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Virgin Media Reviews

1.2 Rating 2,351 Reviews
3 %
of reviewers recommend Virgin Media
1.2
Based on 2,351 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier, Own Driver
Average Delivery Time
Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 15%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 81%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.2 out of 5
Avg Email Response Time
-1 hours
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
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Virgin Media 1 star review on 17th April 2025
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Virgin Media 1 star review on 17th April 2025
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Virgin Media 1 star review on 17th April 2025
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Virgin Media 1 star review on 17th April 2025
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Virgin Media 1 star review on 17th April 2025
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Virgin Media 1 star review on 17th April 2025
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Virgin Media 1 star review on 17th April 2025
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
A very bad service A very bad service. We are paying £57 a month. It is absolutely diabolical that we have intermittent supply constantly. Our Internet goes off when it rains. This company is all about taking your money and doing nothing for you. The customer service is non-existent, and it is like peeing against the wind trying to get a response from these people. Date of experience: 22 November 2022
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Posted 2 years ago
We have had absolutely horrendous WiFi for over a year (11mb/s download speed when sat directly next to the router). Upon trying to improve this, they have repeatedly tried to encourage us to buy an extender, but an extender would not improve the speed when sat directly next to the router! When one contract ended, we stupidly upgraded the WiFi to the next fastest in hopes of improving the speed. We are a household of three mature students and so it is vital that we have the use of WiFi for our studies, therefore we cannot wait weeks for an engineer to be sent out so that they can keep us in a contract! When we spoke to virgin media via their online chat, we were offered multiple new deals to try and keep us and when we told them that we wanted to terminate the contract as they were not upholding their end of the contract (and so it was null and void), they told us there would be a terminated fee and closed the chat on us! We will not be paying a fee to exit a contact that is now null and void as they have not provided the standard of service advertised!
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Posted 2 years ago
AVOID AT ALL COSTS, TOTALLY USELESS. Second attempt at using them for broadband but they don't seem to understand that the cables can't go in until the ground is open ................................................... They keep asking me if I want to cancel, if only I could.
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Posted 2 years ago
Virgin media has been giving us trouble for a few months now. During the 'cooling off period' we experienced no issues with Virgin. But as soon as that ended, we've been having such an awful, stressful time. Virgin makes lots of promises, but doesn't keep them. At first, we experienced lots of random cut offs during the middle of the day and in the evening. We complained many times and sent evidence of this. We also requested for the router to be moved closer to the PC. They eventually sent an engineer over, who just did a diagnostic check and nothing else. He said that the cables outside were old and needed replacing and that he didn't have enough time to move the router. He asked for a good review, for doing absolutely nothing, and left. We were promised a revisit to change the router location. Twice were we sent a message to say they'll be coming, we moved the furniture etc to make it easier for them, but guess what, no show up twice. We apparently get charged 25£ for not being present at home upon their arrival, but it's completely fine for them to make false promises and waste our time. They then sent someone to change the cable outside the property and the internet completely cut off for 24hours now. After having called virgin to complain, they said they can send someone in 5 days time. When we need the internet to work from home. Such a stressful experience. We asked if we can cancel the contract, and change provider. But afcourse they said no. Useless company. Avoid at all costs. They are quick to take your monthly money, but do not give you the service you're promised.
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Posted 2 years ago
Truly appalling. After being a client for 8 years I recently moved into a building that isn’t wired for virgin media. The property manager denied them access to install the cable, so I’m now being slapped with a £200 early termination fee for something that is out of my control. I will never use their service again.
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Posted 2 years ago
Worst customer service experience ever! Spent two days trying to cancel service as they can’t install broadband in my new house until over a month. Been pushed between departments and hanged up on over and over. Virgin Media should not be allowed to operate in the uk!
