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Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England

Some problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, tv and wi-fi.

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  • Virgin Media generated 62 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 62 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 May 14, 9:39 PM GMT+1.
  • 40% Internet (40%)
  • 35% TV (35%)
  • 11% Wi-fi (11%)
  • 9% Total Blackout (9%)
  • 5% E-mail (5%)
  • 1% Phone (1%)

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

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.

May 14: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 06:20 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Birmingham Internet 3 hours ago
Wolverhampton TV 4 hours ago
Bilston TV 9 hours ago
Wolverhampton TV 10 hours ago
Birmingham TV 10 hours ago
Oldbury TV 10 hours ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Birmingham

36 recent signals

3 hours ago
Oldbury

7 recent signals

10 hours ago
Solihull

6 recent signals

11 hours ago
Wolverhampton

5 recent signals

4 hours ago
Brierley Hill

4 recent signals

10 hours 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 I’m meant to be on a webcall about my TV that doesn’t work can anyone help me please?

  • HenleyStatic
    Stuart Henley (@HenleyStatic) reported from Halesowen, England

    @virginmedia footy on BBC1 through virgin box about 5 minutes behind tonight. Not good service

  • 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.

  • MartinWilko
    Martin Wilkinson (@MartinWilko) reported from Birmingham, England

    Virginmedia down Sutton Coldfield. National outage . Their website down, unable to report status. No reports or statements from Virgin media. Price rise of 13.8% #VirginMediaoutage @virginmedia

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

    @virginmedia I don’t think so I’m still getting distorted TV on a few channels it’s frustrating as my complaint never gets recified I’ve spent hours on end trying to get it sorted

  • saqibsvideos
    ch Saqib (@saqibsvideos) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia I did, and told them everything what's been happening they goes we will sort out and I still getting emails from virgin I don't know why and problem is still there and bill getting delayed which I been told them about that and its keep happening since January

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

    @virginmedia The TV goes all distorted I’ve done webchats phone calls the lot nothing has been resolved was told it was a problem in the area , neighbours have had no issues happened still have issues now but not as often but it’s a bit annoying esp when I’ve not had any money off

  • nealesj
    Simon Neale (@nealesj) reported from Swindon, England

    Hey, ‘RP,’ again, @virginmedia is down. The lack of resilience is shocking and embarrassing for a major broadband provider. #VirginMediaDown #VirginMedia

  • 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?

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

    @virginmedia The status checker says intermittent signal in your area. It's disgusting with how much I pay for broadband.

  • jordyanslow1
    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!

  • JMEden_97
    James (@JMEden_97) reported from Solihull, England

    I hate VirginMedia me getting stupid little lag spikes

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

    @virginmedia right I’ve had issues for nearly a month I’ve done the link there’s a problem with the TV box please can I speak to a human ? This is seriously taking the mick now

  • StuJonesMusic
    Stu Jones (@StuJonesMusic) reported from Kidderminster, England

    Hi @virginmedia, I am in Kidderminster, Worcestershire (DY11) and my Virgin Media broadband connection is very poor this week. I have checked your website & apparently there are no issues in my area. I have also restated my access point/router twice but no improvement.

  • NickHickey84
    Trickie Dickie (@NickHickey84) reported from Bradmore, England

    @virginmedia a customer of yours for years. Had a cpi increase letter to say leave with out penalty. Competitor massively cheaper than you for faster speeds. Only to be told by a colleague I have to pay £110 to leave today?

  • 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

  • haychapperz
    hayley chapman (@haychapperz) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia what is going on B31 5 still without Broadband & TV from 11am and now being told fix is 12pm tomorrow. I have been unable to work all day & now problem is going in to tomorrow. This is unacceptable & I hope refunds for loss of service will be applied to all accounts.

  • LynneMasters
    LynneMUFC#22#44 (@LynneMasters) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virginmedia why is the Sky Sports red button not working

  • iaacctvuk
    IAACCTV Limited (@iaacctvuk) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @virginmedia broadband down again from Virginmedia Common theme these days

  • _shannonC
    shanny C 🌹 (@_shannonC) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia haha you mean the same forum where they didn’t answer me for days last time, and they didn’t resolve anything???? waste of time. they told me to check the speed and check for area issues. absolutely awful customer service when i’ve been complaining about this for WEEKS now.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • GameplayVideos8
    Gameplay Videos (@GameplayVideos8) reported

    @virginmedia Virgin Media goes DOWN for thousands of users across UK with 'all channels pixelated' in TV outage not good on my to

  • Lisa19576
    Lisa Midds (@Lisa19576) reported

    @virginmedia my TiVo box isn't working. Working fine until 11am when started glitching then went off. Ive rebooted several times & keeps saying "channel is not authorised please contact virgin media" Ive been trying to get through & been on hold for nearly 2hrs . Help Pls 😭

  • cliffycliffy118
    James clifton (@cliffycliffy118) reported

    @virginmedia Not being funny but my dads 68 and does not have twitter/x. He has been on hold for over an hour on your 150 number maybe play an automated message on that number to let people know! Customer service is terrible

  • basquildol
    Basquildol 💙 (@basquildol) reported

    @virginmedia in Bedfordshire,TV all pixilated and no channels working this morning, is the UK wide it just one area? What resolution time do you have? Thanks

  • McAbc1977
    McDonald (@McAbc1977) reported

    @MadeleineEbbs57 @MalachySteenson Virgin media are literally paid taxpayer money to be sympathetic to the official line on this and many other issues.

  • LeighOCally
    Leigh OCallaghan (@LeighOCally) reported

    @Suej1959 @virginmedia I’m in Tunbridge Wells. Same problem. I couldn’t even watch apps. Luckily I can now but tv still pixelating.

  • rebhalp
    Rebecca Halpern (@rebhalp) reported

    @rilf07 @Forcegayle @virginmedia Their TV system is down for the whole country, they’re working to fix it.

  • Barnsey02
    Steve Barnes (@Barnsey02) reported

    @virginmedia everything is falling apart. Can only watch BBC1 and recordings Most annoyingly can’t watch Giro. Your website claims I don’t exist but of course you continue sending your bullying messages telling me I need to update to an inferior box about which you have ignored my complaint

  • BrianPenhand
    Brian Penhand (@BrianPenhand) reported

    @virginmedia Utter shambles of a company. Nobody will be compensated for this. The service status page is mysteriously down too. I'll be swapping services as soon as I am able.

  • Blue_Cav
    Carl Cavell (@Blue_Cav) reported

    @virginmedia Been a while now, to get compensation for lack of service you need to inform you. Yet ironically the website doesn't recognise customer accounts. Might tell Alainis Morrisette now.