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vm_tech 29-03-2016 21:24

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Business customers do get more in terms of SLA's. I've been out doing a business fault at 10pm on a Saturday. If it's intermittent or slow speeds or something like that the business faults call centre team will probably monitor and if any drop offs are noticed dispatch an engineer. If it's a loss is service an engineer will be dispatched pretty much straight away

ccarmock 29-03-2016 22:08

Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
 
I can vouch for the good service levels on the business cable broadband as a customer.

When I had performance issues they split the node I was on inside a week to fix it. The few times there has been a noise issue causing loss of service as vm_tech has said an engineer has called at a weekend to fix.

Also if you call support out of hours the call goes usually to the Cardiff team who actually work with you there and then on the fault to see if they can see the problem on the CMTS end.

23prince 29-03-2016 22:19

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Ah fair enough. Yes I have used P1 before when dealing with outages. Not internet though. I get what you mean now

Kushan 30-03-2016 08:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ccarmock (Post 35829851)
I can vouch for the good service levels on the business cable broadband as a customer.

When I had performance issues they split the node I was on inside a week to fix it. The few times there has been a noise issue causing loss of service as vm_tech has said an engineer has called at a weekend to fix.

Also if you call support out of hours the call goes usually to the Cardiff team who actually work with you there and then on the fault to see if they can see the problem on the CMTS end.

You mean Swansea or do they have an office in Cardiff as well?

alanbjames 30-03-2016 11:18

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There used to be a call center in Cardiff yes.

Kushan 30-03-2016 12:41

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TIL :)

23prince 30-03-2016 18:07

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vm_tech (Post 35829844)
Business customers do get more in terms of SLA's. I've been out doing a business fault at 10pm on a Saturday. If it's intermittent or slow speeds or something like that the business faults call centre team will probably monitor and if any drop offs are noticed dispatch an engineer. If it's a loss is service an engineer will be dispatched pretty much straight away

Thanks, so it is pretty much like BTO's Enhanced Care. Which is what I wanted to hear too :)

ccarmock 30-03-2016 22:34

Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by alanbjames (Post 35829912)
There used to be a call center in Cardiff yes.

The one I am thinking about was dedicated to business faults/service I believe. Has that gone now?

Ignitionnet 30-03-2016 23:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ccarmock (Post 35830062)
The one I am thinking about was dedicated to business faults/service I believe. Has that gone now?

I suspect you're thinking of Newport there. I vaguely remember visiting it eons ago.

Pierre 31-03-2016 16:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ccarmock (Post 35830062)
The one I am thinking about was dedicated to business faults/service I believe. Has that gone now?

Now in Peterborough, with a small offshoot in Swansea

Ed92uk 03-04-2016 00:08

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Can anyone advise how they managed to get the 300mb upgrade? For £13.99

I just phoned up asked for homeworks 300mb and was told £30 extra a month

Explained about price on website and was told if I phone back on Monday the loyalty team will offer a £6 discount meaning £24 a month

I already have the Hub, 200mb, TiVo xl and phone so can't understand the price increase

Also as others have mentioned I am only interested in the upload increase it is getting very poor the ratio

Thank you

23prince 03-04-2016 00:13

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Call them on Monday. They can't do it for more than they advertised price. Don't let them give you nonsense.

Rankrotten 04-04-2016 10:47

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Don't call CS on 150 use the Homeworks+ line on 0800 064 3855

Synthetic 05-04-2016 11:08

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Any idea when we might see 20Mbps upload on the 200 package? I'm thinking maybe when they boost the homeworks to 30 up...

Ed92uk 05-04-2016 23:27

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Thanks for the replies

Finally spoke to somebody who explained the problem - I am on mates rates bundle so adding 300mb cancels my discount and reverts to full price - £30 increase to over £100 not worth it at the moment

Hopefully standard package will see faster uploads in the near future


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