Virgin Media Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, England
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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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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 (60%)
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Wi-fi (16%)
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Total Blackout (12%)
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TV (7%)
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E-mail (4%)
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Phone (1%)
Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Tamworth, Solihull, Oldbury, Walsall, Redditch, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Brierley Hill, Wednesbury, Willenhall, Dudley, Kingswinford and Smethwick.
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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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Ronnie Harris
(@redron1975) reported
from
Walsall Wood, England
@virginmedia Right then fools. How many times do I need to contact you to tell you how bad our internet is? I am so fed up with this service and wouldn't recommend you to my worst enemy. I cant wait to get service from someone reliable. Clowns
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LVWLVS
(@lvwlvs) reported
from
Cheslyn Hay, England
@virginmedia Everything is running fine then my devices can’t connect. It takes me switching the router off at the wall and on again for the connection to reestablish itself. First world problems but it’s a pain when I’m working upstairs and the router is downstairs. And it should just work!
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
Quite possibly the worst onboarding and customer 'care' experience I've EVER had @virginmedia Unfulfilled promises, failure to deliver contract as agreed and now I'm 'lost' in the system and being ignored. I'm left with no choice other than to 'out' you. #CaveatEmptor
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Kev Maslin
(@kevmaslin) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia your treatment of us over a Lasting Power of Attorney issue has been appalling. Your people have actually SHREDDED a document costing hundreds of pounds despite us being told it had been returned. CISAS has been invoked and your CEO will be told . @MoneyTelegraph
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia And this is why, I'll be reporting you to trading standards for fraudulent misselling/misrepresentation and then abdicating ALL responsibility/accountability to resolve. There's no security/DPA issues in you giving me a direct dial number via DM. You just don't want to resolve.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Alternatively, if you feel the urge to actually be helpful, you can search my name and location (it's an uncommon name) and ask a complaints manager to contact me. No security issues or breaches, since the notes I've been assured are on file, will be there to check.
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LVWLVS
(@lvwlvs) reported
from
Cheslyn Hay, England
@virginmedia That was the first thing I tried but nothing happened. It’s only when I power off at the wall, wait a minute then power on that it changes. Right now it’s working fine but this has been a recurring problem this week.
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Martin Price
(@mrmjprice) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I have been but they couldn’t get a good-enough price and directed me to the self-service page but I get “customer-exclusion” at the end of the URL which tells me to use chat.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia Just to let you know, I've taken the time to write out another complaint via the link. I've submitted and it says 'nothing to see here'. The link says response within 7 days, and the submission says 28 days, and then my portal says I haven't raised a complaint. ANOTHER FAIL
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Kev Maslin
(@kevmaslin) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia The ideal resolution would have been for VM to return the document as originally promised. We have dealt with other companies in this regard and all have been prompt and professional. Even the DWP accepted a photocopy of the POA. Why VM couldn't is entirely beyond me.
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Andrew Markou
(@Andyfoodie) reported
from
Tamworth District, England
Hi @virginmedia I live in the B77 4LD area and we use you as our Broadband providers. Has the network gone down and if so approximately when will it get fixed and be back up and running?
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia No. Already done it about 7 times without any luck. I refuse to waste more hours in queues, only to rehash my issues to another anonymous operator. I've been assured that this is in the hands of a named handler, who didn't call me back as promised and is ignoring my emails. Fail
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Claire B🐈⬛🐈⬛
(@KittykatClaire) reported
from
Willenhall, England
I'm so pissed off @virginmedia blackmailed me into signing my mobile contract with @O2 by saying my media account would be cheaper. If I stayed with virgin it would be amount more. So I had no option but to go with o2 and No my mobile Internet is crap. I can't use my doorbell
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Stephen Bennett
(@Stephen12857059) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia I called 150 today to speak to a Supervisor regarding my bill. I was told I would receive a call within the hour. NOTHING. I agreed a contract 18/8/22 and the last two payments have been £65 & £75 more than agreed. This is shocking customer care and service.
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Troy
(@tr0y1291) reported
from
West Bromwich, England
@virginmedia the most unreliable service going! Sky should be rubbing their hands together knowing that this shower of **** is their main competition.
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Another fail. Well done 👏🏻
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Brian Cape
(@BrianMCape) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@virginmedia Another fail. I've reached out in exasperation since my chase-ups of 14th, 19th and today have been ignored. As have my 5 messages to your local rep who promised to be on hand. If you can't be bothered to help me, I'll just escalate via another route @richardbranson
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Antony Howlett
(@AntonyHowlett) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@ChristineAllado @virginmedia I keep having this problem every week and nothing ever gets done and all you get back is we can't find a fault
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le Phantom Plume
(@lePhantomPlume) reported
from
Wolverhampton, England
@virginmedia It’s ok thanks, one of your team rang me, was extremely rude then hung up.
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Claire B🐈⬛🐈⬛
(@KittykatClaire) reported
from
Willenhall, England
@virginmedia I guess it's not your. Problem. After pushing me into a contract with them. I've been in touch with them and there nothing they can do they just want me. To turn my mobile on and off again
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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liam ward60
(@liam_ward60) reported
@VirginMedia_TV **** off would b embarrassed to watch the awful virgin media ireland anti discrimination ageto old age presenters coz they wouldn't pay the proper wage to experience presenter ie,Mark cagney,aiden cooney
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Ellyn Somerville
(@Ellyn106) reported
@virginmedia We cancelled their subscription in March due to the high costs. They explained about 30 days and that they would packaging to send kit back however they have been charged again. When I rang on their behalf 2 days ago we were told we never cancelled it.
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Ellyn Somerville
(@Ellyn106) reported
@VirginMediaCorp what shocking service from Virgin Media against my elderly parents. I am not even allowed to speak to a manager and when asked about making a complaint was told yes you can but we will close it straightaway. Shocking customer service
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WilliumBobCole
(@WilliumBobCole) reported
@virginmedia Not before now, and when I went to check the status of my complaint, it showed my account as closed. Somewhat amusingly got another response to said complaint at around 6am after making this tweet saying it will be disconnected, I can’t imagine that was a coincidence…
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Kat Rose-Martin
(@KatMartin92) reported
@virginmedia Just to flag I spoke to a male advisor in March 2021 who was rude and patronising, implying I didn’t understand how broadband worked when I was explaining the VM packages to him and why I needed specific upload speeds.
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Kat Rose-Martin
(@KatMartin92) reported
@virginmedia Not heard back. I’ve called again. I’m back on hold waiting to speak to someone. 12th April - 50 mins call. Problem not resolved. Promised a call back that never came. 29th April - 49 mins on hold. Never got through to anyone. 3 attempts via web chat.
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funny Su
(@hilarious_su) reported
Why is @virginmedia harassing me , they won’t stop calling me, I’ve blocked 0800 052 1251 now I’m getting silent voicemails ! Please help me 😢
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Jimmy
(@RetroJimmyX) reported
@alexis_cronx Actually, I did that recently! My Virgin Media went down from something £57/mnth to £23 a month - I was fuming - they'd be ripping me off for ages. No change, just half the price.
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Tania
(@Tania_Attitude) reported
@PedroToro63 @virginmedia @BBCWatchdog You are kidding me! It’s a nightmare and really poor service isn’t it. I’ve been asking around on other service providers and BT/SKY are coming up best so far
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Lanny
(@_LannyWalker) reported
@virginmedia Yes. I tried getting broadband with Virgin in 2019 and had to cancel due to lack on installation progress. I tentatively signed up for fibre access again and was assured it would proceed smoothly this time. It’s fair to say it’s been abysmal.