail 1 day ago
Dudley Internet 2 days ago
Birmingham Internet 2 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Birmingham

54 recent signals

3 hours ago
Dudley

2 recent signals

2 days ago
Sutton Coldfield

2 recent signals

5 days ago
Tamworth

2 recent signals

6 days ago
Wolverhampton

1 recent signals

3 days ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:

  • Momrocks50
    Yvonne 💙 (@Momrocks50) reported from Birmingham, England

    Excuse me we pay enough for a "cough" service where is it? #virginmedia

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England

    3 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

  • nealesj
    Simon Neale (@nealesj) reported from Swindon, England

    Hey, ‘RP,’ again, @virginmedia is down. The lack of resilience is shocking and embarrassing for a major broadband provider. #VirginMediaDown #VirginMedia

  • TheShannimal_
    TheShannimal🔜#i70 (@TheShannimal_) reported from Kidderminster, England

    @MykeJD1 @virginmedia Gone down for a lot of people apparently

  • richardcbishop
    Richard C. Bishop 🏃‍♂️ (@richardcbishop) reported 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.

  • HJMKent
    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!

  • ReissOmari
    Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, England

    Ended up just reconnecting my TP Link router, it seems the problems were with my Hub 5 because everything seems to be working fine now. Not great @virginmedia

  • ________Danny
    Satish Danny Paul (@________Danny) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia I received my new 500+mps broadband only to get 6mps on my phone in my room. The Router is Terrible and cannot send the speed to devices via wifi. Not Good for anyone

  • scbadham
    Scott badham (@scbadham) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia really disappointed in the service lately all it does is keep dropping. I’ve had no Internet services for the last hour again the fourth time this week and it’s still not working

  • EvanD
    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.

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England

    Had problems with my TV since September now can’t get any live football or movies @virginmedia

  • jfrncs_
    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.

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia hi I was on a web chat last Sunday my TV was meant to be fixed by yesterday but it’s still not working & my other box is playing up now as well as the internet it’s been a month now & im paying a lot of money for a service I’m just not getting

  • measlewolf
    Steve Lees (@measlewolf) reported from Dudley, England

    @virginmedia I’m currently on hold. My mum is in her 70’s and waited in for an engineer only for them to send a text 10mins before to say you were coming in the 26th. The original appointment was the 21st and her TV service has been down for well over a week.

  • BeardPunk
    Beard Punk (@BeardPunk) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia any updates on the VPN issue?

  • chrispsaras
    Chris Psaras (@chrispsaras) reported 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?

  • ethnicalien
    G 🇯🇲 (@ethnicalien) reported from Wolverhampton, England

    @virginmedia Not at the moment no but it's a common issue👀

  • k1El_w
    Kiel (@k1El_w) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia @YodelOnline your ability to deliver equipment is shocking!!! The customer service you provide is even worse!!!

  • SusieWJr
    Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported from Himley, England

    @virginmedia The status checker says intermittent signal in your area. It's disgusting with how much I pay for broadband.

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Sheldon, England

    @virginmedia I don’t think so I’m still getting distorted TV on a few channels it’s frustrating as my complaint never gets recified I’ve spent hours on end trying to get it sorted

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • jdonascimento
    Jenny Do Nascimento (@jdonascimento) reported

    I moved house on August 28th and Virgin Media has been unable to connect my internet service. It's terrible service; I've wasted hours talking to them with no results. @Virgin #England

  • ladydaveg
    Johnycantdecide (@ladydaveg) reported

    Diagnostic tests suck, the myvm app sucks, your ai at the end of the phone can't tell the difference between zero and three and I still can't speak to anyone. Is there anything you can do right? @virginmedia

  • BurnNotice85
    Burn Notice (@BurnNotice85) reported

    @VirginMediaNews Note to Virgin Media : stop platforming that religious zealot and fantasist - even at the opportunity cost re: a young journalist's tv screen time & professional exposure. He's on his way back to prison when another warrant comes down from the bench, in coming days and weeks.

  • Martyn_Lucas
    Martyn Lucas (@Martyn_Lucas) reported

    @virginmedia @iainsymac Really poor update! You need to get rid of it

  • SuccessWLewis1
    Success W Lewis (@SuccessWLewis1) reported

    @virginmedia 3 months of issues have forced me into this situation. I may as well be in a zombie apocalypses.

  • PhilTur85809423
    silverfox (@PhilTur85809423) reported

    @CheekyVic @virginmedia Try sky , they are just as bad

  • kellyokid
    Steve Kelly (@kellyokid) reported

    @MelJanie @virginmedia I was with Virgin for years but got treated like a piece of crap on their shoe with multiple issues so I’ve left! Customer service is non existent! They just don’t care!

  • mvkennelly
    Mike Kennelly (@mvkennelly) reported

    Virgin media broadband in London N21 has been intermittently down now for weeks and nobody at Virgin interested in fixing the issue . Hours on the phone being told to turn it off and on ! We are out at the end of this contract for sure, very poor service.

  • Bev2810
    Bev Terry 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@Bev2810) reported

    @virginmedia you don’t bother looking after loyal customers do you ? want to offer my renewal for more than what I can get as a new customer

  • ExpanseCon
    Expanse Consulting Ltd (@ExpanseCon) reported

    @MikeScheider_ Not a vodafone issue. Looks like a core switch failure, optical cross-connect fault or other fault inside one of the central carrier-neutral hubs. It has dropped interconnection across multiple fixed ISPs (Virgin Media, Eir, Siro, NBI) simultaneously.