Virgin Media Outage in Harrow, Greater London, England

@virginmedia seems to be a problem with playback on iPad from virgin media box. Stored shows on the box were playable now not. Connects, plays 2 secs then stops noticed 3 days ago.

@virginmedia Hi ALG, thanks for the reply, it’s greatly appreciated😊 After a long call with Yodel we’ve found out there was a system error resulting in them having to return to the depot & they will attempt to deliver today. Nevertheless, the problem has been the lack of communication to us.

I have just received the most atrocious customer service from @virginmedia ! WiFi was supposed to be here two days ago because it was signed for at the wrong address & I’ve just been told by a supervisor that there’s nothing they could do, thanked me for my time. Then hung up!😡

@virginmedia worst customer services I've ever dealt with. They make it hard to complain then lied to me twice deliberately and closed the complaint before it was resolved. Don't trust them!

@virginmedia I'm sorry, if your people can't get their acts together I'm not going to chase them and I'll be looking into our service options tomorrow

@virginmedia Hi, the internet doesn't work full stop. It stops but the white light still shows in the box. She needs an engineer please

@MoneyTelegraph another @virginmedia fiasco! 🤨 Been going on for over a year, just checks mums messages. Internet constantly going down!

Unbelievable! My mums internet service is having problems. The call centre seem unable to deal with this. This has been going on for months. I'm still on hold. If it's not sorted today you're losing a customer @virginmedia

@virginmedia your online customer service intro is shocking. Frustrating and awkward. Such a big company should have a better phone service.

@virginmedia you have the worst mobile customer service in the world absolute disgrace #ripoff #con #virginmedia #virginmobileuk

@virginmedia @virginbroadband. You have failed to fix the failings of your fibre optic so-called broadband in W11 for months. We are going back to BT as soon as we can.

.@virginmedia my wife has just had to spend 55 mins, been transferred 3 times & had to repeat story each time just to get refund of money wrongly charged after #VirginMobile account cancelled! Appalling customer ‘service’ #poorservice

@virginmedia The phone of course is still not working. Outrageous. This is despite assurances that an engineer would be sent & that it would be resolved in several hours! Utter nonsense. I would like to escalate my complaint now please. I will dm my number & please arrange for me to be called

@virginmedia I've gone through all of that and have no answers. I'm sorry you were no help at all

@virginmedia Indeed that is the problem

@virginmedia Thanks for trying to help, it’s currently on 54 mins waiting another 8 mins and I’ll get cut off again

@virginmedia trying to speak to someone, on hold for 62mins and get hung up on! Paying for M500 b/band and getting 97mbps is not on by any standards by guessing by your customer services you have no standards #poorcustomerservice #virginmedia

@virginmedia your service is a joke. Just taken me 32 minutes to change my bank details on the phone. Call centre staff should be able to speak the same language as your customers to a standard high enough to be able to do the job. Such a waste of time 😩😩😩

@virginmedia That leads me to just our conversation history. I’ve done all the hub checks according to your website and it’s still not working

@virginmedia hey my WiFi is down and I’ve been trying to get through to somebody in your call centre for ages - I was on hold until way after closing time and your message feature doesn’t work 😞 HEEEELLLPPPP!!!!

@virginmedia Thank you .... will try. — The text I got today said “With our Connect app, your WiFi can't hide. It's like a WiFi sniffer dog, hunting down blackspots.” You might like to point out to Marketing that a reword is needed as I took it literally. Thanks for your help.

@virginmedia Tried to call today waited for 20mins to get through finally got through to customer service and then they had to put me through the escalations team and as soon as i got through the operator pretended he could not hear then dropped the phone.

@virginmedia I will phone you, but wait a minute, my phone doesn't work!

@virginmedia Im not thick ofcourse all the cables are connected, it wouldnt tell me 30mb if the ethernet wasnt in. The hub has been reset whenever there is an issue, which happens to be every few days.

@virginmedia The wifi is always flashing green. Even when it says there is no issue. Fortunately tho the contract is coming to an end which means so will payments👍. Paying for about 250Mb to get 30 on a wired connection

@virginmedia @VirginMediaCorp @VMDotCom Virgin are liars and thieves they misinformed me, stole my money then after 20min waiting to get through to customer service they drop the phone on you. Do not go to virgin they are horrible

@leepg @virginmedia I have this same problem @virginmedia rebooting doesn't solve the problem

Annoys me way more than it should that Virgin... sorry, LNER call their class 800s “Azumas” and the media are treating them as something new, when class 800s have been in operation on the GWML since 2017, just without a stupid brand name.

@virginmedia We have engineer visit today so hopefully they can resolve. However it is vertically impossible to get to speak to one of your agents. That is really not good customer service. I tried to have the online chat on a weekday btw sonshould have been available after 6

@virginmedia @VirginMediaCorp @VMDotCom Virgin are a bunch of lying thieves and would not recommend anybody signing a contract, once they get you in they start treating you like crap.

