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 (57%)
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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: Birmingham, West Bromwich, Bilston, Oldbury, Tamworth, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Rowley Regis, Wednesbury, Cradley Heath, Brierley Hill and Redditch.
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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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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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Frugalista
(@frugalista1) reported
from
Dorridge, England
@virginmedia Typical Virgin Media response. Passing me on. Not actually solving the problem. I will never come back to @virginmedia and will advise all my friends never to think of using you.
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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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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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dean condliffe 🏴
(@DeanCondliffe) reported
from
Birmingham, England
The day ends with a Y 🤝 Virgin media not working again
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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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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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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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Stuart McCullagh
(@stumccullagh) reported
from
Solihull, England
The 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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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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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
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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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 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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Stuart McCullagh
(@stumccullagh) reported
from
Solihull, England
All TV boxes playing up , had issues for a couple of days now can’t get through on phones is there any issues in B37 area ? @virginmedia also I’ve been waiting nearly 2 years for my wifi booster
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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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Rob Chipman
(@robchippyman) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@Tilton247 @virginmedia I had the same for 2 years. Constantly disconnecting on a daily basis . Changed the Hub and it worked straight away. No issues since. Good luck getting a new hub off them though.
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jordy
(@jordyanslow1) reported
from
Dudley, England
@virginmedia any chance of an update regarding the outage in my local area regarding internet connection? It’s been down 2 days straight!
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jen
(@jenkin99) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia We had issuse with our service, and was told we would need new cables. We the new cables installed. They left cabels hanging in the garden which has since been removed. Our grass is ruined (I have photos) it looks like next doors cable are also under or grass????
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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
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Mel-Ting
(@BellMelly) reported
@lauren_hodgman @virginmedia I got rid, im with EE fast fibre now. Not had any issues yet I was sick of my broadband going down all the time
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Josh_lamb1272
(@joshlamb02) reported
@virginmedia There’s no excuse for it an engineer came out and replaced it all and placed it on a good place and it’s still ****
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Josh_lamb1272
(@joshlamb02) reported
@virginmedia Yes I have done that it’s ok when I do that it’s the signal as I have said
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Josh_lamb1272
(@joshlamb02) reported
@virginmedia What so I have to pay for stuff just because your WiFi is terrible we pay enough I’m not getting anything else it’s your fault you deal with it
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Annie 💙🕊 🇺🇦
(@Bluebackpacker) reported
@virginmedia No I have not had much joy with your CS team on the phone. I guess I'll have to but you shouldn't be ignoring a complaint no referenced email for 6 weeks
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Jo Owen
(@jobloobird) reported
@virginmedia Tried that, no difference- says there are no problems!
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Nadeem
(@Nadeem74159629) reported
@virginmedia It’s down for most people absolutely terrible network can’t wait to go else where as soon as there are other fibre providers in the area
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Rosie
(@ownedbymydogs) reported
@JasonManford If it’s virgin- bad luck they are a nightmare, I upgraded and so far have had 5 different contracts, 4 of which were wrong. Absolute rubbish customer service virgin media nightmare
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Martin Spicer
(@MartinSpicer12) reported
@virginmedia why has my 85 Yr old father in law had his land-line cut off. Spent 40 mins on Sunday to the retention team, who could not resolve the problem. Promised to call 10am Monday, it's now Wednesday, still no call and no land-line.
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Josh_lamb1272
(@joshlamb02) reported
@virginmedia It said I’m having signal problems with 18 devices and I’ve done what you’ve said and still getting the same and it’s gone even worse