I tried to arrange installation for months. I signed a contract in May, and in early June I was told that it would take 6-8 weeks to organise the install as the council needed to provide consent for the works. My postcode is listed on their website as being in a VM area, and fibre cables run down my road. Engineers attended and spray painted green markings on the side of the road and pavement to show the 1m distance the cable would need to be routed. I was informed that there was a budget for these works and the access point to be created on the boundary wall of the property, and that it was just a matter of time. Having not heard anything for 8 weeks I called VM to ask for an update, and I was told that the install and contract had been cancelled as it was too expensive for VM to proceed with the required works and that a note had been put on the file to say I’d been informed. I hadn’t been - not by email, text or phone call - and I still wouldn’t know if I hadn’t called. I paid £300 to the freeholder for the wayleave approval which was completely unnecessary and I cannot reclaim. I would have thought it sensible for the budget for the works to be approved before the wayleave was submitted and signed, but clearly this isn’t the case. I’ve therefore wasted four months and £300 to try to organise a service that could never be provided to me in the first place, despite VM assuring me otherwise. I’ve never been so wildly misled by a company, and I’m furious that I’ve thrown away £300 for no reason whatsoever.