@virginmedia ur customer service is absolutely shocking trying to sort an issue on my mum's account and keep getting robbed off by offshore call centre I'm not happy would like to speak to someone that can actually listen and help

@virginmedia I have tv,phone and BB with you, I have called today to sign up to mobile, still haven’t received confirmation email or account details. Have called twice, not impressed with service and thinking time to cancel all virgin products I have

15yrs I was with @SkyUK @comcast and after just speaking with a top call handler I’ve just been passed through to the most arrogant unhelpful person in the cancellation team! I’m leaving mate! @virginmedia @TalkTalk Loyal customer coming your way! #Telecommunications

@virginmedia According to your website broadband connectivity is fine and TV is experiencing some issues with certain channels. I have no broadband and no channels at all

@virginmedia is becoming shit !

@Ceryslynda @virginmedia Same problem

@virginmedia still waiting as one of your operator went to check something with accounts team after 3 hrs on hold. Still not giving up... as I wanted to cancel contract due to their #priceIncrease #watchdog

@virginmedia I phoned up today to find out why I was paying £50 a month for internet when a new customer pays £35. I was basically told to accept it so I think I’ll look at moving to @SkyUK for £27 a month.

@Camclarky @virginmedia Get out Cameron, Sky is a superior service in every aspect. I am hoping to rid myself of Virgin AS SOON AS THEY BOTHER ANSWERING THEIR PHONE! #TransferTalk #TransferDeadline #virginsucks

@virginmedia No, as I explained, it appears to be no longer a problem. I am less concerned with a fault occurring; that happens. I am more irritated by a lack of notification of the change, no response to my call and your lack of acceptance of their being a problem.

Gav and I have had no mobile phone service for 3 days, but I have no service to call @virginmedia to let them know! It happens far too regularly. Just spent the morning searching for a new deal. @O2 looks like the best so far!

@DDavidian @virginmedia Upload is advertised. About 20meg. But had a few issues recently where download has randomly dropped from around 180-200 down to under 15.

@virginmedia It was media. The call was finally answered after around 40 minutes. I wouldn’t mind if this was an isolated issue but I’ve had a number of problems with virgin media customer service (by phone) and looking online it seems that many other customers have experienced the same.

@virginmedia It’s working now, the point is that it wasn’t working when the women’s open was on yesterday with no warning or redirection. I tried to get help and was waiting 18 mins (timed). And by the way not the first time virgin randomly change the description or the channel.

@virginmedia I have done multiple times ... by phone and by chat ... the Indians helpful but useless, the British patronising and rude

@virginmedia blocked my mailbox on 23rd .. numerous 30min phone calls later, and patronising responses, fake promises of call backs ... mailbox is still unavailable.. shockingly awful customer service .. disgusting.

@virginmedia very irritating. Sky sports golf is dead on Virgin 515:ladies open appears to be on sky mis 520. Tried to phone vurgin. Held for 16 minutes then gave up. Terrible.

Looking at numerous other tweets complaining about @virginmedia and there appalling customer service and useless complaints department!!!

Still awaiting reply from Lutz Schuler @virginmedia , chief executive, re numerous complaints re incompetent staff @virginmedia. Lousy customer service!

@virginmedia my broadband connection has been down all day! Help! I have reset and done the troubleshooter tool

@virginmedia honestly you guys have the worst WiFi connection I’ve ever seen. I don’t care if it’s 100gb if it doesn’t work.

Fifa out in september , call of duty out in october too bad @virginmedia is dirtttt

@virginmedia called @ 1932 to speak to an adviser ref an issue with my broadband tv & phone. 3min45secs to get the advisor option. 14 mins in a queue with no info on progress. No direct option to talk to an advisor UNACCEPTABLE! Call center in in India UNACCEPTABLE!

@virginmedia me again..... issue with broadband, yet again. Every month i find myself saying the same things....my broadband is down. I am still awaiting a deadlock letter that was suppose to be posted 4 weeks ago!! Truly and utterly an embarrassment!

@starbuckt1 @virginmedia Getting BT. Had no issues with them before, only changed cos Virgin was only choice when we moved in. Absolute cowboys.

@virginmedia If you claim to have lightning fast broadband why does it all of a sudden without reason go down and completely fail.

@virginmedia so so fed up with virgin broadband, I have the fastest connection, but it never works for more than a few days at a time. Ongoing problems for over 3 months now. Totally fed up. Hello BT internet what can you offer me. #btinternet.

@virginmedia avoid like the plague they are a RIP off and there customer services are terrible!!

Can I also congratulate @virginmedia for only operating customer service at times akin to the shift patterns of shops from 1973.

@virginmedia I feel cheated and my Saturday morning was wasted, if this isn't resolved i will cancel my package under the 30 day agreement and look elsewhere