Virgin Media Phone Line Problem

ps124

Hi Guys, need some help in dealing with Virgin Media.

I've had a fault with my phone line for over 6 months now where it stops receiving calls, and i can't dial out. I then have to log a fault and the virgin media engineer comes out, does something in the cabinet on the street and then it starts working again - only for a short time and the cycle repeats itself.

Virgin media fault department are a bloody nightmare to deal with. Each time they only seem to log the same fault and arrange an engineer visit. Each time a different engineer comes out without any background knowledge of the fault, does the same thing as the previous guy and the cycle continues.

I've logged two complaints with the faults team (First one they closed after 8 weeks), I've asked to be passed to a manager, I've asked to be passed to the "networks" department, none of which they did but nothing else seems to happen. Each time they give me the same waffle about "we can't do anything without and engineer coming out". My request to them is whatever the engineer is doing seems to be short term, if they know what the problem is in the cabinet, why don't they fix it properly.

I don't really want to cancel my services with them because I have a good deal and it's reliable (I work from home most of the time).

What else can I do to get them to take this fault seriously and do something else other just keep logging the same fault?

Any advice or sharing of experiences would be welcome.

JJ_Egan

(I work from home most of the time)

Does that mean its a business account ?? with service level agreements ??

Buzby

Obviously not a business account with SLA, but if as flakey as you describe- provide faults with a list of outage dates and if more than three, demand remedial action. There is no time on a fault report to review the line history which is why it's not being picked up.

Pikeyp

Have you tried posting your problems at the community forum? , might get a better response than other avenues!

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/CommunityHubForums

ps124

Hi thanks for the replies. It's not a business line with SLAs.

The fault has happened 4-5 times now and it doesn't matter what I demand on the phone to them, no matter even if I log a complaint, they just do naff all.

If I make any demands on the phone, the customer rep says the same thing "Can't do anything until an engineer comes out", and the engineer does the same fix in the cabinet until it re-occurs.

I'll try and post something in the community forums - good idea.

Any other suggestions guys?

Buzby

You are dealing with 2 different departments and making 'demands' (irrespective of which network it is) rarely achieves a solution. Engineers repair and rarely investigate unless asked. As you cannot directly speak to the engineer who will have a probable 20m timeslot to effect a fix.

CS is the only way forward - ask them to review the issue and the dates, and suggest (not demand) someone reviews this issue with a view for a permanent fix.

worried_jim

ps124 wrote: »

Any other suggestions guys?

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