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Snowdog123
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2 months ago

Connection intermittent for 3+ weeks because ‘known issue in the area’

My connection has been intermittent (read: pretty much useless for work or streaming TV without issues) for 3+ weeks now. Whenever I log in and check broadband issues, it says that there’s a know issue in the area but that the root cause has been found. It also lists that an engineer is planned to fix it. I subscribe for notifications and after a few days I always get a message saying the an engineer is now fixing the issue, followed by a message that it’s fixed. Then, about 1h later, the same issue reoccurs. A few hours later, there’s then another ‘known issue in the area’ that’s showing when I log into my Virgin account. I spoke to others in the street and they are experiencing the same issue. This patterns has repeated itself 4 times now, and 3 weeks later, my internet connect is still so unstable that I have been forced to go into the office every day to work. I tried to get to speak to a human at Virgin, but that’s just impossible… Can anyone please advise? I’m getting to point where I’m thinking of leaving Virgin especially now that I just got my bill for the full amount despite all the issues!

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  • Tudor's avatar
    Tudor
    Very Insightful Person

    Unfortunately compensation is only paid for total loss of service.

    • Snowdog123's avatar
      Snowdog123
      Joining in

      Given that this has been ongoing for weeks, and the ‘fixes’ that various engineers have done that failed, is there at least something that can be done via this forum to get priority for fixing whatever issue? Everything a new issue is filed, the new lead time is 5-7 days for an engineers to fix the issue in the area, for them to then say it’s fixed while it’s not…

  • Hi, I am facing exact same issue at N14 London. Where are you based?

  • goslow's avatar
    goslow
    Alessandro Volta

    Make a formal complaint to VM and request a rolling credit while the problem persists. Pg 4 of current T&Cs

    https://prod.ctassets.virginmedia.com/uploads/Terms_and_Conditions_TV_Fibre_Phone_from_4_February_2024_35cc93ecec.pdf

    Your rights under Consumer Law and Regulation
    – See Section R14
    • You also have rights and remedies that apply in addition to any of
    the rights we give you under this contract. Some of these rights are
    contained in the Consumer Rights Act 2015. For example, under that
    Act if we have not exercised reasonable care and skill in providing
    the services to you or where the goods or digital content provided to
    you are faulty or do not match their description, then you have the
    right to ask us to fix a problem (where this is possible) or to receive a
    reduction in price.

  • Thanks all for the comments so far. I do care less about the money then about the issue getting fixed though. Any recommendations how to go about that? 

    Today I got another message saying that an engineer is on site to investigate and that the issue will be fixed today. Then, just now, I got a message saying that the time to fix is pushed down the line again.

    • Snowdog123's avatar
      Snowdog123
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      Just got another message now that instead of the 13th (today), the engineer will go on the 16th… this is just too ridiculous!

      does anyone from the virgin community team monitor these threads? I hoped that someone could help me but doesn’t look like it..

      • Molly_T's avatar
        Molly_T
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        Hi Snowdog123 👋 welcome back to the community forum! Thanks for posting. 

        Sorry to hear about these issues with your connection and experience trying to get them resolved! 

        It looks as though you are currently affected by an ongoing local fault. The field team are aware of the problem and working to get it resolved. We do appreciate these kinds of issues can be frustrating - particularly when the estimated fix time/date changes if the outage fault develops. Our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused!

        Sadly there's little further we can do to escalate the fix time on this kind of issue, as the field team are already working on it but we can help ensure there is a complaint raised with your feedback. 

        The community have also already correctly advised of our Auto-compensation policy 👉 https://virg.in/autocomp which assesses and applies credits wherever eligible for a total loss of service. 

        If you can please keep an eye on your Inbox in the top right corner of the page for a PM offering support, we can then confirm a few details needed to get a complaint raised for you. 

        Thanks for your patience in the meantime! 🌞