Virgin Media

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.

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 and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Virgin Media Outage Chart in Smethwick, Sandwell, England 03/10/2026 08:15

March 10: Problems at Virgin Media

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  1. Internet (57%)

    Internet (57%)

  2. Wi-fi (21%)

    Wi-fi (21%)

  3. Total Blackout (10%)

    Total Blackout (10%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Oldbury, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Redditch, Walsall, Willenhall, Solihull, Tamworth, Rowley Regis, Halesowen, Stourbridge, Sutton Coldfield, Dudley and Brierley Hill.

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City Problem Type Report Time
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

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

  • ja2xarnie JArnie (@ja2xarnie) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia I spent an hour on my mobile to Virgin today as landline isn't working. Spoke to three different people and, finally they told me it was a hardware issue with my phone, not the line. I have borrowed two phones from neighbours and they don't work either #virginmedia

  • TheRusse11a Matt Russell (@TheRusse11a) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia I managed to fix it by d/l the app again last night. Thank you.

  • ultimate_girls Ultimate Girls (@ultimate_girls) reported from Birmingham, England

    Cancelling my broadband with @virginmedia after ridiculous price increases every month. Cannot believe how RUDE the guy on the phone was when I told him I still wanted to cancel. Absolutely shocking attitude .. made my decision to leave SO much easier!!

  • MartinClarke165 Martin Clarke (@MartinClarke165) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia why are you so bad!! I pay for a service and pretty much everyday my broadband drops. Each mid morning it goes off and tonight whilst watching the Villa. #poorcustomerservice

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

    @virginmedia wifi down again

  • HayleyLaw3 Hayley Law (@HayleyLaw3) reported from Wednesfield, England

    @virginmedia waited in all day yesterday, was supposed to have a self instal pack delivered m but didn’t turn up, tracking still states 3.10.20. Please help!!

  • CannedWildlife Adam O'Hare 🏳️‍🌈 💚 (@CannedWildlife) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia Hi MH, broadband / Internet in B31 and B45 of Birmingham, has been very terrible. Now, it is just up to those who are responsible, to fix this issue, plus to be open & honest... Cheers, Mr. A. O'Hare

  • S_Wiley303 Steve Wiley (@S_Wiley303) reported from Walsall Wood, England

    @virginmedia you inform me that unless I swap the sim in my phone I will lose the service in 18 days ,you have not sent me a sim ,and your text system is rubbish :enter the 65 letter of your security code ,what ?,you haven’t sent me a sim

  • ja2xarnie JArnie (@ja2xarnie) reported from Birmingham, England

    We've also had intermittent Internet today. I can't face another hour being kept on hold. Can you expedite a solution to our problems? #virginmedia

  • EverSoSlightlyy Lewis (@EverSoSlightlyy) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia Nope; as above I have just been sabotaged and sent a ‘booster’ for the signal I don’t receive anyway. And now you are trying to charge me even more for the privilege; despite already paying 37 which is enough for the 220mb package with a free phone sim, while getting 50 :)

  • EverSoSlightlyy Lewis (@EverSoSlightlyy) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia I will do both; what’s the number for technical support; will try one last time 🙃

  • Markycot Mark Cottrill (@Markycot) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia So sick of not being able to watch catch up or on demand, did everything that I was supposed to after reading message even though I shouldn’t have to, now it has stopped working again, been unavailable for 30 plus days out of last 37!! #help

  • cra1gs Craig (@cra1gs) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia the company that doesn’t give a **** about your complaint. Can’t be bothered to resolve your complaint and provides no avenue to complain.

  • matttdudley Matt Dudley (@matttdudley) reported from Dudley, England

    @virginmedia No but the automated message at customer services says there's an outage. How can this keep happening?

  • AJhyphenCSdotUK AJComputerServicesUK (@AJhyphenCSdotUK) reported from Birmingham, England

    I will definitely be ending my TV Contract with #VirginMedia at the earliest opportunity, I am sick to death of watching stupid adverts on #DiscoveryTV Channels and it’s the same ones every damn time! If the #TLC Channel didn’t exist then it wouldn’t be so bad! 🤬

  • james_e_grant James (@james_e_grant) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia I’m looking to cancel my contract with you, but I refuse to be placed on hold for an indefinite amount of time and your website appears to be broken/designed by idiots so I can’t easily find what I want. Can you help me sort this out please?

  • KatyFancourt Katy (@KatyFancourt) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia one of your engineers apparently got lost trying to find my property, spent an hour on the phone to customer services to be then told that theirs an ‘emergency’??

  • matttdudley Matt Dudley (@matttdudley) reported from Dudley, England

    @vmbusinesshelp DON'T BUY VIRGIN MEDIA!!!! 2nd outage of the week. No responsibility or money back. I will be moving my business broadband elsewhere after speaking to OFCOM. #Useless #Shocking #avoid

  • Nparanoid nimrod x (@Nparanoid) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia how can I activate new hub. Prob a bad time to try but nobody available at call centre and no text received for activation reply. Thanks.

  • EverSoSlightlyy Lewis (@EverSoSlightlyy) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia how can you make internet so bad that it can’t be reliable for a single day for the last 9 months?? I just did a speed test and got 8 mbps down and 0.03 up.. yes. 0.03 up, I was planning on streaming for the first time since you ruined my connection but apparently no

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • nickbland13 Nick Bland (@nickbland13) reported

    @virginmedia just rebooted it and it's still incredibly slow

  • SoniaRa45803475 Sonia Raja (@SoniaRa45803475) reported

    @virginmedia my WiFi isn't working and when I try to use the website its says your page is down. Are we suffering from an outtage in slough? I've never had this problem before!

  • awasti Ali Wasti (@awasti) reported

    @virginmedia Please help. trying to close my account as I’m moving country. on hold for 2 hrs with moving team before call disconnected. Called again 8am in morning - hold for 25 min, call disconnected. I am not sure why you have made it near impossible for customers to cancel.

  • NishaNayak Nisha (@NishaNayak) reported

    @virginmedia And how is is acceptable to have bad service continuously for weeks? Useless rubbish service!!

  • olliedoodleday Ollie H-M (@olliedoodleday) reported

    @virginmedia I’m now trying to cancel the technician visit, which seems impossible online…

  • rogerpsan Red Roger LFC #JFT97 Legacy fan and proud! (@rogerpsan) reported

    @virginmedia once again I receive a call, text and email to say your engineer is going to collect the old kit from the address VM disconnected me from because I was MOVING. AGAIN I have replied with my NEW ADDRESS. if I receive 1 call to say no one was in I WILL lost my ****

  • olliedoodleday Ollie H-M (@olliedoodleday) reported

    @virginmedia It is (touch wood) stable again. And I just got a text about the technician visit that let me cancel. So all sorted. Thanks

  • pipey59 Jonathan Pipe (@pipey59) reported

    @virginmedia brilliant! Absolutely brilliant ! Can't make a formal complaint because "my virgin media" is not working !!! And according to your customer service rep they can now only be made online ! Although when looking up complaints it says call vm to complain !!

  • NishaNayak Nisha (@NishaNayak) reported

    @virginmedia I have already made a complaint as I am so frustrated with this. Your customer service said compensation was due. This should be documented. Or recorded. And now I am informed that after all this rubbish I will not get anything. Useless!

  • Angelsirius1 Angel sirius (@Angelsirius1) reported from Worthing, England

    @virginmedia Hi, i am having some issues with the youtube app, i spoke to youtube they said to try uninstalling reinstalling the app, something i am unable to do as you provide this. It will just not load a video or whilst a playlist is playing it goes black.