Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll keep you up to date :)

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Try hitting up the VM forums as there is active VM staff there, bare in mind with the current situations a lot of VM departments are either working from home or are light on staff due to the 2m restrictions so things could take longer, not making excuses as you should have been contacted.

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

I tried this when I was having speed problems and the email was delivered but didn't get read:rolleyes:

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Not necessarily - Corporate email systems give the recipients the option to allow a read receipt to be sent, it’s not automatically generated.

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Read receipts aren't an email standard, most email systems don't deal with them.

Same with email "recalls". It's stuff tacked onto exchange and less and less people with exchange use them.

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Just got another response back to my letter asking for a Deadlock letter. It was a copy-paste message saying they have been unable to reach me. (I have no missed calls on my landline or mobile...)

They want me to just phone up the normal 0345 customer support number to talk to normal customer services...

Then if they do not hear from me again within 28 days they will shut the complaint.

This is absolutely infuriating, that was my fifth attempt to raise or get a response to my complaints. They didn't even send the letter of deadlock...

Is it possible to go to CISAS without a letter of deadlock?

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Yes you can

https://www.ombudsman-services.org/how-it-works/process

From section 5

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

CISAS have just written back to say my complaint has been accepted and Virgin Media have 10 working days to settle the complaint / make a written defence / submit an objection to CEDR on grounds of eligibility for adjudication.

I'm looking forward to having this finally resolved. I wish there were equivalent providers in my area as I'd leave this company in a heartbeat after this.

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

I'm glad this is getting somewhere.

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

I'm happy to say that on the very last day of CISAS's deadline Virgin Media responded meeting my requests.

They have refunded the overcharges for the SIM Card, landline calls, and my postage expenses sending the multiple letters of complaint.

They have reduced my contract price by £13/month for the remaining 8 months of the contract, to £34/month.

They apologised and said "I feel this could have been dealt with in a timelier manner". Hmm, indeed...

In other news, some of my friends signed up to Virgin Media for a 12 month contract through an employee referral and have been put on an 18 month contract instead! They've not been able to get anyone from VM to pick up the phone. I don't envy their next 4 months :-)

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

I suppose Virgin Media sticking to their word for 2 months is too much to ask for.

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/6.png

Virgin has already ripped up the concessions they made in the CISAS complaint. They've raised the price from £34/month to £44/month, and cut my speeds from 200Mbps to 100Mbps.

Incredible... I'm still in contract for god's sake, they can't just increase the price and lower my speeds, surely?

This company is run by crooks.

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

It looks like whatever had been done to your account to honour the phone conversation has been flagged by the system as something like an accounting issue or package mismatch. It is annoying but I would give them the benefit of doubt atm. Rather than ringing up and getting nowhere with India I would go straight to writing a formal letter to get the matter resolved. There will be extensive notes on your account already so I would only briefly explain that you were offered something on the phone which turned out not to be the case and after no contact from them you had to go through CISAS. The problem was resolved however a month later you have received this letter which is unacceptable bla bla bla, you want the problem permanently rectified for the remainder of your contract or you will go back to CISAS and make a formal complaint to OFCOM and they need to rectify this by xxxx December 2020 . Give them 28 days notice allowing for a few days in the mail and send it recorded delivery so you know they have got it. Don't write it by hand and type it up on your computer so that you have got a copy and keep the postage receipt as proof of postage which will also have your tracking number on it. If you don't hear anything back from them then you can take it further and in your letter to CISAS when they ask for what you see as a suitable resolution (which they'll send to VM) you need say substantial financial contribution for the appalling customer service. You understand that honest and genuine mistakes do happen, which may have legitimately been the case in both the first and second time round, however their inability to resolve the matter and lack of communication is outrageous and you feel you should be compensated for this in addition to receiving the package you were offer on the phone. Tbh it would be nice if you just received your package at no cost for the first year, and I know they can and do do it.

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Did you mean that?

Re: Only 8 Downstream channels, and getting 200Mbps, not the promised 400Mbps.
 

Well spotted. I blame coronavirus :p