Well what I have done here is to use their router as a simple modem and put
a network cable through to where I want the router and as these seem pretty
cheap run it there. This has the added bonus for me is that all the desktop
machines are hard wired and only the portable stuff needs the wifi.
In my view these hubs they all bundle seem to be their own worst enemies
having antennas inside the case and no aerial socket.
I have however been through several power supplies for their hub as these
seemingly do fail quite often.
I'm assuming you still have to take their phone though I'm not sure. I have
it, but the costs seem similar to BT, although the call anytime is quite
good if still marketed. Its not cheap though, no matter what they start it
as, just like the other companies they give you free speed increases then
after a few months oh look the price has gone up!
Brian

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I'm just about at the end of my tether with BT internet. It's not so much
the speed but the way it drops out for a few seconds to minutes every half
hour or so. Of course they deny there's any kind of problem.
It seems to me that this is a problem with the antique copper
infrastructure, so the solution would be to go to fibre.
The street is already cabled, so Virgin seems a good bet. (BT infinity
isn't available, despite being in the city and within sight of the nearest
exchange!)

It's a big-ish house but the current BT Hub gives fair wifi coverage of
the whole place from the first floor landing. It would, however, be a
PITA to run the cable through the external wall directly to there, so I
suspect they wouldn't be keen. It may be that their router would give a
stronger signal, though, and could be used from the ground floor.

I'd rather not have a VM contractor running cable around the inside of the
house as he'd probably make a pig's ear of the place (yes, I know from
Adam's posts that the professional term is a 'cow's ****' but I'm not
electrically qualified), so I'd rather do any significant internal cabling
myself.

The question is, would there be a down-side to taking the cable into an
easy ground floor location, seeing whether it works OK and, if not,
extending myself to the first floor?

I'm assuming (from what I can glean online) that distribution is via
co-ax. I have a drum of RG6 already - Is that OK or should I source
something different if I have to do this? Clearly, this presents some
issues as it's not the most flexible stuff going.

Finally, is there any problem with running this alongside power cables, as
would be the case for networking?

Cheers chaps