Total loss of service, how long till the cable pull
We've had a total loss of service since 19th November, when Surrey Highways dug up the pavement and dislodged a previous repair to our cable. No one else in the street was affected. Since then we have had various engineers out and finally someone has repaired the outer cable sheath and removed the old cable, but we have been waiting for a cable pull ever since (since early December). Obviously speaking to customer service, they assure me that a team will be out to fix it tomorrow and they will be on site from 8am to 7pm. From previous messages here, I can see that is a load of rubbish. Basically I just want to be able to speak to someone who can tell me an approximate date that this repair will be completed. We already have a formal complaint (last contact from VM by letter, they said a team would be out to do the cable pull on Christmas Eve! We have replied twice, but it hasn't been acknowledged yet). Automatic compensation is being applied to our account, we just need an end date because running off mobile data is not fast!Connection keeps dropping Critical
Connection keeps completely dropping randomly for a minute every couple of minutes. I have turned off the router for a couple of minutes and turned it back on many times. Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID 1 36600000 43.3 5120 64 qam 3 2 23600000 45.8 5120 64 qam 5 3 30100000 43.3 5120 64 qam 4 4 43100000 43.3 5120 64 qam 2 5 49600000 43.3 5120 64 qam 1 Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts 1 ATDMA 0 0 1 0 2 ATDMA 0 0 1 0 3 ATDMA 0 0 0 0 4 ATDMA 0 0 1 0 5 ATDMA 0 0 1 0 Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID 1 387000000 5.8 40 256 qam 32 2 235000000 4.3 38 256 qam 13 3 243000000 4.3 38 256 qam 14 4 251000000 4.4 38 256 qam 15 5 259000000 4.3 40 256 qam 16 6 267000000 4.5 40 256 qam 17 7 275000000 4.1 38 256 qam 18 8 283000000 4.1 38 256 qam 19 9 291000000 4.6 40 256 qam 20 10 299000000 5 38 256 qam 21 11 307000000 5.4 40 256 qam 22 12 315000000 5.5 40 256 qam 23 13 323000000 5.8 40 256 qam 24 14 331000000 5.5 40 256 qam 25 15 339000000 5.6 40 256 qam 26 16 347000000 6.1 40 256 qam 27 17 355000000 6.1 40 256 qam 28 18 363000000 6.4 40 256 qam 29 19 371000000 6.3 40 256 qam 30 20 379000000 6.1 40 256 qam 31 21 395000000 5.8 40 256 qam 33 22 403000000 6.3 40 256 qam 34 23 411000000 6 40 256 qam 35 24 419000000 6.4 40 256 qam 36 Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors 1 Locked 40.9 2744 30382 2 Locked 38.9 728 309 3 Locked 38.6 708 178 4 Locked 38.9 775 104 5 Locked 40.3 729 99 6 Locked 40.3 721 112 7 Locked 38.9 883 153 8 Locked 38.9 974 146 9 Locked 40.3 672 152 10 Locked 38.9 684 160 11 Locked 40.3 533 213 12 Locked 40.3 562 159 13 Locked 40.3 517 140 14 Locked 40.3 601 143 15 Locked 40.9 634 175 16 Locked 40.9 564 230 17 Locked 40.3 716 214 18 Locked 40.9 624 140 19 Locked 40.9 676 110 20 Locked 40.3 789 1948 21 Locked 40.3 833 69 22 Locked 40.9 617 71 23 Locked 40.9 1077 1287 24 Locked 40.9 925 2 Time Priority Description 22/01/2026 23:33:31 notice LAN login Success;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 22/01/2026 23:33:28 Warning! LAN login FAILED : Incorrect Username / Password / ConnectionType;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 22/01/2026 21:39:15 Warning! RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 22/01/2026 17:22:21 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 22/01/2026 16:53:17 critical No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 22/01/2026 16:20:33 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 22/01/2026 14:48:46 notice LAN login Success;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 22/01/2026 08:03:33 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 21/01/2026 07:22:50 critical No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 20/01/2026 07:06:42 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 19/01/2026 18:27:29 notice DHCP Renew - lease parameters tftp file-cmreg-vmdg505-bbt060-b.cm modified;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 19/01/2026 18:27:29 Error DHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response v4 option;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 18/01/2026 21:16:32 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 18/01/2026 16:08:14 critical No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 17/01/2026 18:09:18 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 17/01/2026 16:23:40 Warning! RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 16/01/2026 16:17:29 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 16/01/2026 15:01:38 critical No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 16/01/2026 14:51:46 Warning! RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 16/01/2026 07:17:46 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;Junction cabinet in my hedge
Virgin Media applied to the local highways agency to replace a 85cm high cabinet on the highway outside my house in 2023. They actually put a replacement 1.2m high by 1.2m wide cabinet in my hedge, next to my drive. Earlier this year they dug up my hedge looking for cables under the cabinet and the hedge is now wrecked. I can’t replace it with a fence because the cabinet is in the way. I’ve tried complaining but four months later I’m just being fobbed off with excuses or promised callbacks which don’t materialise. I want to escalate the complaint but am not sure where to go. Is it Ofcom or the Communications Ombudsman?Diversity in Virgin Media Engineering team
