We moved into our property on the 3rd of February 2021. Before this we were given the option of sky for the 15th, or virgin for the 17th. We opted to go with virgin due to the greater speeds and being a very happy previous customer in other properties. They gave us the date of installation for the 17th, we received a text weeks earlier about external work we wouldn’t need to be home for, so the external work actually came on the 17th (yesterday). I spoke to the engineer and offered him coffee, he seemed cheerful and didn’t report any issues or problems to me. I checked my virgin media account and my installation (the follow up, internally not the external work) was supposed to be today, the 18th. From 8am to 6pm, I sat in anticipation as we have been 2+ weeks without internet. I work from home online, each day, every day without internet access I LOSE money, and I promise my clients dates on which my services will resume, this impacts my credibility. It reaches 6pm after 10 hours of waiting, by the window so I do not have an opportunity to miss them. I also called virgin during the day and spoke to a U.K. representative who assured me my installation was coming today. After it didn’t arrive, I called and was put through to a Indian out sourced call centre who told me external work was not able to be completed on the 12th. Now me and my partner have been at home everyday since moving in, and the external engineer actually came on the 17th. I asked the Indian representative if virgin would need to seek permission from the council to go ahead with installation, they told me “yes, that’s actually correct.” Now virgin have had weeks to get such permission, but the real kicker is, I’ve been promised dates. I have received no communication by any means. No email, no text, no call, no letter, nothing. I then asked to be transferred to a department which could assist me further, I was put through to another out sourced call centre in the Philippines. I asked if they can redirect me to a U.K. representative, someone more local as even the external engineer had told me to my face, someone would be round soon/tomorrow. The second out sourced call centre employee told me she has no access to direct lines to put me through to a U.K. representative. I’d like to ask respectfully, what the **bleep** is going on. Why has no one contacted me to tell me there is potentially an issue, and why am I not informed or date changes, and why am I promised installation on specific dates. Why when I enter my postcode am I told that virgin media is infact in my area and up to 1g speeds, that is great news. Now if anyone can actually communicate with me, that would be a great help as I lose income daily and have bills to pay, daily. I didn’t mention the hour long phone waits, which the robot voice claims is to help the “most vulnerable” first, can somebody explain how virgin media can determine who exactly is the most vulnerable, why is every company on planet earth trying to use the flu as an excuse to not communicate properly. 😃
