Superfast Broadband Installation.

[Impret-Sir]

Hi,
I will soon be having an engineer call from Plus net to install the above. I assume he will want to fix the terminal through the wall on the ground floor, but my PC is situated upstairs in my 'office'. It is currently plugged into a normal phone socket in an upstairs room via a phone line extension lead. But how will it work with the new set-up, I cant move my PC downstairs!

[barry1010]

You can install either a WiFi card inside your pc or a WiFi dongle if your computer isn't WiFi enabled

[woodchopper]

or add an Ethernet socket upstairs.

[klazomaniac]

Tell him to install it on the wall where your office is. I did this with VM (no problems at no extra cost. It is the same as the guys fitting a supply to a 1st floor flat. They have ladders.

[bhg481]

I was in the same situation as the OP. My solution was a pair of powerline adapters - an ethernet cable from the router to oneplugged into a nearby socket and another ethernet cable plugged into the computer and the other adapter. There is a great variety of adapters available; different speeds and with/without mains passthrough if you have a shortage of electrical sockets. Another option is to fit a wi-fi card to your computer which is very simple to do.

[Hopkirk]

The engineer will probably be from Openreach. I suspect he will upgrade your current connection, but it will enter your house in the same way as before.

[Impret-Sir]

Thanks for all the answers folks! Currently my PC is situated in a back bedroom, connected to the phone socket in the front bedroom via a phone extension cable which I ran under the carpet. Will this phone lead carry the superfast broadband for that last little bit of the journey?

[bhg481]

When I went to fibre broadband the BT engineer disconnected all my extensions ie, only the master socket worked.

[cleggie]

If you are only changing your supplier then you should still be able to connect as you do now ir via telephone ext cable

[Togo]

I think that Inpret-Sir has decided to go down the wifi route, bhg & Cleggie. Good decision I feel.