topic Re: Moving to Sky Broadband in Broadband

Moving to Sky Broadband

Greytopp — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:02:46 GMT

My contract is up next month and I have got a good deal with Sky. Plusnet are not a bad company but the WiFi speeds have always been disappointing. Anyone here had any experience with Sky Broadband, if so please let me know your thoughts, good or bad.

Re: Moving to Sky Broadband

outcast — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:31:14 GMT

Alternately you could just buy a decent Wireless Access Point, with WiFi specifications that match the devices you're using, and plug it in to your Plusnet router, and then switch off the WiFi of the Plusnet Hub.

Using your own Wireless Access Points, means that you are in control of the WiFi quality in your home, and independent from the limitations of ISP supplied equipment.

Re: Moving to Sky Broadband

Townman — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:49:40 GMT

@Greytopp wrote:
Plusnet are not a bad company but the WiFi speeds have always been disappointing.

Are you sure that it is and you mean "WiFi" speed, as opposed to "broadband" speed? Many people talk of "WiFi" speed when they really mean their "broadband" speed.

If your issue really is the speed of WiFi connections (LAN connected devices are fine) then the advice offered by @outcast will help address that concern. Note that there is no assurance that Sky's WiFi will be any better using their similarly basic router.

However, if the real issue here is broadband speed, then you are not likely to see much, if any, difference. There is something of a con passed around that different ISPs might be faster than another ISP. For the same product offer, they are all delivered over the same BT Wholesale / BT Openreach infrastructure. Changing ISPs does not change the delivery to the property, which is the essential factor in the speed you get.

It is akin to changing who you pay for your gas - it comes through the same pipe and it is the same gas. It smells the same and it burns the same.