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angry-angel
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9 days ago

All virgin services off

how can anyone get in contact with virgin if ALL THEIR SERVICES ARE OFF and the virgin phone is NOW PLUGGED INTO THE ROUTER  which means IT DOESNT WORK .. my bro has only these services from virgin .. fun started 2 week ago..service went dead apparently he hadn't paid his bill but he'd got it in front of him ..paper bill with a paid receipt .. After using a pay and go phone and spending amount of money he got told you've gone over your allowance.. he's never set a spend cap or an allowance and he had to pay money before they could sort anything out.. now..he only got in contact with virgin English accent support (he cannot understand voices with strong accents)via cancellations. .. Today all his services are down again except the phone I've checked via my Internet and it's showing orange on broadband..orange on tv and green on phone.. but he cannot phone you to tell you as STUPIDLY VIRGIN HAVE DECIDED TO CONNECT PHONES VIA THE HIB ROUTER ..WHICH ISNT WORKING..  how stupid is that.. so how exactly is he suppose to get help.. he's not the only one that gets stranded by this company.. he's had nothing but trouble with virgin but feels tied to them .. I've told him to go with someone else ..as his contract ends in June..  but what is he suppose to do ... 

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  • The customer is now back up and running for how long we don't know.. I managed to get an engineer to visit the customer after I went out and got a contract sim with loads of data 100gig+ and unlimited calls and texts  for £9 month just so they would never be stranded again ..scared that they could not contact anyone incase they needed to ..feel stranded or isolated because they were unable to call for a taxi or a lift somewhere important for clinic appointments etc..  this is an issue that really needs some serious thought on virgins side for the saftey of its vunerable customers... disabilities come in various forms and not everyone has the ability to cope with these situations.. 

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      David_Bn
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      Thanks for coming back to us angry-angel, and we're pleased to hear that the services are back up and running for your brother.

      It may be worth reviewing this link, in which it'll explain the home phone switchover to you, and the provisions that Virgin Media has taken to support our vulnerable customers.

      Thanks,

      David_Bn

  • Hello angry-angel,

    Welcome to the Community and thanks for taking the time to post here on the forums. I’m sorry to hear of the issues that your brother is having with his services at the moment. Does your brother have a mobile phone that he can use to contact ourselves?

    All phone connections with most providers are migrating to the fibre network as the old copper network is being closed down in the next few years. We could look into your brothers issues from here but you would need to pass account security would you be able to do that via private message?

    Kind Regards,

    Steven_L

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      angry-angel
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      he has a pay and go mobile phone but he never gets compensated for the money its costs him to contact you .. why would you make it impossible for someone who hasn't got an extra mobile phone to contact you .. I'm not able to pass his info on as I am out for the day doing care duties.. he hasn't got much money on his phone.. he doesn't do digital banking or DD as he doesn't want his banking messing up again .. so he gets a bill ..pays cash gets a receipt.. so until I can get to him he's stuck .

      • Steven_L's avatar
        Steven_L
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        Thanks for coming back to us angry-angel, we wouldn't compensate any customers for contacting us. All calls to our 0345 number are treated as a local call so shouldn't cost too much credit on his phone. We also have multiple methods of contact that can be used and they can be found below

         

        Call: 150 (free of charge) from a Virgin Media landline or 0345 454 1111 from any other phone
        WhatsApp: +44 7803 089 684
        Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/virginmedia
        X (fka Twitter): https://twitter.com/virginmedia