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Em J

1 reviews | Active since Aug 2013

10 Jun 2026, 14:38

Prolonged Outage, Contradictory Information, and Poor Support

I am writing to formally log a complaint regarding my current internet outage, which began on Sunday morning, and the unacceptable level of service I have received from Vox. According to Vumatel, the area upgrades were completed yesterday, and I received an SMS instructing me to contact my ISP for reconnection. However, when I called Vox this morning, a Senior Agent named Darren completely contradicted this. I was advised of the following: • I must disregard Vumatel’s SMS as Vox’s schedule shows the upgrades only conclude on 22 June. • I need to make alternative internet arrangements, as I might be without service until the end of the month. • Vox has no timeline for when my ONT box will be replaced, stating I must wait for Vumatel to contact me directly. • When I asked for a direct contact number for Vumatel to resolve this myself, I was told to "Google it." • I was told to contact billing regarding my July payment, despite querying why I should pay for a full month of non-existent service. The bottom line is that my internet is down indefinitely with zero advance warning. Vox is entirely out of the loop regarding Vumatel's activities, yet displays a complete lack of accountability or care for the customer. I expect a prompt update on the actual status of my line, immediate coordination between Vox and Vumatel to resolve the ONT replacement, and a formal credit to my account for this downtime.

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Replies (4)
Vox Telecom
Vox Telecom's reply10 Jun 2026, 14:47
Official
Good day, Em Jay
 
 Thank you for your review.
 
 Kindly note that the details of your query has been sent to the Support team to investigate and assist.
 
 Outage notification  sent:
VOX***7    Vuma Gpon CHG-***    Some customers connecting via Vumatel Fibre may experience no connectivity during the maintenance window    Please note that Vumatel engineers will be conducting maintenance from 09:00 on 08/06/2026 to 17:00 on 17/06/2026    P3    Gauteng    Johannesburg - Randburg - Ferndale    Yes    08/06/2026 09:00:00    17/06/2026 17:00:00    
37 Hours & 0 Minutes    In Progress

We will provide feedback to  you soonest. 
 
 Kind Regards, 
 Vox 
EJ
Em J's update10 Jun 2026, 14:53
Reviewer Update
You resending the notification doesn't address the issue at hand. You have no idea what Vuma is up to hence you don't have answers for me.
Vox Telecom
Vox Telecom's reply10 Jun 2026, 15:58
Official
Good day, Em Jay

Your service is currently impacted by Change Control CHG-***.
Change Details
  • FNO Vuma is migrating the existing Zhone ONT to a Huawei ONT at both the POP and the customer premises.
  • Start Date: 08 June 2026
  • End Date: 17 June 2026
The fault has been escalated to the FNO SDM Vuma , your connection went down at 07:46:09 on 08 June 2026.

Your link has not yet been migrated as yet 
  • We requested Vumatel to reach out to you to confirm when the ONT will be migrated 
  • FNO SDM has been contacted to arrange for a Vuma tech to attend urgently 
  • Neeresh has called you to advise the latest update and  informed you of the Change control

Our support team will keep you updated.
Regards Vox

Vox Telecom
Vox Telecom's reply11 Jun 2026, 15:19
Official
Good day, Em Jay
 
 Thank you for your patience while this matter was being investigated.
 
 Kindly note that we have received confirmation that the connectivity issues were resolved after the Network Provider , Vumatel attended and replaced the ONT.
 Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. 
 
 Kind Regards, 
 Vox