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Belfastgirl69
Tuning in
3 months ago

No internet in Hastings 3rd day. Virgin are the worst!

After getting a text to say there was an outage in Hastings on Thursday lunchtime, my broadband has been off since. Each time I call it’s up to an hour. Some staff say there’s an outage some say there’s no outage and some say it’s been fixed. They booked an engineer after me asking on the Friday. I got a text to say he was coming this morning between 8-12pm. They didn’t show. I called. Due to ‘a technical problem’ the appointment wasn’t booked properly so now I’m waiting until Monday afternoon/evening with no service. No internet. So I have lost work, no tv. Nothing. The app says my devices are working. They aren’t. The number to call has constantly said there are no local issues. They couldn’t care less about customers. Not one iota of real help. 5 days with no service and who knows if they will even turn up on Monday? 

19 Replies

  • All you can do is register for compensation, including the missed appointment:

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

    You are on a residential connection with no SLA so working from home doesn't mean anything, you should have a backup connection in case of a fault with your main ISP.

    As for the customer service this is standard VM, a waste of time and energy on your part with little outcome.

    • Belfastgirl69's avatar
      Belfastgirl69
      Tuning in

      All links seem to take you to chat now and we know how useless that is. What is a backup connection and how do you get one? Thanks for replying. 

      • carl_pearce's avatar
        carl_pearce
        Superstar

        A backup connection is just a second internet connection, whether that's a mobile network or another ISP.