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Gaming

Fast downloads. A lag spike when it matters.

A speed test can look fine while the link to an upstairs PC or console keeps pausing. Online games punish those short interruptions instantly, and a faster broadband package does nothing for the hop between the router and the bedroom.

Book a free survey One room from £450
Teenager focused on a game at a desk in a football themed bedroom

Where to start

Is the spike coming from inside your house?

Lag has more than one cause. Work out which one you've got before spending money on it.

  1. It still lags on a lead plugged straight into the router.

    The problem is further out: the game server, your provider, or a busy line at peak times.

    Not us

  2. One machine stutters wherever you take it.

    Check that console or PC: its network settings, drivers, or a download running in the background.

    Not us

  3. Downstairs it plays smoothly. In the bedroom, the spikes return.

    The wifi between router and room is dropping packets. A cable takes it out of the path.

    What we fix

Try it for one evening: run a long Ethernet lead from the router to the console, if you can do it safely. If the spikes vanish, a permanent cable is worth having. If they don't, tell us before you book.

The job we do

Ethernet at the gaming desk, without chasing walls.

Router Gaming PC Living room Bedroom
Wifi: bounced through the house, prone to spikes Cable: round the outside, the same path every time
  1. 1

    Free survey

    We look at the outside route, the router, and where the console or PC sits.

  2. 2

    A fixed price in writing

    No surprises on the day. A single room costs from £450.

  3. 3

    Fitted in about a day

    No carpets up and nothing to redecorate. The cable stays outdoors until it reaches the bedroom.

  4. 4

    Tested in the room

    We check the new socket before we leave, so you know the link itself is sound.

From our first install, in Levenshulme

Network cable clipped along a mortar line on a brick wall, beside a black downpipe
Run along the brickwork, not under your floorboards.
Cable running straight up a brick gable wall towards a loft room, a ladder at the top
Up the outside wall, clear of the rooms below.
A white double network socket fixed to the wall just above the skirting board
Inside the bedroom: the socket the console plugs into.

A wired run removes the wireless link in your house. It does not promise a particular ping, fix a distant server or remove every cause of lag.

Does your house fit?

Check the house before the hardware.

  • Semi-detached

    Usually straightforward

  • Detached

    Usually straightforward

  • End terrace with side access

    Often straightforward

  • Mid terrace

    Front rooms only

A gaming room at the back needs a way round. One at the front of a mid terrace can go straight up the front wall. The free survey tells you which, and you're welcome to hear no.

Where's the router, and where do you play?

We'll check the route to the room and price one cable. Rooms start from £450, and the quote is fixed before anything is drilled.

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