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No walk socket?

ellie_flint97
Joining in

Hi,

I’ve been set a self install pack but have no wall socket to install broadband. What do I do next? 

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carl_pearce
Community elder

Do you have a VM / Telewest socket on the outside of your home?

goslow
Alessandro Volta

Have you checked to make sure there is no other kind of connection? Sometimes there is no wall box, just a trailing cable. The cable could be hidden within, or behind, furniture. Occasionally only a very short stub of wire is left behind often hidden within a blanked-off fitting. A few examples of the kind of things to look for are in the images below from past topics.

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/Untidy-installation/m-p/5433266#M239199

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/Reconfigure-my-setup/m-p/5434572#M239308

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/Diamond-cable-wall-socket/m-p/5430136#M23...

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/First-installation-and-flashing-green-lig...

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/No-wall-socket/td-p/5395897

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/No-virgin-media-wall-socket/m-p/5395697#M...

A wall box may be branded with the logos of an old cable TV company (not VM). Past occupiers of your property may have removed the cable and sometimes they are removed by other installers, such as satellite TV techs.

If you have a cable/plug trailing from the wall, you may need a coupler adapter to join two plugs together

https://www.diy.com/departments/slx-coaxial-connector-19mm/5028422001905_BQ.prd

Also available from the likes of Screwfix, Homebase, Toolstation etc.

If you have a plastic omnibox outside on the wall (where the VM cable comes in from the street) see if you can trace any wires from that into your home.

If no luck, call the pre-installation and delivery team on 0800 052 1734 explain the problem and request a tech visit to install a socket.

John_GS
Forum Team
Forum Team

Hi @ellie_flint97 

Thanks for posting and welcome to both the community and indeed Virgin Media.

Sorry for the install issue. I can see from checking that you've contacted the team since posting and booked a engineer visit.

Please let us know how the visit goes. 

Best wishes.

John_GS
Forum Team


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