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 Total Blackout.
- The most recent signal from this area was received Apr 22, 4:46 PM GMT+1.
- Internet (58%)
- Wi-fi (22%)
- Total Blackout (11%)
- TV (4%)
- E-mail (4%)
- Phone (1%)
The latest reports from users having issues in Smethwick come from postal codes 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, Tamworth, Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, Brierley Hill, Solihull, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield, Halesowen, West Bromwich, Streetly, Smethwick, Dudley, and Wednesbury.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Birmingham
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Total Blackout | 15 hours ago |
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Oldbury
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Internet | 19 hours ago |
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Birmingham
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Internet | 1 day ago |
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Birmingham
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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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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:
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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
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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
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Martin Wilkinson (@MartinWilko) reported from Birmingham, England@pipjcee @virginmedia And not working again in Brum! #VirginMediaoutage
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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, EnglandFed up of these “intermittent” problems with my @virginmedia broadband.
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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
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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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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
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Gordé 🦩 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, EnglandEnded up just reconnecting my TP Link router, it seems the problems were with my Hub 5 because everything seems to be working fine now. Not great @virginmedia
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Howard Martin 🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@HJMKent) reported from Kidderminster, England@virginmedia You have just repeated, word for word, the last tweet you sent me, to which I replied! Pointless trying to have any conversation with @virginmedia because it just goes round in circles! The most appalling customer services in UK in my experience! No more tweets from you, please!
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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?
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Swindon, EnglandAny news on outages in B37? Also how do I get compensation for loss of svcs (inc my TV not working properly since September) @virginmedia
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, EnglandThe problem in my area B37 has been happening for over a week can’t watch any TV now @virginmedia over £100 a month!! Plus I’ve been waiting 2 years for an internet booster
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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
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Susan Johnson (@SusieWJr) reported from Himley, England@virginmedia @WaynesWorld20_ How many areas have this 'intermittent' loss of service? O have it in DY6 too.
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ch Saqib (@saqibsvideos) reported from Birmingham, EnglandRubbish network is @virginmedia can't recommend to anyone one of the worst customer service
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John (@jfrncs_) reported 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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Pretentious Opinions (@OpiniatedOne1) reported from Walsall Wood, England@virginmedia its nice you’re offering new customers ridiculously cheap deals but charging prices through the roof for an inferior service for a customer of nearly 20 years #CostOfLivingCrisis
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Satish Danny Paul (@________Danny) reported 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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iamscorchy (@iamscorchy) reported from Wednesfield, EnglandVirgin media is literally dog! Worst thing I've done is keep renewing with you every year next year 100% going with bt! Forever dropping out reconnecting utter pointless meant to be 1gig complete waffle! @Virgin #virginmedia
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Stuart McCullagh (@stumccullagh) reported from Solihull, England@IanMurphy111 @virginmedia I am mate awful service
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Imran (@imran_khan404) reported@virginmedia Wifi is getting connected but it is showing "No internet access". I am not getting internet. Talk to your customer support multiple times.
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🚩महाकाल 🚩आशीष हिंदू राष्ट्रवादी (@ASHISH_RAJPUT22) reported@VirginMediaIE please I have DM you but I am now harrased due to virgin media delay and bill generation to money in form of bill This way customer in Ireland won’t prefer Virgin media Connecting with customer care 30-45 mins waiting time and still no solution to customers
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AlexFFS (@AlexBMastro) reported@virginmedia I find it unacceptable that a service that costs £50 per month has an outage on a weekly basis... current outage has been going on since Friday night, nearly 24 hours already without a working connection. how is this possible ? And on a weekend as well
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John Mercer (@Merse2506) reported@virginmedia can someone please help me. I have l8ved with buffering, channel failed fir mintjs to no avail of a response for VM.
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begüm (@begumdi) reported@virginmedia can you please fix the internet? It’s down for the last 5 hours in East London.
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Boss (@Boss24785) reportedNo way that the internet is STILL down, it has been over 13 ******* hours virgin media wtf
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Urm (@erm2urm) reported@virginmedia is there a problem with your login today? I've been to get into my account for hours without any luck?
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AdamB® (@OfficialAdamB) reported@mobily_uk @virginmedia It's for this Amazing service u get that's never changed since you first joined just 1 massive scam. F*****g joke of a company and everyone needs to start looking else we're especially Internet wise there is far better and cheaper and most probably fix price.
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Paul Parkin (@kingoftheshed) reported@virginmedia What? On and off for the past 8 days? It just went down again 5 minutes ago. Fix it and compensate me let me leave.
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peter davis (@leamingtonpete) reported@ChrisWales61 @virginmedia I had similar, they promised me a free month when I complained, that never happened. I complained again and they said the offer had expired (huh?) I record all my calls take names and times with suppliers and on threat of ofcom/ombudsman I got my free month promised.