Internet connection Issues
The ethernet connections from my hub have stopped working. This includes the TV set top box - the apps cannot connect as it says there is no ethernet connection. I also have a PS5 connected via ethernet with has no connection either. The Wi-Fi is very patchy and keeps losing connection & reconnecting on all devices. I have restarted the hub a few times now, switched it off at the wall etc. with no improvements. I have tried the online & Virgin connect app troubleshooters with no luck, just take me circles and doesn't resolve anything. How do I speak to an actual person to get a resolution?Solved533Views0likes2CommentsWon’t let me add Premier Sports
Hi, I’m looking at adding Premier Sports via the subscriptions app but it keeps coming up with an error and diverting me to my online account. However, I cannot add it via my online account either. The odd thing is that if I wanted to add another standalone channel such as Racing TV or MUTV, it will let me do it via the subscriptions app! It amazes me with VM on how difficult they make it to change your package in comparison to other providers. Is or has anyone else experienced this? Thanks2.2KViews1like7CommentsIssues in your postcode... message 5 days now
My broadband signal has been terrible for the past 5 days now and there's been no communication from virgin media on when they are going to fix it. I work from home and bought VM because it promised fast broadband but this makes me unable to work here. The message in the app says: "Looks like there are issues in your postcode affecting your services There's a broadband issue in your area and our engineers are on the case to fix things. Check back here at any time for updates." I've called the support line 0800 5610061 but came back with an automated message with the same, adding on that it's a complex issue and engineers are working on fixing it. Signed up to the text messages in that same call but haven't received anything yet. Looking to see here if anyone else has had this issue and advice on how to contact VM to fix this! Also, will i be able to receive compensation for this?Solved1.4KViews0likes4CommentsNeed to order WiFi Pod but frustrated by Virgin Media's lack of Customer Service
I need to order a third WiFi Pod as I still have a WiFi blackspot in my home after installing a couple already, but I have been frustrated by Virgin Media's pathetic attempts at what they describe as customer support. The nonsense starts when the Virgin Media website informs me that they cannot check for any known issues in my area because "there is an issue at our end" with no further explanation. So I use the chat feature on the Virgin Media website and the Virtual Assistant bot finally tells me after a series of time-wasting questions that I will be contacted on WhatsApp. I wait but no message is received on WhatsApp, so that doesn't work and is a pointless waste of time. I have attempted half a dozen times over the course of a couple of days, the same result each time. The Virtual Assistant instructs me that to continue the conversation I should send a WhatsApp message to 07305 327 112, which I do but there is no reply. Again, this has been the case over the course of two (2) days. So I have wasted a lot of time and am still unable to speak to anybody at Virgin Media other than a clumsy interaction with a poorly implemented bot, and the experience has been beset by errors and functionality not working. I was instructed by the Virtual Assistant bot to sign into my Virgin Media online account and to go to My Package and follow the instructions under Wifi Max to order a WiFi Pod, so I tried this. When I log onto my Virgin Media account the first thing I notice is a message informing me, "We can't connect to the broadband kit in your home" with no further explanation. Ignoring that I go to My Package and then a WiFi Max heading is available indicating that I already have 2 pods. The only option to perform an action at this point is to click on the Learn More button and when I do this I am taken to a blank, empty page with a heading that reads "My Package", another dead end. Despite multiple attempts to resolve what should be a straightforward matter, I find myself stuck in an endless cycle of incompetence, broken systems and wasted time. The process has been nothing short of infuriating involving multiple exercises in futility, a digital charade. It is difficult to overstate how appallingly poor this customer support experience has been. Every touchpoint, from the website to the Virtual Assistant and WhatsApp service, has failed catastrophically. The absence of functionality, errors and circular redirections create the impression of a system designed to prevent, rather than facilitate, customer interaction. However, it is clear that Virgin Media would be unable to implement such a plan, as nothing seems to work properly and the software is not fit for purpose. In 2024, such failures in the age of advanced digital communication are unacceptable. The combination of broken processes and abysmal customer support has left me entirely disillusioned. It is shocking that a company of the size of Virgin Media has such glaring deficiencies in its ability to assist paying customers. I am at a total loss as to what to do next and loathe to waste any more time on this.Solved3.8KViews0likes5CommentsCharged for ppv 18 channel with no warning
Hi, As embarrassing as it is I was browsing through ppv adult channels and as you know for over 18 content you have to add you pin, even for the freeview items. So as I entered in for what I believed was a free channel, without any warning I was told I was being charged. I do not think this is acceptable, yes I put my pin in, only because I thought it was a free channel, at no point until after I was warned was I made aware that it was something I was going to be charged for. After going through this forum it seems like this is a common theme with virgin and it's disgusting nothing has been changed and with the new update it seems very unclear. I would like the charge removed please as I did not watch the program and was not wanting to pay for it. Look forward to hearing from your or the team. Thank you.3.2KViews0likes3CommentsHow does one escalate an issue!
