17 May 2024 05:42 PM
I've recently signed up for Sky Max. Apparently I'm entitled to / can get hold of up to 3 Sky Max Pods to boost the wifi signal. I chose this deliberately as we live in an old house with thick walls, and it's hard to get a good wifi signal. Now I've actually signed up, it seems to be impossible to talk to a human being at sky and ask about this . . . and it was the whole reason I chose to go with Sky in the first place. Can anyone point me in teh right direction? Thanks.
17 May 2024 05:55 PM - last edited: 17 May 2024 06:19 PM
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You'll need to persist with calling to go through a telephone script and receive the first puck. The terms of the 'Enhanced Wall to Wall WiFi Guarantee' then say Sky can insist on a 'wireless engineer visit' to install up to two more.
It's perhaps worth noting the cleverest WiFi can't negate the simple physics of thick walls though: Powerline may well be much more appropriate, and the pods don't use that
The 'guarantee' isn't actually of wireless coverage: it guarantees a small refund if coverage isn't achieved.
17 May 2024 06:36 PM
Thanks for the quick response. I can't actually get as far as calling them because all I can access is unhelpful help articles and the almost useless Sky Chatbot (which keeps redirecting me to the unhelpful help articles). I am assuming someone, somewhere, has a number I can call which will connect me to a human operative at Sky, with whom I can then discuss this. I'm not expecting miracles, but I understood that my Sky router was a bit beefier / smarter than comparable offerings, and that the pods were pretty good at ensuring reasonably seamless extended coverage (better than my elderly Vodafone router and grab-bag of ancient extenders). I thought I'd let Sky do the heavy lifting, as I'm paying for the privilege. I'd at least like to try, and see if it's better than what I have.
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