topic Re: Free WiFi booster in Broadband

Free WiFi booster

David100611 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:52:33 GMT

Rang Sky today after riding about everyone getting free WiFi. Only to be told I'd have to go into a new contract in order to get one and pay extra per month for 18 months. That's ridiculous when the broadband is rubbish upstairs, I'm already on a supposedly good broadband with sky, you'd think it should range to all rooms in the house. Why am I being told to pay for one?

Re: Free WiFi booster

TimmyBGood — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:59:25 GMT

@David100611 wrote:

Why am I being told to pay for one?

Because that's the business model which most ISPs use.

Sky loans wireless booster hardware 'free' under the terms of the 'WiFi Guarantee' element of 'Broadband Boost' and the 'Enhanced Wall to Wall WiFi Guarantee' part of the 'WiFi Max' subscription supplement: they don't otherwise provide or sell them except to resolve issues with Sky Q. Inevitably some have leaked onto a certain auction site, but Sky won't offer support with using these.

Confusingly the 'Wall to Wall WiFi Guarantee' doesn't actually provide booster hardware, and is essentially a sales lead generator for the supplements mentioned above.

Re: Free WiFi booster

David100611 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:41:04 GMT

Gonna have to buy one then. Not giving sky anymore money. Thansk for the reply though 🙂

Re: Free WiFi booster

Scouserclay — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 09:26:07 GMT

I need a free WiFi booster as signal is terrible upstairs

Re: Free WiFi booster

Chrisee — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 09:54:04 GMT

@Scouserclay have you read the post marked as the answer in this thread?

Re: Free WiFi booster

GT6 — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:52:10 GMT

I've fallen for this Sky scam too. Before Sky conned me into getting their latest router, everything was fine. Now it's awful. My recommendation is now to avoid Sky broadband like the plague. Sky have deteriorated are genuinely a hopeless broadband provider with hard to reach customer service.

Re: Free WiFi booster

wxox — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:04:59 GMT

Oh; youll live. It's not a scam, nor a con, sky just work a little differently, at least it's not Virgin, £200 for something I can get for £50 at sky

Re: Free WiFi booster

leitchyleck — Thu, 15 May 2025 16:31:53 GMT

thx for all replies, working non stop for last hour. i restarted router/skybox & minibox, took in washing!

the booster is outside window but dk if its benifitting or not, will switch off when finished for night see if any changes.

Re: Free WiFi booster

Gillmackellar1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:26:58 GMT

Please send a free booster

Re: Free WiFi booster

Gillmackellar1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:30:40 GMT

When will this arrive

Re: Free WiFi booster

JimM1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:49:37 GMT

@Gillmackellar1 Never, it does not work like that and posting on this user Forum you are not talking to sky. See all the details below about Sky Max.

getting sky max and how to get the pod's
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-wifi-max
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-wifi-booster-what-do-you-need-help-with
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/enhanced-wall-to-wall-wifi-guarantee

Re: Free WiFi booster

caesarome — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:52:53 GMT

@Gillmackellar1

It will not arrive until you phone Sky as we are customers here so can't send you anything.

Re: Free WiFi booster

Codiad69 — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:48:03 GMT

I'm getting the same issue, I'm on the best WiFi with sky , yet it's struggles

Re: Free WiFi booster

JimM1 — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:00:49 GMT

@Codiad69 Then call sky and arrange the sky Max extender!