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02-08-2024 06:50 AM
I upgraded to fibre on Weds. Engineer carried out the line switch no problems and said everything should be connected and working by tea time. Day 3 now and no internet/WiFi.
I've spoken to multiple teams/experts at Vodafone. It was a faulty cable so they sent a new one. It's not that. Router needed reconfiguring. They tried that and it's not that. Lost count of how many times they've asked me to hard reset the router and power off, unplug etc. It's not that.
I suggested could it be the router that was faulty as that's the only thing that hadn't been suggested. It was working perfectly before the switch but you never know. Guess what? I now have a faulty router so they've sent me a new one out to receive on Saturday. I'm not convinced it's going to resolve the issue as it hadn't been mentioned prior to me offering the question.
Just feel completely fobbed off and I really don't think they know what the issue is. For confirmation power, PON and LAN green lights on ONT are green and constant. LAN cable connected to WAN port. All lights on router other than internet which is flashing red.
I'm just going round in circles with them. They have said something about the order not being completed by the activations team. Not sure what that means. When I speak to the activation team they're just going through the same troubleshooting checks as the WiFi experts team.
Has anyone had a similar issue? Was it resolved? How was it resolved? Feel completely let down by Vodafone. Had absolutely no issues whatsoever with their broadband for the last 2 years and the minute I agree to upgrade to fibre it goes wrong and they can't give me a straight answer or resolution.
I'll also add that it's the middle of the school holidays, I'm supposed to be working from home but now have to go into work. Meaning I have to arrange childcare for my son who now can't use anything in the house to occupy him. Nightmare!
08-08-2024 02:17 PM
If it's any consolation, I was mean to go from a basic normal broadband from sky to Vodafone. Sky worked fine but transferred over to Vodafone on 2nd and it's not been activated yet.
Numerous phonecalls promises all broken, it's disgusting it really is.
08-08-2024 02:25 PM
Hi Johnny,
I feel your pain. I've just taken delivery of a new router which they should have sent to me last week. I'll give it a try when I get home. However there was nothing wrong with the last one before the switch to fibre.
They've told me about 5 different stories now as to why the internet hasn't been working for 9 days. Completely incompetent. If it isn't fixed by tomorrow lunchtime I'll cancel and go to another provider. I hope you have better luck than me and you're up and running soon.
08-08-2024 02:26 PM
Hey @johnnyc77 If you pop us a message through Social Media, we'll be more than happy to look into the issues with your activation 😊
08-08-2024 02:54 PM
Well they just gave me a number to call which is same as I've been speaking to, not sure why you said to contact social media when they won't do anything.
08-08-2024 03:19 PM
You just go back round to tech support. I've been doing it since last Wednesday. Only thing I can recommend is to log a complaint. However they only repeat what tech support say so it's an absolute joke.
I'm never using Vodafone for anything ever again after this experience. Never known anything as stressful. I've wasted hours getting absolutely nowhere
08-08-2024 09:56 PM
So day 9 now and I've still not had an internet connection since the fibre upgrade. A new router arrived today, got all that set up and guess what? Still no internet. Tech support have already done 3 hard resets on it 😂
At an absolute loss now and can't take another day of phone calls, web chats and being fobbed off with ridiculous excuses or fake solutions. New LAN cable, new router, router rebuild, router reconfiguration, faulty Openreach wires (which incidentally they never mentioned again), the list of 'fixes' they have given me is endless.
Cancelled and going with a different provider. And when my son's mobile contract is up that's going too.
I'm sure there are lots of people who've had a good experience with Vodafone but unfortunately mine has been atrocious and I'd advise any customers upgrading or switching to think again.