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godrob's avatar
godrob
Tuning in
2 years ago

No Landline Since Cancellation

Hi support,

Yesterday, I cancelled my Virgin Media contract with a confirmed service termination date of 16 Dec. 

However, when I returned home that evening the landline was completely dead. No dial tone, nothing... The internet is still working fine. I've spent hours since on live chat and whatsapp being passed from pillar to post trying to speak to someone about this. When I have managed to speak with an agent they confirm that the service is still live.

I have an engineer visit on Monday scheduled, but it seems very strange to me that this issue has only arisen since I cancelled my contract. 

Can a member of the telephone team please check this out? To confirm, the phone line is plugged into the back of the Virgin Home Hub. Everything has been rebooted and there are no telephone service issues in my area that I'm aware of.

Thanks

Rob.

 

  • goslow's avatar
    goslow
    2 years ago

    Yours is the 10th recent topic I have noted where the customer has had a service (usually the landline) disconnected immediately upon giving 30 days notice.

    If the issue is not to do with your number port or local area fault, and if your case follows the same pattern as the others, it will take you the best part of your 30 days to get it reconnected due to VM dragging its heels.

    You should press VM to complete the reconnection ASAP, especially if VM is not the range holder of your number because as time ticks on it may be harder to recover the number to port it.

    Keep detailed notes of all VM's bungling to restore the service. Your services should be fully working during your last 30 days so you should be due compensation for the total loss of service of your phone if VM has caused the total loss of service.

    https://www.virginmedia.com/help/billing-and-payments/automatic-compensation

  • Ernie_C's avatar
    Ernie_C
    Very Insightful Person
    2 years ago

    Do you have a new supplier who you asked to port your landline number? If so, they will have taken over your landline perhaps.

    • godrob's avatar
      godrob
      Tuning in
      2 years ago

      Thanks for your reply. I've been in touch with my new supplier and they confirmed that they haven't updated anything and won't until the installation date.

      I'm stumped... 

      Thanks

      Rob.

  • Zach_R's avatar
    Zach_R
    Forum Team
    2 years ago

    Hi godrob, 

    Thank you for your posts and welcome to our community forums. We're here to help.

    It's a shame to hear that you're leaving us, and that you're also experiencing some problems with your services at the moment. If you have a technician visit scheduled and booked then I'm confident that they'll be able to get this sorted out for you. Be sure to let us know how the visit goes.

    Thanks,
     

  • goslow's avatar
    goslow
    Alessandro Volta
    2 years ago

    Yours is the 10th recent topic I have noted where the customer has had a service (usually the landline) disconnected immediately upon giving 30 days notice.

    If the issue is not to do with your number port or local area fault, and if your case follows the same pattern as the others, it will take you the best part of your 30 days to get it reconnected due to VM dragging its heels.

    You should press VM to complete the reconnection ASAP, especially if VM is not the range holder of your number because as time ticks on it may be harder to recover the number to port it.

    Keep detailed notes of all VM's bungling to restore the service. Your services should be fully working during your last 30 days so you should be due compensation for the total loss of service of your phone if VM has caused the total loss of service.

    https://www.virginmedia.com/help/billing-and-payments/automatic-compensation

  • godrob's avatar
    godrob
    Tuning in
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the replies so far. Is there a way to pinpoint if the number has been ported already or if VM have just disconnected the service?

    My new supplier has said that the number must be live in order to be ported over to them so I'm getting a bit concerned now. Not sure what an engineer visit is going to do...

    • goslow's avatar
      goslow
      Alessandro Volta
      2 years ago

      You new supplier would typically install your service with a temporary number first of all and get it all working. Once that has happened the number would be ported from VM (which requires the VM line to be working) and your ported number would replace the temporary number on the new line once it has ported over.

      I would have thought the VM forum team should be able to check your account to see if the number/line has been disconnected or not when they reply back here.

  • ritaowusu1986's avatar
    ritaowusu1986
    Joining in
    2 years ago

    Same thing happened to me!

    I cancelled all my services yesterday and was told by the agent that my services would be disconnected on the 16th December yet my landline has stopped working but the internet and TV are still working. I haven't taken the number to another provider. What can i do?

    • Ayisha_B's avatar
      Ayisha_B
      Forum Team
      2 years ago

      Hi ritaowusu1986 👋

      Welcome back to our Community Forums and thanks for your post. 

      I am sorry to hear you are also having this issue. 

      Have you tried following the troubleshooting here - Why is my Virgin Landline not working?

      If the issue persists, please do reply to my PM 📩 so I can help further. 

      Thanks!

  • godrob's avatar
    godrob
    Tuning in
    2 years ago

    I for one have tried everything I can. The issue is clearly with VM disconnecting our landline as there as so many people with the exact same issue.

    It's simply not good enough and I feel we're being fobed off. Please just re-enable the service that we've paid for!

     

  • godrob's avatar
    godrob
    Tuning in
    2 years ago

    I'm absolutely disgusted with Virgin Media. The engineer has just visited and confirms that my telephone line has been disconnected. There is nothing that he can do, it has to be re-enabled by customer service who say that the landline is live. You are obviously lying and I will be taking this further. I have paid for a service until the 16th of December, which I am not getting. Do the right thing and re-enable my landline otherwise I will be seeking legal action.