Hello Since moving (3 weeks ago). I have been plagued with issues (see below). How do I actually speak to someone in the Uk who genuinely cares about owning these issues and resolving them. Otherwise its really hopeless! I really don't understand how this works as a business. Frustrated Vm Customer! Issues : 1) number port is still outstanding after nearly 4 weeks 2) cannot receive or make calls - just getting engaged tone 3) tv has specs637Views0likes3CommentsComplaint - installation
Hi, I joined Virgin about 2 months ago and the experience has been terrible. To start the internet was unable to be installed and after multiple failures to turn up from engineers and installation teams, I finally had my wires ran in the back garden after being told initially I would have to wait 6-8 weeks. This is after multiple calls and days booked off work losing money and being away from my newborn to sit in an empty new house due to false promises. I was told that upon the construction team finishing their work I was to call up to claim some compensation for all of this. Once complete, I called and was told I would then have to log another complaint and all the details had to be taken AGAIN! I then waited a week and heard nothing from Virgin which is just a re occurring theme. I must of been promised 20 times I would receive a call, text some form of update and I have received 0. I have them had to call back and told I would have to log another complaint, I refused as this is ridiculous and was finally handed over to someone who I believe was in the complaints team and was of English origin. Once again, I had to have all my notes taken down as it was a complete mess and was offered £25 compensation for which is just insulting so, I refused and had it escalated to a manager who booked me in for a call the next day at 10:30. I never received the call. 1 week later I still have had no contact so I called again on the 26th and was told there was no complaints department and I could not be passed through. I asked to speak to a manager and then all of a sudden a ‘manager’ of the complaints department gets on the phone even though I had just been told there was no complaints department , strange. His name was ‘Vaibhav’ and he would not pass me over and was offering a little more compensation and asking me how much I would like? Is it not on your terms to offer the amount? I refused again as it is ridiculous the amount offered after the experience I have had and the amount of time the issues have been ongoing. I escalated again to a ‘deadlock’ team I believe, and was promised again a call back the next day as I didn’t believe it was gonna happen and what do you know I receive no call AGAIN! Issue after issue, lie after lie and I am nowhere still after weeks and weeks of just a terrible, terrible experience. I need some answers now or this is going to be taken to a third party, I know the process and I will take my notes, recordings and show what I have been going through with this absolute joke if an experience. I need answers ASAP! [MOD EDIT: Subject title changed for clarity]1.3KViews0likes5CommentsPre-install chaos
Been waiting two weeks for Virgin's external contractor to do external work, will anyone actually come? My scheduled installation date was supposed to be tomorrow but I've now been told it's rescheduled, the external contractor visited my property on 21st March and spray painted the grass green... Other than that they left and said there was a blockage that their construction team had to fix, fast forward to today 1st April and after chasing VM on WhatsApp the contractor came back and said again that they were chasing their construction team and it would be completed today/tomorrow (VM said they would turn up on Saturday 30th March, then Sunday 31st and now today... All no shows.) He also spray painted the path... Seems to be all the contractor does. I've had calls with VM back and forth and they have told me countless times that the install would be no problem and it would go ahead, then 24hrs and 30mins prior to installation date (conveniently right before the 24hr missed appointment compensation) it's rescheduled to another two weeks away. We're now at the point where we will be hit financially with phone data plans and potential hotspot devices. No one at VM seems to know what is going on and tells me "not to worry" "it will be installed on xxxx date for sure" Will I be due compensation for the stress and impact this has on my work? I work for an emergency service and need WiFi to be able to do my job.Hub 3 flashing green light at the bottom and solid wifi light
Our wifi hub has been like this for the past 15 hours and has been reset and turned off and all connections checked. There are apparently no outages in my area. The virgin website won’t let me book a technician either. I don’t know what to do to fix this and any solutions are welcome. Need this fixing asap524Views0likes1CommentInstallation Error
Two days ago a team came and ran a fibre line from the new installation in the street and installed a box on my outside wall. Today the technician came around to run the cable from the box to where I wanted it in the house. Before starting he checked using his phone/tablet to see if everything was good on Virgin's side. It seems all was not good. Someone has messed up somewhere and one of the addresses was one digit out, therefore he could not install anything today and someone would need to come back once the issue was sorted at their end and would email his manager immediately. What happens now? The app says my installation was still going ahead today and the billing time has begun. I do understand that Virgin will take money off my bill for every day they delay installation, but the start date should still be moved to a later date should it not?