Cable installed into a bathroom without permission to a property we don't own
We are buying a house which we have exchanged contracts on and are completing the purchase August 1st. We told VM, and arranged an install for a few days later. They said there may be works "in the road" ahead of the install date which was fine. The people we are buying the house from have contacted the agents to say that VM have been while they are out and installed a cable by cutting the tarmac drive without any permission. They have also drilled into the house, directly into a bathroom and damaged the tiles. They narrowly missed pipes! The sellers are rightly angry, and so am I. Am I right in saying that this is criminal damage? In my mind I want not only the cable putting in the right place, but also the driveway resurfacing and the tiling redone. I am frankly furious. The complaints team said that they will "send the crew back to fix it" but I've had to say no for at least 8 days because they don't have permission to be there. Does anyone have any advice?Virgin O2 App login
Hi, I writing this on behalf of my sister. She is a new customer and is getting no help on the telephone. She is not able to login to the app. The email she normally uses is from Hotmail. This is the same email she provided to virgin when setting up her account. When trying to login to the app there is a message that the email is not linked. Currently there's no way for her to login to the app because of this issue. The app just takes her round in circles. How can she find the correct email or user id to use for logging in? What is the best contact for new customer support? The telephone staff offer no help and it takes hours b fore being able to speak to anyone. Thanks for your help. AndrewOngoing Internet and TV Issues – Flashing Lights, Repeated Engineer Visits, and Still No Resolution
I’m reaching out in the hope that someone might be able to help me make sense of this ongoing issue I’ve been having with my Virgin Media internet and TV service. Since moving to my new house in Banbury eight months ago, I’ve experienced repeated service interruptions—at least twice a month, usually on Tuesdays or Wednesdays in the afternoon. Every time, the same pattern occurs: I lose both internet and TV service. The router begins flashing a white light. I have to schedule a technician visit (again). When the technician arrives, they clean the router’s connections with a wipe. Sometimes they even replace the router. After several attempts—restarting, resetting, etc.—the connection suddenly returns, and we’re all “happy” again… Until 1 or 2 weeks later—guess what? It happens again. Always on a Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon. Virgin’s app consistently reports that everything is fine—signal is “perfect”, and the router appears to be “online”. However, it’s not working in reality. Calling customer service is frustrating. The chat feature is useless—just an endless loop—and phone support involves waiting 30 to 50 minutes to speak to someone. Once I finally get through, the routine is always the same: – “Turn off the router.” – “Wait… turn it back on.” – “Didn’t work? Let’s reset it.” – “Still nothing? Okay, we’ll send a technician in 1–2 days.” Then, of course, the same in-home process happens. Sometimes it’s fixed, but only for a short while. Last week, after 8 days with no service, they finally replaced some cables. That didn’t work either. For the first time, the issue was escalated, and someone remotely resolved a “configuration problem” on Thursday afternoon. I was hopeful. But that joy lasted… until Saturday night at 11:30pm, when my wife was watching TV and everything cut out again. This time, I woke up to a flashing red light on the router. And yes—the Virgin app still says everything is working fine. I’ve gone through the usual routine again, and now I’ve got another technician booked—for Tuesday, of course… I’ve been considering switching providers, but I’m genuinely trying to understand the root of this issue. Yesterday, before the red light appeared, I accessed the router (even without internet, I can still access it locally) and saw something odd in the “Network Log”: At the exact time my wife lost signal, the log shows: “GUI Login Status - Login Success from LAN interface” and “system.syscfg commit to store” I’ve attached a screenshot of this. Can anyone shed some light on what might be going on here? Why is this happening at such regular intervals? What does that system log entry actually mean? I’d really appreciate any insights. I just want to get this resolved once and for all.New Build Property
I have a new build property that has virgin cabling and is connected to the virgin box, however, Virgin are saying they are unable to provide service to the property. I have spoken to the sales team who have been incredibly unhelpful and keep telling me to register my interest, which I did 7 months ago. The house next door is servicable (existing build). The sales department have said they are unable to connect me to anyone who can help or unable to send an engineer without placing an order, which they can't do as the system says no. There must be a way around this. We have been in this property for 7 months and not getting anywhere!Complete Failure in Service
