1 reviews | Active since Nov 2016

21 Jan 2021, 12:42

3 weeks no fibre

I honestly don’t know if the issue is Vodacom or Webafrica but neither of them are either the slightest bit helpful. I requested the wifi change in mid December (I relocated) to be activated on 2 January. I was not notified that a new box needed to be installed as my apartment already has a fibre box but apparently it needed a different one. I was only told about this last week (13 January), almost 2 weeks after I was expecting to have my wifi activated. They stated that they would come on Tuesday (19 January) but due to a mess up either with Vodacom or Webafrica they thought I was located in Durban instead of Cape Town. After over 3 hours trying to contact either one of them they set up for it to be installed today (21 December). From what was said on the website it seemed like all I needed to do was take my router with me, plug it in and I’d be good to go. I have literally been waiting 3 WEEKS to get my fibre up and running. At this rate it would have been easier and more efficient to just change providers. I’m so frustrated up by this entire process and lack of communication. I’ve spent an exorbitant amount of money on data and airtime because of this (both to use in place of the fibre and to try get hold of them!!). It is actually ridiculous. It’s 19 days after I expected my wifi to be working and I still have absolutely nothing.

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Vodacom
Vodacom's reply21 Jan 2021, 13:54
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Dear Customer, Thank you for making us aware of your complaint. Kindly be advised that a consultant will make contact with you in due course to assist with your query. ***Please note*** Beware of phishing ****s. Vodacom will not contact you via Whatsapp to request your personal details Regards, Vodacom Consumer Website Team 
's update22 Jan 2021, 16:07
Reviewer Update
Update: no one has contacted me regarding this issue. I have everything I need for my wifi to be working. Even contacted Webafrica to activate it but alas, still no wifi!!!!!! Worst part is that the account is reflecting as active which means I’m being billed from today even though nothing is working. Once again I can’t get hold of anyone to rectify this.
's update23 Jan 2021, 06:47
Reviewer Update
Update: it gets worse... no one has contacted me. I spent 4 hours yesterday trying to get someone to configure my router so that I can actually have wifi, no help was given. On top of that, I wake up this morning to an sms that my account was debited for this service. Firstly, as far as I know I should get debited the month after having the service, not the day of, secondly, it’s the 22nd of January, I needed this money to survive the rest of the month. Thirdly, my wifi still isn’t working!!!! To be completely honest, I’d just like someone to contact me so that I can cancel this service and get a refund because this is actually ridiculous
's update25 Jan 2021, 14:16
Reviewer Update
Despite the above comment, my query has still not been resolved! All i got was a courtesy call stating that they’ve seen my complaint. No resolve was given, I was basically told that I need to sort it out with the fibre department