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shk292

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#167366 11-Mar-2015 10:50
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I recently switched from VF VDSL to Slingshot VDSL - was meant to be UFB but still waiting for consents etc.  VF rather abruptly said they were terminating my VDSL, I managed to get this extended by a few days until Slingshot were ready to connect (7 Mar).
Now I have received a bill from VF, and it includes a charge for VDSL for this month (not the whole month, but seems more than pro-rata for 7 days).  Also there is an ongoing charge for additional mailboxes - I do use these, but assumed they would be terminated along with all the other services.
Has anyone else encountered thsi ongoing charging?
And, how do I stop it - apart from the obvious, spend an hour on hold?  My login to VF no longer works so I can't see what wervices I'm meant to have

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shk292

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  #1273848 30-Mar-2015 22:52
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Well, just closing this one off.  I phoned the VF residential line again tonight and after the usual wait explained myself clearly but politely to the CSR.  All the charges except those for the phone calls I made in Feb have been refunded (or at least, I have been told they will be).  And, I have insisted on being sent an email confirming this.  So, whether or not it is policy to charge a 30-day 'overlap' of services when a customer moves, VF have now put this right in my case so credit to them.

Moral of the story - don't try to switch ISP as you switch from DSL to UFB.  The reason I ran into this problem was that it's impossible to predict a UFB start date, especially when a RoW is involved.  In this case, Slingshot told VF I was moving to UFB at the end of Feb, VF terminated my connection, but I am still waiting for a neighbour's consent.  In the meantime, Slingshot have provisioned me with VDSL.  What I should have done is port my VDSL service across to SS, then applied for an upgrade to UFB

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