Splitting a single VM connection

Nelson Santos · 9 Jul 2017 at 10:25

I am moving house and taking my virgin Media service with me. The property I am moving to only has one connection which comes through the front room (from the plastic box) into the dinning room. Is it possible to add a splitter in the front room so I can put my broadband there and leave the existing cable for the TiVo box? If so what type of splitter do I need?

Schizo · 9 Jul 2017 at 10:33

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/F-CONNECT...387206&hash=item4d120c87d6:g:MwAAAOxy015SKPMp

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20M-WHITE...122240&hash=item4cee6fed6b:g:AYsAAOSwcgNZAitK

Everything you need,its very easy to do as well.

bremen1874 · 10 Jul 2017 at 03:20

Why wouldn't you get Virgin out to sort it?

Not saying it's a difficult thing, but it's their cabling and equipment and they'll probably sort it nothing and make sure all of the power levels are correct at the same time.

Terrier_Jimlad · 10 Jul 2017 at 09:05

Don't buy the cheap splitter linked above, spend the extra quid and buy a Technetix, Tratec, or EcoLine one - you'll thank me later!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Technetix...681583?hash=item4b1ae3c3af:g:6yMAAOSwZKBZGIDZ

I've split VM in my place and a few other friends now to hook up some zgemma boxes

Duke · 10 Jul 2017 at 14:39

VM will do this for free for you.

Swifty55 · 10 Jul 2017 at 14:45

Duke said:
VM will do this for free for you.

You sure?

I thought they charged about £99 for an engineer to come out and move/lay cable.

bremen1874 · 10 Jul 2017 at 14:55

According to their website they'll charge £20 to come and sort it.

Duke · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:28

If the OP is moving house then he can get someone to come out and set up the kit, at which point ask them to run the cable to wherever he needs it.

Swifty55 · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:29

There you go. Use the moving house option.

Maybe the big charge is for current installations.

Duke · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:29

Yep if you want them to do stuff outside of them doing a normal install/repair then they would charge.

Avalon · 11 Jul 2017 at 11:21

You need to tell them and they will send someone out - I used to be involved in the movers centre process.

RoyMi6 · 12 Jul 2017 at 10:57

When I got virgin installed in my pad I had a single cable coming into the living room from the existing installation.

I made sure I was being suitably nice to the guy and he installed a booster, splitter and I helped him pull the extension for the modem up the wall into the attic, and down into a cupboard in the middle of the house.

Didn't charge a penny and my only excuse for getting it done was that I was worried about the range of the WiFi.

Of course, I promptly started running the hub in modem mode, added my own router and separate APs - but they didn't need to know that I just wanted a networking cabinet in the middle of the house rather than in the living room!

Avalon · 12 Jul 2017 at 16:03

RoyMi6 said:
When I got virgin installed in my pad I had a single cable coming into the living room from the existing installation.

I made sure I was being suitably nice to the guy and he installed a booster, splitter and I helped him pull the extension for the modem up the wall into the attic, and down into a cupboard in the middle of the house.

Didn't charge a penny and my only excuse for getting it done was that I was worried about the range of the WiFi.

Of course, I promptly started running the hub in modem mode, added my own router and separate APs - but they didn't need to know that I just wanted a networking cabinet in the middle of the house rather than in the living room!

Within *reason* they'll install it wherever you want - as long as floor boards are lifted and it won't over shoot the time available for the install. That said some jobs are booked as a one man when it needs to be two.