Hello, I am writing regarding the wifi at my house. We recently upgraded our broadband plan 3 or so weeks ago to the highest we can Gig1 service with a new hub 5 and it has been an abhorrent experience. For 3 weeks consistently there have been drops and disconnections from the internet. Too many times I have called regarding this. The internet went down about 5 times within an hour timeframe last Saturday and upon calling virgin to resolve this, your representative scheduled a technician to come today and I quote from the mouth of your representative “GUARANTEED” that our wifi problem would be solved. Not only was that a blatant lie, the wifi is now completely not connected to the internet, it is no longer intermittent on and off, it is completely off. Technicians have come twice to check connections install new routers and said everything should be fine but that is not the case. In addition, the house landline is no longer able to make calls and certain channels on the tv no longer show. NOT ONLY THAT, but I work from home! I have lost an entire day of work today due to virgin media’s poor service and I now must deal with the consequences with my superiors. The longer our virgin wifi is down the more my job is at risk! It is not just my livelihood that depends on good wifi, but my grandparents, who are both OVER 90 YEARS OLD and require reliable and fast wifi and service for communication in the event of a medical emergency, which is now at risk. What happens if there is a serious medical emergency in this heat and no one can call an emergency contact or an ambulance and it's too late? Shall I send virgin the funeral bill at that point? I demand a resolution to this immediately as we are paying the most and receiving less than the bare minimum. Should this matter not be resolved we will have no choice but to escalate this matter. I expect a response with hasteNobody came on activation date
Hi, We were due to have an engineer come yesterday to complete the installation of the new broadband but nobody came. I tried calling today but the automated voice asks me for either my Virgin phone number, which we don't have because we ordered broadband only, or my account number. I have checked through all the correspondence with Virgin and I have a Contract Sheet number and a Infor Sheet number but no actual contract number. I've tried these and of course neither of them works so I'm getting nowhere. I'm trying to speak to an actual person or reach somebody who can actually help me. Can anyone help? Is there another number or a chat I can access to sort this out? Thanks!Delays delays and further delays
How can Virgin Media get away with providing such poor service - its one lie after another, and I can see I am not the only one - the same thing is happening to many people, yet nothing seems to be getting done about it. My original order was placed on 7th May 2025, with an installation date provided for 19th May 2025. However, no one attended the scheduled appointment, and since then, I have been given multiple revised installation dates, each accompanied by a different excuses. Most recently, I have been informed of issues with outside construction work – work which was previously claimed to have been completed but is now apparently still pending. In addition to the delays, I have repeatedly been asked to remain at home to provide access to the property. Despite doing so, no engineers have turned up, wasting my time and disrupting my schedule further. Today I have been provided with yet another installation date, now 8th July 2025 - so the pattern is clear, keep me waiting, as soon as it gets near the latest date, just push it back without any discussion. I find the lack of communication, reliability, and professionalism in handling this installation completely unacceptable. I have spoken to multiple managers, each providing their own guarantees that have resulted in nothing. I have 3 separate complaint numbers - none of which have been updated or tracked I really don't know what more I can do - I have a pending holiday with no security systems on the house - my doorbell doesn't even work!Losing broadband connection
Hi, Last Wednesday, I lost connectivity to the virgin network. A week further on there has been no fix and no engineer. I have spent in excess of 2 hours on the telephone and I am still no further down the line. I was told there would be a new router sent out, no router! I spoke to support again yesterday ad they informed me an engineer would be out today and that a work order had been placed. On checking my account this morning no engineer visit has been arranged. My frustration levels have hit fever pitch! From what I can tell a router wouldn't fix the issue unless the fiber port is broken as the ONT power levels are showing -40000, which suggests to me there is a break somewhere. If someone had bothered to ask or listen, I would have thought this information would have been pretty pertinent. I asked for a call from a manager to get an engineer escalation and now I am told it will be 2 to 3 hours. The time when the engineer should have been here! Disappointed is not the phrase I would choose normally but I can't think of any other way to put it! Notter [Mod - Title edited for clarity]
