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S M

1 reviews | Active since Aug 2016

09 Jan 2024, 09:17

Avoid Vox and Vumatel

I recently decided to switch to fibre with Vox and Vumatel from a mobile data provider. It took me two weeks just to get my line activated and in that process spent hundreds of Rands on the phone to Vox customer support. (Previous review here: https://www.hellopeter.com/vox-telecom/reviews/two-weeks-for-no-progress-on-a-fibre-activation-***)

Within two weeks of finally getting it activated, my fibre has gone down for no reason. My customer portal does not show any problem and neither Vox nor Vumatel show any outage. After waiting on the line for 20min I decided to try the WhatsApp support. The agent said it was a Vumatel problem and referred it to them. There is no way to contact Vumatel directly. And 24 hours later my fibre, which we need for work, is still down with no identified problem and no proposed solution.

Right now my plan is to cancel this as soon as possible and get a refund for the fibre I have paid for but not received.

Very bad experience: I have wasted a lot of time and money to get an unreliable service. I recommend avoiding both these companies if you can.

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Replies (4)
Vox Telecom
Vox Telecom's reply09 Jan 2024, 09:54
Official
Good day  S M 

 Thank you for your review.
 Kindly note that the fault logged 08/01/24 is still open on the reference  VOX***2 

 The Support team will follow up with the Network Provider , Vumatel on the progress of the fault and update you on the status.
 
 Regards
Vox

Best regards,

SM
S M's update09 Jan 2024, 10:26
Reviewer Update
That is not helpful to me.

Since you are unable to reliably provide a fibre connection, I would like to cancel my account and get a refund for the days you have not provided a service. I have already placed an order with a 5G provider because I need this for my work and cannot wait.
Vox Telecom
Vox Telecom's reply12 Jan 2024, 11:19
Official
Good day, S M
  
 Thank you for your patience while this matter was being investigated. 

We have received the request to cancel the services and the cancellation request has been actioned accordingly. 
Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Kind Regards, 
Vox 

Best regards,

SM
S M's update12 Jan 2024, 11:52
Reviewer Update
The cancellation request has been actioned, but you have invoiced me R1,100 to cancel a service that was not working.