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SWoods1
Joining in
2 years ago

No Incoming Calls

In the last few weeks we have started on the fibre optic broadband phone line. The phone has worked well for both incoming and outgoing calls. We bought a new Panasonic KX-TGJ3204E phone – an update of the previous one we had. This worked fine as well. However yesterday it stopped taking incoming calls – with message from anyone’s’ mobile “This persons phone is unavailable, please try later or try a text,” and just a tone from landlines. I tried all the standard stuff, switch on and off, reset the Hub 5, try a different phone etc. None made any difference. Next tried the help line for an hour and was passed through several people before the final one said it was something about my phone wasn’t correct - some value which I didn’t understand. I am sceptical as the phone had worked the day before and I have now disconnected the phone and I still get the same message. Outgoing calls are fine. I see that others have had this problem. I really need an engineer to come out and sort it out as I am very frustrated. I am paying for service I am not getting. Hope someone can help.

  • Hi SWoods1

    Thank you for your post. Welcome to the Community Forums.

    I'm sorry to hear you've been experiencing some issues with your phone line as of recent. We'll be more than happy to help you out with this.

    I've dropped you a PM so I can start by taking the details.

    Thanks

     

  • I am also having same trouble I have been with vifi calling 18 months now and about two weeks ago it’s started saying number not recognised to all calls coming in I’ve tried calling on mobile by and virgin to my landline and it just states number not recognised but I can call from my virgin landline and it works fine I have not swapped no phone or anything 

    spoke to staff who said re boot router which has now been done 4 times and no change can anyone help 

    • Beth_G's avatar
      Beth_G
      Forum Team

      Hi Clarky2467,

      Welcome to the forums!

      Sorry to hear you're unable to receive incoming calls to your landline phone. I've had a quick look from our end and everything appears to be normal, but in this case we may need to send out an engineer to take a look.

      I've popped you over a private message so I can assist further.😊

    • Beth_G's avatar
      Beth_G
      Forum Team

      Hi Clarky2467 

      Thanks for providing your details via PM. After further investigation, we will need to send out an engineer to the home to fix the issue.

       

      I've gone ahead and booked in the next available engineer appointment for you. You can view and manage your appointment slot here.

      There are a few things you need to be aware of for the visit. There may be a £25 charge if:

       

      •    The customer is not present for the technician visit (aka a missed appointment).

      •    The fault is due to customer's own equipment.

      •    The fault is due to damage caused by someone at the customer's premises which we were not aware of.

      •    The fault is due to theft, loss, or removal of equipment.

       

      Otherwise, the appointment would be free of charge.

       

      Let us know how the visit goes and if you need anything else 😊
       

      • Clarky2467's avatar
        Clarky2467
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        • Thats great could you tell me tho what date you have put me down for as it’s not showing anything on the link yet 
        • thank you 
  • Qosmio's avatar
    Qosmio
    On our wavelength

    Hello,

    Have the same issue. We also have a Panasonic home phone.

    Issue started yesterday (29/11/23). Can make outgoing calls but can't receive incoming calls. Goes straight to virgin media voice mail.

    I have made sure voice mail on my home phone is turned off. Checked the connection / cables. Rebooted hub 5. With no luck.

    Current setup:

    home phone model: KX-TGC420E

    Home phone connected to hub 5.

    Virgin media hub 5 in router mode

    Hub 5 firmware: LG-RDK_6.9.35-2302.6

    Seems like the issue is on virgin medias side not the home phone.

    Hopefully virgin media can resolve this issue quickly.

    • Kath_P's avatar
      Kath_P
      Forum Team

      Hi Qosmio, 

      Thanks for taking the time to contact us via the Community. It's lovely having you on board with us in the Forums.

      We're sorry to hear you've been having an issue with receiving incoming calls. Taking a look at things this end, it's not something that can be fixed remotely so we'll need to arrange an engineer visit to resolve. 

      I just need to confirm the address to ensure we are booking the visit on the correct account. I have sent you a direct message to allow us to do this with you in a private space. If you are using a PC/Laptop then you can just click on the little ✉ at the top right-hand side of the page to access your inbox. If you are on a mobile/tablet device then instead click on the little circle icon in the top right then select 'Messages'. 😊

      Thanks,

    • Kath_P's avatar
      Kath_P
      Forum Team

      Hi Qosimo, 

      Thanks for coming back to via private message to confirm your information. 🤩

      I have booked you in for the next available appointment. To view this please sign in to My Virgin Media here 👉 My VM. Once you log in scroll down to Orders & appointments then click on View your orders. Please note it can take up to 24 hours to show but you should also receive a text message with the details. You can also view this in the My VM app. If you have any issues with accessing your account or unable to see your visit, please do let us know and we’ll pop you a message to pass data protection and confirm the appointment details.

      Just to confirm, 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.

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

      Let us know how the appointment goes. 😊

      Take care.

  • Qosmio's avatar
    Qosmio
    On our wavelength

    Hello. 

    Still can't receive calls to my home phone. 

    Please can someone from  Virgin media look into this issue. 

    Thanks

  • Qosmio's avatar
    Qosmio
    On our wavelength

    Forum team,

    Need some advice.

    After reading a message from the forum team in another post.

    'We are aware of an issue that was affecting some 21cv phone customers, this however was reported as resolved at 11.10am this morning.'

    I rebooted hub 5, after which I was able to successfully receive an incoming call to the home phone. At 15.30.

    In the morning Kath_F scheduled an Engineer visit to fix phone issue as "it's not something we can remotely fix"

    Do I still need to proceed with the scheduled engineer visit? I'm not sure if something still needs fixing.

    Thanks

    • Kath_P's avatar
      Kath_P
      Forum Team

      Hi Qosmio, 

      Thanks for coming back to us on this one and confirming that the landline is working again. 

      Sometimes faults do develop but at the time, there was nothing showing. 

      I can see you've since been able to cancel the engineer visit so no further action is required for now. 

      If you start to experience further issues, pop back to us in the Community and we can provide some further support. 

      Many thanks,