Long time Virgin customer here. I just signed up to the Gig1 + Landline package finally getting rid of the unwanted tv pack. The new Hub 5 box arrived on time and everything connected well at the first attempt.
While packaging the Tivo box for the returns driver I found the unused cable which had been sent with a previous contract iirc. This is a dual broadband and TV signal cable approx 2mtr long with a rectangular box 2" x 1" on one end and a male socket which connects to the wall with a blue and yellow push socket for connecting to the tv and router. There is also and thinner cable in a loop clipped onto the outside of the little box with an rjb45 network I think connection at each end. It was no good to us at the time as the Tivo and TV were downstairs while the Virgin Hub 3.0 router was upstairs in my office and I just used the previous wiring set up to connect the Tivo box.
As I have often thought of moving the router to a better position in the room but have been held up in this as the broadband wire was at full stretch where it was. As an experiment I coupled the broadband section of the cable between the existing cable and the router giving me approx 6' of play to move the router where I wanted it, This worked fine but I disconnected it all again as firstly the unused TV cable and the rjb45 loop were pretty untidy and I was also worried whether it was okay in the long term. My question is, is it okay to use it as an extension in this way and if so would it make any difference whether I just used the broadband wire from the box and clipped the rest away?.
