Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England

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.

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Birmingham	Internet	1 hour ago
Birmingham	Internet	6 hours ago
Tipton	Internet	14 hours ago
Birmingham	Wi-fi	16 hours ago
Birmingham	Internet	18 hours ago
Birmingham	Internet	19 hours ago

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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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  Andy Newton (@NewtonAndy) reported 1 minute ago from Dudley, England

  @Niknaklady1 @virginmedia Oh dear. That's what made me think the problem may not be virgin, if you've got signal on another set. Hope you get it sorted 👍

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  IAACCTV Limited (@iaacctvuk) reported 6 minutes ago from West Bromwich, England

  @virginmedia broadband down again from Virginmedia Common theme these days

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  Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported 12 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia Think we need to call an engineer out anyways, before the outage I was only getting 600mbps max when my package is the 1Gig.

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 18 minutes ago from Solihull, England

  @virginmedia hi I’ve had an ongoing complaint since September, I’ve had an email to contact yourselves but the phone number is getting me nowhere , is there another way of contacting the complaints dept?

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  Kiel (@k1El_w) reported 18 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

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

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  SorachiTim (@PolymathTim) reported 20 minutes ago from West Bromwich, England

  Zero Internet connectivity from @virginmedia now for pushing 12 hours. Resetting and/or powering down the hub does nothing, the diagnostic and fault tools just go round and around in an ever more boring circle. #LightningSpeedFarce

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  Satish Danny Paul (@________Danny) reported 20 minutes ago 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

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  Howard Martin 💚 (@HJMKent) reported 24 minutes ago from Kidderminster, England

  @virginmedia Can you please explain why, when I renewed my package in March you reduced my last invoiced bill to reflect the change & took by DD what you said you would! Now you say you will suspend my service because I underpaid? You took what you wanted!

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  Jazba Entertainment (@JazbaEnt) reported 28 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia business installation, been given 6 dates since 17th January. 4 no show or wrong booked, 2 attendance but not equipped to extend installation from 1sf floor to 2nd. even billed for a service which is not even installed yet. Nightmare #virginmedia #broadband

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  Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported 28 minutes ago from Himley, England

  @virginmedia @WaynesWorld20_ How many areas have this 'intermittent' loss of service? O have it in DY6 too.

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  Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 30 minutes ago from Birmingham, England

  @virginmedia I’m going to but I know I won’t get anywhere anyway the customer never gets anywhere

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  Scott badham (@scbadham) reported 34 minutes ago 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

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  Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported 39 minutes ago 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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  Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported 42 minutes ago 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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  Howard Martin 💚 (@HJMKent) reported 44 minutes ago from Kidderminster, England

  @virginmedia Can you please explain why, when I renewed my package in March you reduced my last invoiced bill to reflect the change & took by DD what you said you would! Now you say you will suspend my service because I underpaid? You took what you wanted!

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  John (@jfrncs_) reported 45 minutes ago 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.

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  G 🇯🇲 (@ethnicalien) reported 47 minutes ago from Wolverhampton, England

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

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  𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 (@beffycuk) reported 54 minutes ago from Dudley, England

  @virginmedia Yes, and every-time it says no issue, when there clearly is! It interferes with everything, the hive, the tv everything! Really considering going elsewhere.

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  Dani Grim (@RefinedSavage) reported 55 minutes ago from Dudley, England

  Seems like @virginmedia is completely down in our area, I can't even access their support site to log a problem. Also it appears that @O2 is having some sort of issue, my mobile data connection is so slow that royal mail could be a viable messaging alternative.

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  jordy (@jordyanslow1) reported 57 minutes ago 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!

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  D (@idczn) reported 9 minutes ago

  The only contract I ever signed with Virgin Media was in 2018, and it continues to this day. I have never changed or upgraded it; I only occasionally tried to report home network connection issues. It turns out that in November 2024, a two-year contract was accepted, which I only found out about in 2025 when I wanted to cancel their services. I couldn't leave them XD However, checking who did this on my behalf and when (because it certainly wasn't me) was impossible, as I had no way to log into my Virgin account Now I cansee- the accepted contract has different number? There is no any signature of mine- and information that was sent to e-mail: back then controlled by hacker

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  Jennifer Arcuri (@Jenniferarcuri) reported 12 minutes ago

  @Benleo @ailsybabe @virginmedia Please make an example and put them in their place. Hopefully out of buisness. Horrible company, Virginmedia.

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  F Smith (@fsmith82) reported 13 minutes ago

  @virginmedia no internet as box is out of date (family member had same issue a few weeks ago) & engineer can’t come until Monday. Why aren’t you contacting customers to upgrade BEFORE we loose a service we pay for???????

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  Stew G no23 (@StewartGar49182) reported 15 minutes ago

  @virginmedia They aren't recently issues they are current issues is BB being throttled back? All i get from virgin is there's no problems in the network so why is it so slow?

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  Pete Carroll (@pcarrollmusic1) reported 17 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Absolutely despicable. My elderly parents had problems too when they first signed up to them, then they had to navigate their call centre speak from India to resolve it. They're not that good and don't care

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  ShirleySarah🌹🎸🦊🦔🐦⚽ (@ShirleySarah70) reported 17 minutes ago

  What rude people they are @virginmedia Was on the phone, finally someone will collect the old modem. However, I will be cancelling my tv and landline services. Will keep VM broadband until such time as I can source a suitable alternative. Disconnection fee to pay.

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  David Cooper (@TeessideDCooper) reported 18 minutes ago

  @virginmedia once again internet down! Online checker says area ok! What a load of rubbish funny how all my neighbours are down as well.

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  Dylan Brown (@DillB1976) reported 18 minutes ago

  @virginmedia my account has been locked for 2 weeks now, I keep getting told it will be resolved but nothing is happening, apart from me spending lots of time on the phone to people who can not or do want to help.

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  Dee Jarvis 🟪⬜️🟩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 (@DeeJarv34798927) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Benleo @virginmedia My experience - engineer comes in to fix box. Tells me to put 'dog away!' I say 'no, she won't come into the lounge or bother you' 'Tea, coffee?' I say 'No' 'Water, fruit juice?' I add 'Fruit, fruit' he says I return with apple & banana He grabs both & puts them in his bag 🤨😖

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  Chris Hobbs (@obbsie) reported 20 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I just tried to contact you remotely re my TIVO box & the changeover. Your Terri bot clearly couldn't deal with it. My whole computer then froze completely followed by a page of Chinese writing before the computer telling me there is a problem & rebooted itself. Will I have to wait four hours on the 150 landline as I did the other day before giving up.