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kylecairns's avatar
kylecairns
Joining in
10 months ago

Moved to new flat -- fibre services available on ground floor but not second?

I'm keen to continue my services with Virgin but the system says my new address on the 2nd floor doesn't have fibre broadband available. My neighbour who lives on the ground floor has full access and is a virgin media customer. I can see the brown virgin media cable box outside on the building. I know the building is wired. Why is it not possible to connect me to that same box my neighbour uses?

Please help!

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    10 months ago

    As @legacy1 says, VM installers won't work outside above the first floor.

    Your best bet is to check with the landlord or managing agent whether a cable can be run internally from the ground floor. There might be a cable duct where the cable can be pulled. 

  • legacy1's avatar
    legacy1
    Alessandro Volta
    10 months ago

    It likely is possible for you to get broadband they just don't pre install to 2nd floor when not needed.

    Its just a case of dill a hole pass cable down to the box or to a new box

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    Alessandro Volta
    10 months ago

    As @legacy1 says, VM installers won't work outside above the first floor.

    Your best bet is to check with the landlord or managing agent whether a cable can be run internally from the ground floor. There might be a cable duct where the cable can be pulled. 

  • kylecairns's avatar
    kylecairns
    Joining in
    10 months ago

    Thanks so much. I have received permission from the landlord to run the cable internally up the close. 

    The problem is that Virgin's sales team will not let me book an appointment due to the property not appearing in their available address finder. They insist I submit a form for them to check the property if the address isn't appearing but I've never received any follow up from them despite filling it in twice over the space of a fortnight. When I spoke with the sales team over the phone about this, they just said that must mean it's not possible.

    Should I ring them again to say I have written permission from the landlord to run this cable internally up the close from a ground floor entry point?

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person
    10 months ago

    As there are no properly ducted internals in a communal area this may cause issues with health & safety (eg. The local authority or fire service may not approve of it on inspection). It would also likely require a legal wayleave agreement with the landlord. I think you are likely to have an uphill battle with this. Virgin is not covered by any kind of Universal Service Obligation, so can refuse to service a property without any comeback from the regulator.