Manchester
Home Networking

New broadband, old problem

The fibre arrived. The speed stopped at the router.

Your new plan may deliver exactly what it promises to the front door, while the room you use still hangs off a weak wireless link. The missing piece is often the last few metres to your desk, not the line into the house.

Book a free survey One room from £450
Hallway and staircase leading towards an upstairs room

Where to start

Find where the speed goes missing.

Compare one device in a few places. The gap tells you what needs fixing.

  1. Plugged straight into the router, it's still well under what you pay for.

    Take it up with your provider. The line or their router isn't delivering.

    Not us

  2. Your computer tops out around 940 Mbps, even on a lead.

    That's the ceiling of a gigabit network port, not your broadband. A faster adapter would lift it.

    Your kit

  3. Fast next to the router, a fraction of that in the office.

    The wifi between rooms is the bottleneck. A cable carries the speed the rest of the way.

    What we fix

The fairest comparison: run the same speed test on the same laptop, once by the router and once at your desk. Screenshot both and we'll go through them at the survey.

The job we do

Carry the speed to the room that needs it.

Fibre router Office Hallway Home office
Wifi: loses much of the speed between rooms Cable: takes it round the outside to the desk
  1. 1

    Free survey

    We check where the router sits, the route to the office, and the port on your computer.

  2. 2

    A fixed price in writing

    No router to buy and no contract to change. A room starts from £450.

  3. 3

    Normally a one-day job

    The cable goes round the outside with a socket at both ends. Plug in a desk, TV or console.

  4. 4

    Tested at the socket

    We check the new link where it ends before we leave.

From our first install, in Levenshulme

Network cable clipped along a mortar line on a brick wall, beside a black downpipe
Weatherproof cable, clipped neatly to the brickwork.
Cable running straight up a brick gable wall towards a loft room, a ladder at the top
A vertical run, for an office on a higher floor.
A white double network socket fixed to the wall just above the skirting board
The end point: a network socket where the laptop sits.

A cable can't make the broadband line faster, or lift the limit of your device. What it removes is the wifi between the router and your desk. We don't sell routers or broadband contracts.

Does your house fit?

The fibre got in. Can a cable get round?

  • Semi-detached

    Usually straightforward

  • Detached

    Usually straightforward

  • End terrace with side access

    Often straightforward

  • Mid terrace

    Front rooms only

Most semis and detached homes have a route. The survey is free and tells you for certain.

You're paying for the speed. Get it to your desk.

Send us the two locations, router and office, and we'll price the cable in writing. Rooms start from £450.

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