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10-10-2022 05:39 PM
Since Spring of 2022 i have received three letters, multiple calls including those from Bell indicating that my internet service will be cut off as of a certain date if I do not upgrade to Fiber. This would involve a Bell Tech spending 3-4 hours at my house.I have called virgin on this and have been told on 3 separate occasions by a real person that everything will continue to operate after the cut off date (I have their employee numbers). The first cut off came and went in August. There seems to be a flurry of activity (almost threats) just before each cut off using intimidating tactics to get you to upgrade. My next cut off is in October and once again the intimidation calls letters have started. Why is Virgin being so persistent in getting me to change/upgrade to fiber? What will happen if I do not upgrade...As I said i was told three times that nothing will happen even though your literature indicates differently.
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10-13-2022 09:13 AM
Hey there @ELF,
Welcome to the Community.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. We want to ensure our members are provisioned on the best available network in their area. We are replacing aging copper lines in your neighborhood with our fiber to the home network, upgrading you to a faster and more reliable network. There are no billing impacts for this technology change or the installation. The date you have received on your written notice is when your current Virgin Plus copper services will no longer be available. You need to move your Virgin Plus services to the fiber to the home network before this date in order to maintain your services.
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08-23-2023 11:04 AM
This is not true. Your price does change. My household is in the same circumstance - the internet is under my partners account. We were told we can keep our current pricing for at most one year and then go to the new, much, much higher pricing. We are in a high rise apartment building, and have been told horror stories by the superintendent about Bell Fibe Technicians just drilling holes wherever to make the easiest install. They have put out warnings to all tenants to watch the technicians and only allow the install through the current outlets. Technicians are claiming that the "tenant refused install", when the tenant insists on the install using current outlets. I also read a separate post that a condo owner wrote indicating that he told the technician to put the wiring in one location, only to return home and find the tech had drilled holes without permission to make it "easier on himself". So, this is not an isolated incident.
I went with Virgin because of the great customer service. When you were bought out by Bell, I stayed when I saw that they were letting the company run without a full integration into Bell Customer Service. Bell has terrible service. So, what to do now? The harassing calls continue, threatening to cut us off if we don't switch. Our landlord is telling us all not to switch due to the damage caused in multiple units by Bell Technicians drilling where they should not to make the install easier for them in a high rise building.
Please stop stating that there are no billing impacts. We are being told by Bell that this is only for a short while.
