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Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England

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  • Virgin Media generated 9 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 9 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, TV, and Wi-fi.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received Jun 10, 12:21 AM GMT+1.
  • 45% Internet (45%)
  • 28% TV (28%)
  • 18% Wi-fi (18%)
  • 4% E-mail (4%)
  • 4% Total Blackout (4%)

The latest reports from users having issues in Smethwick come from postal codes B67 and B66 .

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.

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Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Birmingham Wi-fi 8 hours ago
Oldbury Wi-fi 9 hours ago
Birmingham E-mail 9 hours ago
Wolverhampton Wi-fi 11 hours ago
Birmingham Internet 14 hours ago
Birmingham Internet 14 hours ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Birmingham

25 recent signals

8 hours ago
Oldbury

3 recent signals

9 hours ago
West Bromwich

2 recent signals

3 days ago
Wolverhampton

1 recent signals

11 hours ago
Brierley Hill

1 recent signals

1 day ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

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

  • stumccullagh
    Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported 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?

  • DeanCondliffe
    dean condliffe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@DeanCondliffe) reported from Birmingham, England

    The day ends with a Y 🤝 Virgin media not working again

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

    @virginmedia Rebooted several times. Wi-Fi works fine, it’s just the VPN. Automated message says there’s still an issue.

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

    @Cplcash @virginmedia Problem is other providers are so slow at installing fibre cables that most have no choice but to go with VM

  • AshleyDay1971
    Ashley Day (@AshleyDay1971) reported from Woodside, England

    @virginmedia Internet down again, 3rd day I'm a row. Can't even check status on your website as its not loading properly. When will it be fixed?

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

    And just like that my @virginmedia is off again, no internet whatsoever. Embarrassing service from them, very disappointed and frustrated.

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

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

  • philq001
    Phil Queenan (@philq001) reported from Birmingham, England

    @Ian66232919 @virginmedia @02 have been awful and the reception is non existent, especially any where near Villa Park. May as well not take my phone out.

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

    @IanMurphy111 @virginmedia I am mate awful service

  • JazbaEnt
    Jazba Entertainment (@JazbaEnt) reported 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

  • 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.

  • 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!!!

  • 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?

  • ReissOmari
    Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported 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.

  • simonevans1973
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Simon Evans🏌️‍♂️ (@simonevans1973) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia b42 is shocking supposed to have 200meg the #ManUtd Vs #thfc is **** like streaming on a ZXSPECTRUM

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

    @virginmedia No , when I last spoke to someone on the phone the issue was still happening , it doesn’t happen as much now but still happens at least once a day

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

    @Ofcom can I complain about @virginmedia to yourselves? Had no TV service for nearly a month with no help.

  • 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

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

    @virginmedia Hi. The team have also said that the issue isn’t resolved though? Everything has been reset multiple times this morning and still the same issue.

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

    Not only did I have to go out to watch the football because Sky Sports doesn’t work BBC has gone down so can’t even watch MOTD thanks @virginmedia

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Old_Motherduck
    Old Motherduck (@Old_Motherduck) reported

    @virginmedia @JonStone101 no we've had this before many times, only when you threaten to leave do you get transferred to someone who speaks english, they obviously get paid more to snag a customer than the english speaking

  • dannyjcorr
    Danny J Corr 🤖 (@dannyjcorr) reported

    @virginmedia is there an issue with Virgin TV Go app? Any on demand shows I am trying to watch from 2 weeks ago onwards have audio drop outs every ten second or so. Just updated it and still an issue?

  • graziegee999
    Grazie (@graziegee999) reported

    @virginmedia absolutely abysmal service. Take too much money for my new package. 2 hrs on chat. promised phone call within 48hrs....still waiting. 😡😡 Email to say its been resolved??? please advice

  • StuartJPrior
    Stuart Prior (@StuartJPrior) reported

    @virginmedia are you aware of any outages in the WN5 area or with your servers on the blueyonder accounts? My emails went down around 2 hours ago?

  • peps36
    peps36 (@peps36) reported

    @virginmedia Someone from your support team rang me on what’s app said they would ring back in a few minutes that was 2 hrs ago ????

  • AnthonyBraithw7
    Anthony Braithwaite (@AnthonyBraithw7) reported

    @virginmedia trying to watch tv service as NHL Stanley cup finals on soon , tv not working because all.your humans need rest according to chat bot ... good by you have broken me with this ,not paying for service .

  • ScepturaMelody
    Melody Lane-Hayman (@ScepturaMelody) reported

    @virginmedia I realise that could of been without your control but they are still available on sky so I should of gone with sky obviously never mind I found movie channels I didn’t even realise I had as they were below the already greyed out ones that were paid for channels

  • house_gareth
    Gareth House (@house_gareth) reported

    @virginmedia The brilliant engineer came out and knew what the problem was straight away, the hub hadn't been activated at your end. apparently it has been a common problem the engineers are finding.

  • TobiasSlender
    tobias slender (@TobiasSlender) reported

    @virginmedia I’ve had no internet for 2 days and every time I call im placed on hold for ever then cut of, not very good customer service

  • marypaul32
    mary32 (@marypaul32) reported

    @nightsong53 We're still waiting for @virginmedia to come fix our broadband. My husband was so infuriated by the call centre staff I had to take over. We have raised formal complaint but of course not heard from them.