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UK’s Virgin Media fined $28m for hanging up on people calling to cancel

Rob Beschizza
Jul 08, 2026
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The caller is upset

Virgin Media was fined $28m by telecom regulators in the U.K. over its tactics to prevent customers canceling their service. The method was not especially sophisticated: its agents would simply hang up on customers or put them on hold until they hung up themselves.

Ofcom’s investigation began after it received complaints about the comp…

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