topic Re: Wifi speed fiber question in Broadband

Wifi speed fiber question

Brianbletchley — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:11:29 GMT

How can I check if my line can handle sky fiber and if I will need an engineering to come out ?? Also when or if I upgrade my broadband will that boost my WiFi as I have black spots at the moment?

Re: Wifi speed fiber question

TimmyBGood — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:18:27 GMT

@Brianbletchley wrote:
How can I check if my line can handle sky fiber and if I will need an engineering to come out ??
An existing copper line by definition cannot 'handle' FTTP at all.
Also when or if I upgrade my broadband will that boost my WiFi as I have black spots at the moment?
Only if the WiFi Max subscription supplement is added to the account.

If it's in the UK, putting the address into the BT Wholesale Availability Checker should indicate which broadband provisioning type is applicable.

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL/AddressHome

It's the table and the two text lines below it which are most useful.

Remove any personal information (such as the address itself) if you post an image.

Re: Wifi speed fiber question

JimM1 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:23:06 GMT

@Brianbletchley You can also use the sky checker below in case you happen to be in a CF CityFibre area.

https://www.sky.com/broadband/full-fibre-broadband