Tidying external and exposed cables on apartment building
Hi there, I was wondering if virgin media send engineers to tidy external and exposed cables on the outside of houses/flats? As in the building I live in, virgin coax fibre cables have been added over the years as residents have signed up to virgin media. However this piecemeal approach means too many wires are connected into single wall boxes along the building, with damaged/missing brown protective boxes/boxes zip tied etc. See photos attached, looks rubbish. Could do with replacing some boxes/rewiring connectors and tidying the cable runs as exposed connections will get damaged/weathered, cables can fall/be tripped over etc. based in Redland, Bristol, UKNot getting no were near the amount of MBPS i am meant to get
So recently noticed when i have been downloading games etc on my PC i have been getting roughly 8MBPS, i am paying for M250 Which says i should receive around that, but im getting no were near that.. Im running wired not wireless so should have quicker speedsComplete Install Failure
I wanted to share the experience I've had with Virgin Media's 'installation', as a word of warning to those considering joining. I'm a new Virgin Media customer, so the property required a full fibre installation, including running the cable from the pavement to the house. I noted the 'Preparing your property' section of my online account stated that their partner engineer will contact me to arrange the external work. To my surprise, I came home on Wednesday last week to discover they had 'completed' the external install already. As part of this, they fitted the external cable box to a chimney breast, and added a horrible looking concrete dam across the drainage channel that's part of the pavement, which still left a loop of cable sticking out. Somewhat fortunately the unset concrete forming the dam washed away in the rain, leaving even more exposed cable on the pavement. I phoned the customer support line to explain this install wasn't completed correctly, and that they would have to reroute the cable for it to be possible to complete any internal installation. I was told the external reinstall would be rebooked for today, and the previous internal install rebooked to also occur today. Apparently this would "put everything right" and ensure it would all be done on the same day. I phoned again to confirm this a few days ahead and was then told the previous advisor was mistaken, the internal install hasn't been booked, and can't be done today. I am rebooked for two weeks time as this is the next available slot, but can still expect the external reinstall to occur today. This morning, a very helpful engineer arrives to complete the internal install only. The one that was apparently never booked, and cannot be completed. He does what little he can in the time slot he has (drilling the cable through the wall in a sensible spot and leaving a length outside the property to be connected into the street) and suggests it's unlikely the external install engineer will appear. Sure enough, no external install is completed. I phone again, to be told they'll have to rebook a second time, and am again offered a date over two weeks away. In the meantime, I have two lots of trailing cable, a damaged wall, a trip hazard in the pavement, wasted a day off work, face having to take even more time off (with associated cost), and am without service for over two weeks. Naturally I've raised a complaint, but so far have been offered a pitiful amount towards my next bill and no actual resolution. I'd leave Virgin Media if I had any faith they'd restore my house to its previous condition. All the above is clearly dreadful customer service in response to a frankly idiotic install attempt. I post this in the hope Virgin Media get their act together, and to make prospective customers aware of how they sometimes operate. I have no doubt new customers don't usually suffer this, but the way Virgin Media have handled this case is something they should be aware of. AnonBroadband to house on private driveway
Hi there, I've been a longstanding Virgin customer and have been with them for over a decade and always had the best customer service. I recently moved and attempted to set up virgin but was told an engineer needed to visit to check as the new house is down a 25 metre private drive which is shared with our neighbour. Everyone else on our road has super fast broadband and there is a cable running above ground all the way to our property. The engineer on the phone viewed it on google maps and said there shouldnt be an issue connecting it up but that the wait was 8-10 weeks. We waited the 10 weeks with no internet, and after hearing nothing, rang up to be told it wasn't possible, but they don't know when the property was visited (if it was) or why it wasn't going to be possible. It's feels like I've been communicating with a black hole these past 3 months trying to get through to anyone. Our neighbours are also really keen to have virgin and very happy to sign a wayleave if required, although it seems like the wire can just run along the top cable straight to both our properties so no need to dig anything up? I don't think this would cost anything much at all? Please help, we both work in Media/Film & TV and work from home so fast broadband is critical for our careers. Please can someone from Virgin please take a look at our situation and see if it's possible to get us set up? Thank you so much!Relocating VM cable into the house
Hi there, I need to relocate the VM cable into my house, and I understand this means booking a £25 engineer visit, which I am happy to do. However, I have tried the various automated menu options on the 0345.... number, but did not get to a place where I could arrange this. The 'engineer visit' option was about managing pre-arranged visits for first-time installations. The 'relocation of cable' request took me to a set of menu options about moving house. A previous post, 7 months ago, suggested selecting 'option 2, fault' but this only led to a remote test of the broadband equipment. Can anyone help me with this? All best, Paul
Moving Hub
I would like to move my hub to the opposite side of my living room. It is currently about 3 meters away from the cable entry point. I would like to move it next to the entry point so just need to get a short cable to replace the long cable that was originally installed. Can I purchase a new short cable for this ?New contract set up without my consent after moving house
I moved from a flat into a house and virgin media cut me off early due to the new tenant enquiring about getting Virgin Media in the same flat. That issue was sorted about a reconnection, and I thought that would be all done. In the process of trying to get reconnected, I must have given my new address to someone at VM because unbeknownst to me, a new account has been set up in my name at my new address. I have explicitly stated that I would not be taking Virgin Media with me to my new address, and have correspondence saved to prove this, so I was shocked when I have received a bill for £122.29 for a new account in August. I can't access this new account, as my email is only associated with my old account, which I have paid the final bill for. Who can get this issue rectified as I will not be paying the £122.29 I have received a bill for as I never asked for the services, have not received the services, and explicitly stated that I did not want the services. I have cancelled the direct debit to VM as I am sure that any money taken in eror would not be returned.
