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AKH22's avatar
AKH22
Joining in
10 months ago

Landline does ring on incoming call

Hoping someone can help.

I have attempted to call the helpline but after 20 minutes of waiting thought I’d try the forum.

I have recently realised my landline is not ringing for any incoming calls.  I can make calls out absolutely fine.

I assumed this was a fault with our phone and have just bought and installed a new home phone with the same result.  When I called the landline from my mobile, to test the phone, it didn’t ring at all but the phone did recognise someone had called and left a missed call message.

Has anyone else experienced this fault and if so any advice for how to rectify the situation?

many thanks

 

  • David_Bn's avatar
    David_Bn
    Forum Team
    10 months ago

    Thanks for reaching out to us AKH22, and a very warm welcome to our Community Forums!

    Sorry to hear of the issues you've been experiencing with our landline services.

    Can you please confirm if the landline services are connected to the master socket or via an extension socket? 

    Please also confirm if you have been able remove any additional equipment connected to the extension sockets and then see if the landline then rings when it's being called.

    Thanks

    David_Bn

    • AKH22's avatar
      AKH22
      Joining in
      10 months ago

      Hi David,

      The landline has always been plugged into the main telephone wall socket. It has worked previously but I’m not sure how long it hasn’t been ringing for.

      Could you clarify what you would consider an extension socket? The phone is connected directly to the wall, nothing else is connected via the phone line. I have a mesh WiFi and the tv box connected into the hub are you suggesting I remove these and try the phone line?

      Thanks

      Andrew

      • David_Bn's avatar
        David_Bn
        Forum Team
        10 months ago

        Thanks for coming back to me AKH22, a master socket would usually be identifiable by it having the operators logo on it. 

        Have you also been able to try an alternative handset on your landline connection?

        Thanks,

        David_Bn

  • AKH22's avatar
    AKH22
    Joining in
    10 months ago

    The socket the phone is plugged into does have the virgin logo on it and I have plugged a brand new phone into the socket this evening on the basis I believed our old phone was the issue. The new phone still doesn’t ring.

    Many thanks

    Andrew

    • David_Bn's avatar
      David_Bn
      Forum Team
      10 months ago

      Thanks for coming back to me AKH22, and working to see if this could be resolved in your own time. 

      Check out the envelope in the top right hand corner for a private message from me and I'll look into the prospect of having an engineer out to have this resolved for you

      Thanks,

      David_Bn

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    David_Bn
    Forum Team
    9 months ago

    Thanks for coming back to me over private message AKH22.

    I've been able to book in an engineer appointment for you. 

    For details of the time and date of the appointment, and if you need to change or cancel your appointment you can do this online or via the MyVM app by 4pm the day before the appointment.

    Furthermore, I'd need to advise that;

    There will be no charge for this visit unless:

    • The technician diagnoses the faults as not being caused by our network/equipment
    • The technician discovers that the fault or problem relates to your equipment
    • The technician discovers that the fault or problem relates to any system that we are not responsible for

    The technician will confirm during their visit if any of these instances apply, and if so, a £25 charge will be applied to your account.

    If you do miss an agreed appointment for any reason, a £25 missed appointment charge will be applied to your account on the day of the appointment.

    Please ensure there is someone over the age of 18 present at the time of the visit.

    We will continue to monitor your services and if we can see that the fault has cleared and the visit is no longer required we will cancel the appointment and let you know by text and email.

    Kindest regards,

    David_Bn