Got an email saying Virgin Media was now available in my area after years of 50mbps from open reach. I ordered the M250 package for the 28th of October. Days away from the install it got delayed and I thought no problem, surely Virgin Media would provide some sort of internet connection for the week and a half where we would be left with no internet. Wrong. I called them up and they said there’s nothing we can do. Luckily, I bought a SIM router and put my 100gb sim in there. Though it was unstable, it barely lasted me that week and a half. Scheduled install was now 8th of November and believe it or not an engineer showed up. We had a great chat and I left him to do his job. After the install (which was and is absolutely horrible) I asked if I could connect to the router now and he confirmed. After connecting to the router, a message on my phone comes up and says “No internet connection”. Taking a look at the Hub 5x, a Yellow light appeared. When I asked him about this, he called Virgin and after a long chat, he explained that there is a problem on Virgins end and that all new installs are having this problem. He said it should be up and running within the next 24-48 hours Additionally, during the install he had to install a different kind of cable which was black rather that the normal white cable. No problem. I looked at the virgin box outside and saw the state of the cables. (Look at pictures). I also asked him about this and he said he ordered some kind of box to cover it and will come and install it on the 14th. Ok. 24-48 hours later, I’m still left with no internet, no compensation, and an ugly hallway and exposed cable outside. I’ve called Virgin every day since the 8th and they all tell me some different story. One even activated my service which didn’t help. A quick google search doesn’t even show that the 5x hub could even have a yellow/orange light. Currently, I have run out of data for the month and had to purchase a new plan for my son, which we now use in the SIM router. Video doorbells don’t work, the thermostat doesn’t work, nothing wifi works because we’re left in a situation where we have to ration our internet usage. Please help us Virgin, we haven’t even tried your internet services and already we’re struggling. Not a good sign
