topic Re: Wi fi v ethernet in Broadband

Wi fi v ethernet

MickBowden — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:31:50 GMT

i swithed from Virgin to Sky for broadband last year.. With Virgin I had an ethernet connection but with sky it is Wifi. The wifi is stuggling a bit. Will Sky install an ethernet cable to the upstairs and back of the house like Virgin did. If so who to I contact at SKY?

Re: Wi fi v ethernet

GD1 — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:53:50 GMT

@MickBowden No thats not something Sky will do, if you already have an ethernet connection installed by Virgin Media why don't you use that.

Re: Wi fi v ethernet

TimmyBGood — Sat, 16 May 2026 09:24:33 GMT

@MickBowden

If it's actually ethernet then as @GD1 indicates it should be usable as it is.

However I believe Virgin historically installed coaxial cable internally, as they did on their external network.

Coaxial cable can potentially be used for ethernet transit but only by purchasing MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) adaptors.

Re: Wi fi v ethernet

cuke — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:21:23 GMT

I'm using these https://amzn.eu/d/0a1x2bsm for my internal network.

Re: Wi fi v ethernet

Doc5907 — Sat, 16 May 2026 12:57:39 GMT

@MickBowden wrote:
i swithed from Virgin to Sky for broadband last year.. With Virgin I had an ethernet connection but with sky it is Wifi. The wifi is stuggling a bit. Will Sky install an ethernet cable to the upstairs and back of the house like Virgin did. If so who to I contact at SKY?

@MickBowden You could possibly look for a local contractor to carry out the ethernet extension. In my case I actually did the work myself by laying This along three rooms , although admittedly i didn't have an upstairs to contend with.