Discussion topic: Two broadbands one house?
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Message posted on 29 Jan 2025 10:24 PM
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Two broadbands one house?
Hi I wondered if anyone could answer my query, my home has two families living in the one property, sister and husband one side, in an extention and me, my son and mother in the other. My sister has bt broadband and then we run a cable through to our side and share the Internet cost. My question is whether I would be able to have sky broadband in my side and them still keep their bt on theirs. Is this possible?any thanks x
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Message posted on 29 Jan 2025 10:41 PM
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Re: Two broadbands one house?
Is the extension a full separate and registered property or just a unofficial devision?
Message posted on 30 Jan 2025 07:57 AM
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Re: Two broadbands one house?
@Eveesuk you can have two broadband services to the same property but it normally requires a second line. Most properties still using a copper phone line usually have a second unused cable pair that Openreach can normally use. If you are on full fibre it is normally possible to have a second service although the ONT needs replacing. So technically it can probably be done. At one point I had two services one for domestic use and a second for work.
For different reasons Sky wont allow two accounts at one street address so any second service would have to use a different ISP. Also if ordering make it clear that a new line is required and dont be too surprised if there is an installation cost.
65inch Sky Glass, 3 Sky Streaming Pucks, Sky Ultrafast + and Sky SR213(white Wifi Max hub) main Wifi from 3 TP-Link Deco M4 units in access point mode
Message posted on 30 Jan 2025 08:21 AM
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Re: Two broadbands one house?
And when ordering you must be very clear that this is a second line with an additional broadband service and not a 'switch', because by default the original provision would cease.
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Message posted on 30 Jan 2025 10:48 AM
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Re: Two broadbands one house?
@Eveesuk wrote:Hi I wondered if anyone could answer my query, my home has two families living in the one property, sister and husband one side, in an extention and me, my son and mother in the other. My sister has bt broadband and then we run a cable through to our side and share the Internet cost. My question is whether I would be able to have sky broadband in my side and them still keep their bt on theirs. Is this possible?any thanks x
Yes I have one 150Mbps fibre connection to our property with Sky and another with Quickline which is 1Gbps. The deal with Quickline is free until our Sky contract ends, which is September 2026.
Thus have retained the Sky Hub only so we still use Sky Talk, with it's WiFi turned off, so we can use the WiFi 6 of the Quickline one, but will install my own tri-band router when I get around to it.
Message posted on 30 Jan 2025 11:20 AM
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Re: Two broadbands one house?
@Eveesuk wrote:Hi I wondered if anyone could answer my query, my home has two families living in the one property, sister and husband one side, in an extention and me, my son and mother in the other. My sister has bt broadband and then we run a cable through to our side and share the Internet cost. My question is whether I would be able to have sky broadband in my side and them still keep their bt on theirs. Is this possible?any thanks x
Possible, yes. I have BT FTTP and City Fibre FTTP into the property. I echo the other advice you've been given.
Message posted on 01 Feb 2025 08:23 AM
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Re: Two broadbands one house?
Thank you everyone for your replies much appreciated x
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