Virgin Media outages and service status in Smethwick, England
Some problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
Full Outage Map
- Virgin Media generated 2 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 2 direct reports.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and E-mail.
- The most recent signal from this area was received Aug 23, 8:44 PM GMT+1.
- Internet (56%)
- Wi-fi (21%)
- E-mail (8%)
- Total Blackout (8%)
- TV (6%)
- Phone (1%)
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.
August 23: Problems at Virgin Media
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Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Bromsgrove, Solihull, Tipton, Halesowen, Tamworth, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Brierley Hill, Sutton Coldfield, Stourbridge, Bilston, and Dudley.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Birmingham
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Wi-fi | 3 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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16 hours ago | |
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Walsall
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Internet | 2 days ago |
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Birmingham
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Wi-fi | 2 days ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 2 days ago |
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Wolverhampton
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Internet | 2 days 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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TheShannimal🔜#i70 (@TheShannimal_) reported from Kidderminster, England@MykeJD1 @virginmedia Gone down for a lot of people apparently
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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, EnglandMad that I pay £71 a month for 350mbps for @virginmedia Broadband for them to only supply me with 40mbps, internet is barely moving, can’t even load basic web pages on my MacBook or phone. Problems in the Birmingham area?
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Satish Danny Paul (@________Danny) reported from West Bromwich, England@virginmedia I called cust serv today after logging complaint on 26th Nov and hearing nothing back. cust serv asked me to request my data and voice calls. listen to it myself and then send proof of being missold a contract/virgin error, so virgin can then resolve the matter and complaint
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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.
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Martin Wilkinson (@MartinWilko) reported from Birmingham, England@pipjcee @virginmedia And not working again in Brum! #VirginMediaoutage
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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
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Stephen Bennett (@Stephen12857059) reported from Birmingham, England@virginmedia Nobody has called me and the WhatsApp chat is very frustrating and not dealing with the issue. This is very simple, I was sent contract paperwork with an agreed monthly fee of £86.75. Why have I paid two months of excessively higher payments. I should have left VM
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derek(🕖❤️🔥samurai🇨🇳) (@Dereklad) reported from Birmingham, EnglandVirgin media. Your internet broadband is down,we hope to have it fixed by 10pm.😣 Modern warfare 2 campaign day. And no internet.😢
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IAACCTV Limited (@iaacctvuk) reported from West Bromwich, England@virginmedia broadband down again from Virginmedia Common theme these days
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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?
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Rachael Barker (@rachmadmank) reported from Solihull, England@virginmedia What is the point I would like to speak to a human being shocking service Definitely will not be staying with you 4 weeks if not more with no information regarding this matter Not consideration for others
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Yvonne 💙 (@Momrocks50) reported from Birmingham, EnglandExcuse me we pay enough for a "cough" service where is it? #virginmedia
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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.
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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, EnglandFed up of these “intermittent” problems with my @virginmedia broadband.
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𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 (@beffycuk) reported 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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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, EnglandMad that I pay £71 a month for 350mbps a month for @virginmedia for them to only supply me with 40mbps, internet is barely moving, can’t even load basic web pages on my MacBook or phone. Problems in the Birmingham area??
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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.
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Steve Lees (@measlewolf) reported from Dudley, England@virginmedia afternoon. I’ve been on hold for 25 mins and when I finally got through the line went dead after security questions. My mum has been without her TV service for over a week. Last night an engineer was due by 6 o’clock and never showed. Another text stating the 26th
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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!
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Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported from Solihull, England@virginmedia Just called your offshore call centre regarding my internet connection. I’m having the same issues as I had when I got a £154 credit from you. /1
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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DJ Dilla (@DJDillaBSR) reported@virginmedia are there currently problems in the Bristol area?
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Mark senior (@Msenior89Senior) reported@virginmedia absolute joke of a service, cant watch the rugby league again!! When are you going to sort out these issues its beyond a joke!
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Keeley 🌻 (@Keeleyeveline_) reported@teenarani @virginmedia Hopefully it gets back up and running ASAP. Went to go onto my laptop and couldn't connect to the Internet that's the only reason I new it was down otherwise I wouldn't have
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Catherine 🏴🇬🇧 (@katie4249) reported@virginmedia @TheAFC0522 The issue is not watching Sky sports. You cannot get the red button games via the browser or app!!
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Jon H (@JonHar1985) reported@virginmedia Haha let’s see what generic “we can’t help on this service” bollocks you give me
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Kath Moonlight (@kath_moonlight) reported@O2 @O2 It’s the MyO2 app/account. I’m currently in Mexico with my UK O2 Pay As You Go SIM. my mobile number appears to be linked to a different email address, so I can’t link it to my Virgin Media O2 ID or top up. I can’t sign in because the O2 website/app blocks access from Mexico.
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Lloyd James (@Lloydjames84) reported@ShrnThomson @virginmedia We have had no end of issues lately and was sent a hub5 this week
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Niecie (@devorahfurman) reported@virginmedia @JohnMac22756388 We can read what the text says but why are people getting it who haven’t reported a problem and please don’t talk about DM s we need to send because nobody at virgin can ever help when we do !!!!
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Lisa (@LisaPatten2) reported@virginmedia nearly 24 hours with no TV channels and the fix time is 28th August. What am i supposed to do for the next 8 days? What exactly am I paying 150 quid a month for?
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Dean Risley (@dean_risley) reported@virginmedia my wireless router was upgraded by you because it was old. Installed new & now have less wifi coverage at my home than before. Engineer attends & recommends 2 boosters, have now spoken to customer services on several occasions & made a complaint but still waiting !!