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 (21%)
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Total Blackout (11%)
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TV (7%)
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E-mail (3%)
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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, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Halesowen, Stourbridge, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Redditch, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, West Bromwich, Dudley, Brierley Hill and Bilston.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Birmingham |
Total Blackout | |
| Birmingham |
Internet | |
| Birmingham |
Total Blackout | |
| Oldbury |
Internet | |
| Birmingham |
Internet | |
| Birmingham |
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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carl morgan
(@carl_morgan3) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia is there an issue with services in the B90 area. Cheers
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✨ Hannah ✨
(@bevvyxo_) reported
from
Solihull, England
Spent 45 mins on the phone to @virginmedia to agree a new contract. I didn’t receive the confirmation email as agreed so rang up to check only to be hold there was no record of it and they couldn’t honour it. 10/10 customer service there 🙄
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🐺Wolfish
(@unit_1974) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@BankerJase @virginmedia I’ve yet to deal with a Virgin Media team that provide decent customer service. Which is why I’ve given up on TV/Telephone. Broadband will only last if they maintain a service.
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Leanne
(@hiltonleanne79) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I’m sure you’re really sorry...sorted now without any help from yourselves. I do hope your CEO is aware of how shockingly abysmal your customer service is and I speak from experience.
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🐺Wolfish
(@unit_1974) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@Poxo01 We have been battling rising costs and poor service with @virginmedia for years. Have argued down the contract repeatedly due to issues. Just got the internet and home control stable again and then get another price increase letter. Fed up with them.
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Caroline Durbin
(@acroline) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Nonsense. If you valued me as a customer I would not have gone through 3 months of unanswered calls and when I did speak to staff- accusations of lying. Check your records before cut and pasting bland replies.
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Liam O'Gorman
(@gorman_wba) reported
from
Walsall Wood, England
@virginmedia Your an absolute joke of a company, you charge me £50 a month for broadband and it hasn’t worked for the last 2 months, 4 people in our street have the same problem but yet when an engineer comes out they claim they’ve fixed it when they havent,sort it out,disgrace.
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Evan Davis
(@EvanD) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia It’s only been in the past few weeks that it’s gotten so bad. I was getting updates 2 weeks ago from @EE saying they were doing work in my area, but have heard nothing since. Shame you don’t have wi-fi calling
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§↯mØn
(@scgough) reported
from
Birmingham, England
Anyone else experiencing DNS issues for certain sites. UK based. I’m getting unresolved errors via virgin media net but ok via mobile data. #dns #networking
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Evan Davis
(@EvanD) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I’ll try texting. I only have 1 bar of signal
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Caroline Durbin
(@acroline) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia utterly appalling customer service once again. 15 minutes on hold to cancel a contract miss-sold to me.
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Roger Leitch
(@notdodgy) reported
from
Solihull, England
@virginmedia Tried the text service. No response. So in the unlikely event of an engineer visit later, at least I tried.
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Leanne
(@hiltonleanne79) reported
from
Birmingham, England
Does anybody actually work at @virginmedia Customer Services! Have been on hold for over 20 mins on phone and is the second time I’ve had to call, no response on messaging either! Can anyone from @virginmedia assist before I raise this further with CEO @TomMockridgeVM
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Kal Ajimal
(@Kal_Ajimal) reported
from
Solihull, England
How hard is it to report a problem to my landline telephone @virginmedia totally ridiculous been on hold 30 minutes
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Gary Webber
(@gjw1603) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Price rises, overseas call centers, the time spent on the phone listening to the nausiating voice. Suggest you look at social media and learn about your shocking reputation and customer service. Im out !!
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mark shaw
(@markshawnwo) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia internet down in Birmingham checked with reported issues and not known anything else reported it
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tonymartin
(@tonymartin82211) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia up to their scams again and when you get through all the button pressing on the phone and are past from one to another then when you start asking questions they hang up .
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Ash Corbett-Collins
(@corbettcollins) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@gaz112 @virginmedia That'll be the same @virginmedia that sends passwords out by post, complete with other sign in information. They're pretty much a joke at this point.
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Sasha Swapp
(@2108blondie) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Used to work for the company know all about rebooting after a fix. Just done *** and TiVo box again whilst still waiting for someone to answer the phone and it still doesn’t work. Absolutely shocking
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🐺Wolfish
(@unit_1974) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@ChrisScottBtn I’m fed up of this process year on year with an ongoing problematic service. Three complaints, two left unanswered. And then the onus is on you to chase! I cannot be bothered with them anymore. That’s the level customer service I’ve come to expect from @virginmedia now.
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Jay Jindal Au.D.
(@AudiologyPlanet) reported
@virginmedia have 1 gig internet from you. Paying top £ but it’s not working for last 3 days. Your support is less than helpful and can’t sort it until at least three more days. What do I do? How do I work? Change connection?
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Theresa Higgins
(@theresahiggins) reported
from
Colchester, England
@virginmedia I will try again by unplugging the router etc. However other people living near me are also experiencing problems. It is not just me.
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Jay Jindal Au.D.
(@AudiologyPlanet) reported
@virginmedia #NotConnected #NoHopeOfBeingConnected for another 3 days No joy with your tech support. Just had a conversation with someone who said the same thing 13 times in 17 min without listening to me #BetterConnected ?????
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Daniel
(@Danwoolno) reported
@virginmedia It was regarding no connectivity in the building and establishing why that is. Customer service agent literally said "yes, I'll call you back if the line drops". After a 40 min wait you can understand why I'd jump ship? And this is for a big commercial building.
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Oenone Rodgers
(@oenone_rodgers) reported
@virginmedia After 8 hours of trying to get through I finally was able to cancel the contract. I genuinely don’t understand why you cannot do this online? You’re only pushing customers away with the poor customer service.
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Caolan 🇨🇭en SUISSE🇨🇭
(@caolanxyz) reported
@virginmedia I’ve been trying to arrange moving my service to my new home via live chat for days, but every time have been in the queue for hours before being cut off Either I need to move my package or cancel it, but neither is possible right now
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Aarron Cousins
(@AarronCousins) reported
@virginmedia GU21 3 area down or not? It says there are no issues on your website, so I assume it's our router, I book an engineer appointment, then an hour later it gets cancelled while you "investigate" even though it shows no issues in the area. So what is it?
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Ian @ Davenports Handmade
(@clocksncandles) reported
@virginmedia Checked it. Showing as no issues with service in our area
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Theresa Higgins
(@theresahiggins) reported
from
Colchester, England
@virginmedia Yes done as above. Still agonising slow. Cannot send attachments on emails.
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Johnniepk
(@johnniepk) reported
@virginmedia Some lovely packages and discounts for new customers! I'm now out of contract. The best you can do for loyal customer of 10 plus years is an 18 month contract with much less included for more £s than new customers. I thought this sort of practice was outlawed now.