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Posted 2 years ago
Not happy with VM it started off by them not actually giving me the deal I signed up for then they had endless amount of chances to simply provide me with a working broadband on a consistent basis but it seemed like every week they had some sort of an issue with there lines. You also could never speak to an advisor you get this Remi BOT automated system which is so annoying when you just want to talk to a human to resolve the consistent issues they have. I wish I had never joined and I’m so happy my service ends 2/12/22
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Posted 2 years ago
I wish I can give a Zero star to virgin media but unfortunately the lowest star is 1. If you intend joining a network and don't want your bills to keep increasing without being informed then please don't make the mistake of joing virgin media. They are set of liars and they lied to me in May 2019 that if I join there network I will pay £33 pounds for 18 month contract. After 4 month of being with virgin media, they increase there price to £59 pounds month, which wasn't what they initially told me. When I realised that they've increased there monthly bill, I had to end the contract, because I ended the contract they further bill me of £102.27, a bill that I never used and insisted that I have to pay, they began to send the debt collector to disturb me about the payment, they spoilt my credit rating as they reported the case to the credit authority and my credit has been affected by them. If you love your credit report, and don't want to keep on paying extra bills in comparison with what you initially agree, Don't join virgin media. Lastly, when I saw that they've gone a bit further to spoil my credit report, I contacted them to voice out my complain, one of there customer service Listened to my complain and confirmed that my bills have been written off via there online chat service, after 2 weeks of confirming that my bill have been written off, they came back to say that was not what they meant that I still have make payment of £102.27. I showed them the evidence that confirms that my bill has been written off, but they said written off means I will have to pay. I wonder how stupid this people are that they taught they are tricking a kid. In conclusion, if you love your credit score and don't want excessive bills after some certain month of joining a network, please Don't attempt joining virgin media they are liars looking for ways to extort customers.
Virgin Media 1 star review on 11th November 2022
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Posted 2 years ago
Was scammed by virgin. They sold me 1gb internet speed and 2 tivo tv box 6. They are now denying that i was offered that. The 14 days have passed. So they are forcing me to pay for a contract they scammed me into. Do not use virgin media. There are better services now. Look into community fibre.
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Posted 2 years ago
I live in a house share where an account was setup over 4 years ago by an ex-tenant that I have never met. Since one person (who I assumed had this changed when the old tenant originally left) had also left the house recently, I took over the responsibility to manage the internet. Naively, I asked for the account name and contact details to be updated. When I called to ask this, the lady on the phone just said 'okay I've switched off your internet - this should take effect within 48 hours' and then transferred me to sales. I was shocked that she didn't no listen or give the slightest bit of care to our situation. Bernadette from Sales set me up with a new contract, installation due for 5 days ahead, but she understood my issue. She checked with managers and actually called back (unlike other Customer Service reps) to say she had confirmation that she could get the old broadband switched on ASAP and there would in fact be one day where we are without internet. This would be fine, if it happened. 5 of us have had to undergo severe disciplinary procedures or have lost jobs because of the lies and incompetence of this company. I've called every day to get this rectified and it's now 3 days since we've had no internet and the customer service reps have been even more patronising and useless than ever. I've managed (after 2 hours on the phone, during a time that I need to be active at my employed place of work) Justin (employee no. C7799579) has ensured me that he's raising this with the 'Removers Team'. This sounds great and only happened after me having to push back on the normal procedure that he suggested of him sending a letter to the department with a response in 24 hours. After writing that last sentence it seems that the typical Virgin Media Customer Service practice of putting me in the general queue to pass me onto someone else (with absolutely no information passed on...like i'm a brand new caller). A new guy has answered and pretended he can't do what every other representative has done to me this morning and put me on hold whilst the manager gets back to me. I am back to square one and nobody in this organisation can help me. This is absolutely unacceptable and not what we are paying for. (I have now been moved to the automated voice options)
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Posted 2 years ago
Absolutely useless service ,no communication and treat the customer the worst I had received a payment overdue from them a few days ago and all of a sudden they cut my internet connection. I do have a direct debit with them every month which I am paying my monthly bill. had attached my bank statements to them by email and was expecting from them to fix my internet connection promptly and apologise for their mistake or compensate me for all this days that i have to pay from my pocket to have some internet at home but after 5 days nobody communicate with me ,when i try to call them the automatic answer machine says that my account is freezed and have to do the payment for them to be able to unfreeze it Literally i don't have words to express my frustration I will certainly discuss it with my solicitor and get another broadband that cares about their customers
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Posted 2 years ago
Great service and all problems sorted out when Matthew called. Thanks
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Posted 2 years ago
Since I got a new modem-router (Hub 5 I think), the quality of the WiFi is disastrous, and is the same feedback from friends, colleagues and online reviews. I asked Virgin to change my router with the old one that worked perfectly. A Virgin personal took my router but didn't have one for replacement, which is very disappointing. I called Virgin and spoke to a support personel, and because my contract was finished since a few months, they can't send me a replacement without renewing for a 18-month contract. So I don't have Internet and if I cancel my contract I have to pay 30-day notice, that is I have to accept to pay without enjoying the service. This is outrageous, over the years Virgin has become the worst broadband provider, they miss all that the client look for except taking your money.
