I’ve upgraded to full fibre broadband but my WiFi speed is only 80mbs

[Flyry41]

Hi my newly upgraded full

fibre broadband is only giving me 80mbs through my WiFi?

when I upgraded they never offered me the new booster I only have the old ones...

[Chrisee]

@Flyry41 increasing broadband speed does not increase WiFi speeds as those are often limited by the layout and type of construction of your home. Providing a new router and extenders is not magically change those limitations. 

You can optimise your current set up by ensuring the hub is as central in your home as possible and on a surface out in the open so signals are not blocked by obstructions like radiators. If required you can use a longer ethernet cable than Sky supplied to link the hub to the ONT.  Boosters need careful placement and should be roughly halfway between the hub and where you need the boosted signal. Place them too far away from the hub they can make speeds worse.

Sky can sell you a bundle called WiFi Max which gets you a new potentially faster hub and up to 3 extenders BUT it isnt magically going to give you fast WiFi in every room as the same issues with layout and type of construction apply. If you have Sky Q boxes I would advise not buying thst  package as the old TV boxes use an imcompatable mesh system. See https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-wifi-max

[TomThumb5ive]

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@Chrisee wrote:

@Flyry41 increasing broadband speed does not increase WiFi speeds as those are often limited by the layout and type of construction of your home. Providing a new router and extenders is not magically change those limitations. 

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Not quite correct,  I'm sure @Chrisee ment to say.

The increase in broadband speed dose not guarantee increased WiFi speeds.

Any speed increase to your router should give you faster speeds over Ethernet, so long at the client device supports it.

WiFi on the other hand is less predictable.

So the actual increase you will see on wireless devices will vary greatly.

Tom...