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jenkelly's avatar
jenkelly
Joining in
5 months ago

Having Issues with my WiFi connection

Hi, did you manage to get a hub 5?

I also have 1 gig broadband and have hub 4, the bed room is about 7 meters away from the hub and I can’t get a signal. 
I live in a new build flat so not thick walls, surly I should be getting a signal being not that far from the hub?  
how do I go about getting the new hub 5?

apparently the signal is much better?

either that or I will just cancel and head over to sky. 

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  • jbrennand's avatar
    jbrennand
    Very Insightful Person

    Its not just about wall thickness.  E.g....If they are made of Victorian red bricks - then these are very "iron rich" and make a good Faraday cage to attenuate wifi signals - as do modern thin plasterboard walls lined with aluminium backed insulation !

    If those (or something else) is affecting your signal, then a Hub5 wont help.  You need to improve the wifi signal in the property. 

    Do you qualify for free VM "Wifi Pods" - if so - get one and try it first.

  • Hi jenkelly

    Welcome back to the Community Forums.

    I'm sorry to hear you're having some issues with your WiFi connection.

    Whilst your WiFi connection from our end looks OK, I can see that your downstream power levels are out of spec, which will be causing connectivity and speed issues. I'll need to book in a home engineer visit for you so this issue can be fixed 😊

    I've sent you a private message so I can arrange this with you.