Engineer Failed to turn up
I signed up to virgin broadband in November 2025. We were told we needed the external work to go through our back garden, so we would need to wait in for the engineer appointment to run the cable through our garden to the cabinet down the street. However, the engineer has failed to turn up on 3 different occasions (today being one of them), with absolutely no communication. I have waited in all day with the kids and have been unable to leave the house and still no one turns up. Then when I contact virgin to try and rearrange the appointment, it’s another 2-3 week wait. It is January now and we have been without broadband for 3 months, as our old provider disconnected us, when we made to switch, which is totally unacceptable and we’re totally fed up now. Absolutely terrible service from Virgin. All you do is rearrange our appointment, over and over again, but nothing happens. I have lost all faith in your company and I have zero confidence that an engineer will ever actually turn up. Can anyone recommend a more reliable provider, who will actually turn up? I work from home, so I rely on the internet. I also have an autistic son, who needs his tablet to help him communicate and regulate.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?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?My neighbour recently got connected but I'm not eligible for some reason
Hi, I've been actively trying to get Virgin to come connect my house for years now. Filling in the form showing interest dozens of times but have had no success in the 10+ years of living at this property. Recently my neighbour inquired about getting Virgin and had to get permission to have Virgin come and potentially run the line across my property. This has now come and gone and I know that my neighbour has access now. I've called to the customer support team to try and get an engineer out to survey/connect my property but only get transferred from department to department with nobody knowing what to do in this situation. Allegedly an engineer came out and decided it wasnt economically viable to pursue connecting the property but how come my neighbour who's further from a main road has been connected? I'd greatly appreciate any help in this matter. Thanks.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, EmmaPartial service (DS only)
Hello, I am making this post to get some help in regards to partial service(DS only). I have had intermittent connection and had an engineer come in today who installed a signal booster box and said that the signal was too low. I have checked service status dashboard (https://www.virginmedia.com/help/check/status/result) and it shows as my installation has been cancelled. I am getting quite frustrated as this is now 1 week with these issues since I got my new contract and got a new hub 5. Internet keeps constantly dropping and speeds randomly drop every 20 minutes or so. Check attached pictures and please let me know if you need anything else as I really want this to be sorted.Installation at SN67NH at a standstill
Hi Our installation started on Friday, but due to a 'registration' server failure, the installation was stopped 'until later'. The engineer said that they would call back later and confirmed phone numbers, however, they never called back. I have tried to find out when we might get our job completed, but the various routes open to me to make contact and get answers just seem to go in circles. Is it possible to just talk to someone and find out what's happening? It seems like such a simple thing, but there really doesn't seem to be a mechanism to make actual contact with the people that might know what's happening. It's not a good sign, is it? Cheers, KenNew customer - install delay
I had the initial technician visit, and as the previous tenant had virgin media. There's a VM box on the inside wall. I was told the cable had been cut, and he couldn't complete my install that day. They sent an appointment for two weeks ahead, with the caveat that the cable has been mended or whatever they do. I was also told that it would be a few days! They also sent me an email saying there hadn't been VM in the property before, when there quite clearly has been. I think it's ridiculous having to wait all this time. I've had no email or phone call from the engineers as they said would happen, and I just don't see why it's all taking so long. After reading about some of the delays on here, I'm seriously considering cancelling and going back to sky. Totally fed up, and wish I'd never bothered with Virgin Media. [Mod - title edited for clarity]5 month delay - install cancelled - compensation?
We moved house at the end of May and wanted to bring our package with us. We were told it would be installed the day after we moved in. That was then pushed back by 2 weeks...and then another 2 weeks, and then another 2 weeks...for 5 months! Right the way up until 2 days ago when we had an email saying they couldn't supply us and our account was being cancelled. I'm aware we are now due significant compensation for delayed install from Ofcom. I spoke to an agent yesterday who claimed we weren't entitled to this. I quoted Ofcom guidelines to them: they said they'd open a complaint to arrange compensation. I received an email today: they resolved the complaint today under the reason "Customer Experience -> Agent or Technician Professionalism - Internal feedback provided". I've raised another complaint... By my maths, we're owed for every day since the initial install day, plus 30 days notice, plus the discretionary compensation they offered in calls (e.g. credit for a new 4G router). It's well over £1,000 at this point. What's our best way of getting the compensation we're owed actually paid via cheque? Support have been terrible, constantly telling us incorrect information and now telling us twice we aren't owed any delay install pay. Thanks for any help
