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Damaged cable box outside

nickdhurt
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Hi, I live in Chelmsford, Essex, and the cable box outside at the front of the house keeps falling apart. Now the front cover has fallen off and has been blown away by the wind, socablebox.jpg the wires are exposed. There are often kids and dogs playing on the street. I am not a customer any more, so there is no functionality issue, but whilst the kids next door can be annoying sometimes, I would prefer not to be woken up by a bang, flash, and the smell of burning flesh to find the neighbours kid's smouldering outside with their hair standing on end.

Can you please send an engineer to sort it out?

Thanks.

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Adduxi
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Firstly don't worry about kids frying, the voltage is very low and not dangerous.

As you are not a VM customer, you may find it difficult to get a technician out to fix this.

If you wait here a day or two a VM Mod should pick this up and respond.

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Ilyas_Y
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Hey @nickdhurt Thanks for reaching out to us and a warm welcome to the Virgin Media Community forums. 👋🏼

I'm sorry to hear about the issues with the omnibox that has ocurred.
I will assist you on this and send you a private message to get this sorted.

Kind regards.

Ilyas_Y
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Ilyas_Y
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Thanks for speaking with us today @nickdhurt on the Virgin Media forums. 👋🏼

I'm glad we have been able to assist and raise this query with our engineering team.
As advised - once they get in touch we will be able to sort out this Omnibox and ensure that it is protected and safe to be in public.

I will reach out to you when they update you.
Reach out to us if you need anything else and we'll assist.

Kind regards.

Ilyas_Y
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Ilyas_Y
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Thanks for speaking with us today @nickdhurt on the Virgin Media forums. 😇

I'm glad to say that on the same day the engineers had assigned this case to one of their team members and have managed to get this sorted.
They sent images to confirm the face plate cover.

If you ever need anything from us - feel free to reach out to us and we will assist.

Kind regards.

Ilyas_Y
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nickdhurt
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Yes, all sorted thanks.