We had issues with our WiFi when we first set up the Virgin Media router. Engineer Louise (62290) visited our home, and she was absolutely fantastic. She carefully identified the problem inside the house and then went on to fix the cabling in the street cabinet. Louise was incredibly knowledgeable and genuinely committed to ensuring that every part of our home had strong WiFi coverage — and she succeeded. It was also wonderful to see a female engineer representing Virgin Media. As a woman working in software development, I know what it’s like to be in a male‑dominated environment, so being supported by the brilliant Louise 62290 was especially meaningful. Her professionalism and dedication truly made a difference.Connection time-outs every now and then
Hello, My connection is getting annoying time-outs. For several years my connection was stable, but since 4-6 weeks the connection cuts off for 5-60 seconds every 5-90 minutes. Quite random, as you can see. Hub 3 I did all sorts of reboots, resets, cable checks, modem placements and anything I can think of. Happens on all devices at the same time. It goes on like that. The graph doesn't really paint the full picture. I don't notice the yellow spikes, but the red spikes should be 100%. This here is more accurate. Fine most of the time, but then random time-out. Power levels: ~+2 to +3.5 dBmV across all channels. Fine. SNR / MER: ~38–41 dB. Also fine. Post-RS errors are non-zero and fairly high on all channels. Not fine. The network log has it's fair share of Timing Synchronization failure and RCS Partial Service. Sounds like a bad splitter (I don't have one), bad cabling or a return-path issue only Virgin can fix. The outside of the house looks like this, openly at the street (quality work): What do?All surrounding streets have Virgin Media with FTTP except mine
Hello! I live in London, and I have been waiting for fibre for several years. I have checked the fibre rollout map and it looks like in my area, Virgin Media is the only provider available for FTTP, openreach has plans to build but the entire area does not have openreach at all. I currently have FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) with BT but I have not renewed contract in the hopes that I would get fibre by 2026. It's now nearly the end of January and still not a single update since the beginning of last year. Upon further research, I found out that literally all streets surrounding mine has full fibre with virgin media available except mine, which is incredibly frustrating. I have filled out interest forms before but no luck. The only information that I have is that fibre is "planned" but honestly by the time Openreach comes I most likely won't even live here anymore. Is there any way to contact somebody at Virgin Media to come take a look at a possible connection? It's literally a 10 second walk from my street to the one that has fibre, and I believe my other neighbours would most likely sign up as well.
Hub 3 needing reboot frequently
I have the M500 broadband package and a Hub 3 router which I understand is currently being replaced by Virgin Media with the Hub 5 router. Apparently speeds of 500mb are at the limit of this router. I think my router is now struggling as I have to reboot it every few days as it seems to lose its connection with my tv box and my Firestick. Rather than wait for "my turn" for an upgrade, how do I get hold of a new Hub 5 asap? I have tried the "web chat" but can't get to speak to a real person and I don't want to spend ages on a call. Any help will be appreciated.Residential address registered as business
Hi, I have been told my address is currently registered as a business address. It’s a 5 bedroom detached property, there is no business here. Customer service and sales have said that they can manually override this, (which is what they have done in the past as there is Virgin HBB and tv currently live at the address), but I would really rather it be changed to residential to avoid having to jump through these hoops! Thanks, Emma
Internet and TV drop out since December
I’m hoping someone from Virgin Media can help as this issue is still ongoing. My broadband and TV services have been repeatedly dropping out since the end of December. An engineer attended on Saturday (after I waited in for the appointment) and advised that there is a signal issue affecting my property and the four neighbouring houses. I was told this was a known fault and that it would be fixed right away. Unfortunately, nothing has changed and the broadband and TV are still dropping out just as before. This has now been going on for several weeks and is extremely frustrating. We have kids in the house and they are going crazy without a reliable internet connection, especially when the issue was already acknowledged as an area-wide fault. Can someone please: Confirm what the fault actually is Advise when it will be properly resolved Confirm whether this has been logged as an area/network issue Happy to provide account details via private message if needed. Thanks.