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Posted 2 years ago
Faulty service (connection drops in between my work), and their support is awful. I am giving 1-star because there is no option to give 0-star! So disappointed - reaching them on a phone call is an hour of waiting, and they keep transferring from one to the other and each time you wait for long hours listening to their music!
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Posted 2 years ago
Never even managed to get it installed - totally incompetent customer service staff who lie, stall and divert to waste hours (lots) of your time and don't actually provide any sort of solution to the problems that they create. After having my installation cancelled several times within 12 hours of the scheduled time and booking 2 days holiday unnecessarily, I cancelled our install and opted to go for a company with a better reputation. No amount of effort I put in to ensure that they'd be able to install made a whisper of different, then they'd promise to send a dongle to use in the meantime - 5 different people in their customer service over 4 weeks told me they were sending a dongle - nobody sent a single thing and nobody once actively informed me of anything. Virgin media could offer the best internet in the world for free, and I still would never deal with them again - honestly the worst experience I've ever had with a company anywhere in the world. The funniest thing is they wouldn't even allow me to make a complaint as I didn't have a live contract yet - Virgin Media are an absolute joke!
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Posted 2 years ago
Virgin Media is the worst Interned provider. Also customer service is very bad. Net connection is poor. Very Rude people working in customer service section. Don't take this connection anyone you will be trouble.
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Posted 2 years ago
Would be zero if I could put it. Absolute worst service provider I have ever dealt with. Had it installed and the 20th September and have not had one week of straight service. Had a whole month of no TV service. My partner has had to miss multiple days of work due to no internet and working from home and it is putting his job at risk, not to mention the financial hit we've had to take for him not getting paid as he is not able to work. I would stay very clear because they have a different issue and excuse every week and 6 weeks in still have an outage every week that takes at least 24 hours for them to sort and 24 hours is on a good day. Absolute horrendous experience.
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Posted 2 years ago
If you value your own time and sanity you will avoid virgin at all costs. I cannot begin to explain the awful experience that I have had with them... The customer service is the worst I have seen. Something as simple as cancelling my services because I moved house ended up with a default on my credit score and lost me the sale of a property. That is a very simple overview of what happened, but I have wasted 6 months of my life trying to sort something so simple and you just get passed from team to team, because apparently none of them are the "Right team" to cancel a service. AVOID Update - after all of the above, they finally contacted me after I put a negative review and arranged to pick up their modem. They have failed to do so 4 times and now they have charged me and threatened my credit score. This was their response (Attached) You'll also see evidence of the tests and at the top I have clearly arranged collection, was there a collection? You bet not. Was there a text the day before like is says in the texts? Absolutely not.
Virgin Media 1 star review on 28th October 2022 Virgin Media 1 star review on 28th October 2022
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Posted 2 years ago
Upgraded our contract for fibre, another 18 months, oit of the blue thet charge us £50 odd cancelation fee, this was not explained, i complained and they have fobbed me iff with a polite " tough"
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Posted 2 years ago
Absolute joke of a company. Take your money and don't provide you with the service in return. Surely this needs to be investigated as not getting what you pay for is a scam. No point in making a complaint as they just Mark it as resolved without contacting you.
Virgin Media 1 star review on 23rd October 2022
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Posted 2 years ago
Virgin Media is rated 1.2 based on 2,351 reviews