Hello,
Based in the UK if that helps.
In an attempt to keep this short here is a summary of my current living situation having recently separated from my wife of 12 years (although I'm only 32, I am a boomer when it comes to networking, so please explain things in layman's terms!) Playing video games online with friends is my only real escape and distraction, but I'm unable to do that currently due to the following circumstances.
I have moved into a one bedroom annex (best I can afford whilst getting back on my feet). The annex is attached to a main house (my new landlords). It does not have it's own recognised address. I share their internet via WiFi using a TP Link extender, but the connection is very unreliable once they return home, with constant high spikes in ping making playing online video games impossible. Due to the very rural location, broadband comparison websites only offer a maximum of 60mb/s download speeds. I think this would be fine - but only if I am the only person using it, which is evidential as mentioned, because when they return home suddenly I'm unable to play online.
I'm not prepared to start asking them to look into changing providers, or feeding a long ethernet through their house and into mine - I'm trying to stay low key and ignorable.
I have looked into Starlink as an option as I previously used this at my workplace, which seemed to work fine for my gaming needs. However, that's an initial investment of around £450 just to get set up, with the equipment cost, congestion charge for my area and mounting options. My budget is limited during this time of transition, not to mention the monthly cost of £75 which is more than double any broadband provider.
Starlink is still an option, however I spotted something this morning that peaked my interest. Please take a look at the below image of a wall socket in my annex which I believe is a phone line?
My question is, would it be possible for me to contact one of the broadband providers for my area (BT, TalkTalk, Vodafone or Sky) and have my own broadband connection in the annex via this socket? As the annex does not have it's own recognised address, would doing this affect my Landlord's current provider and broadband connection? Or would it simply not work because this likely isn't the master socket.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, even if it's urging me to just bite the bullet and go for Starlink as the best option. Thank you!
EDIT: The mobile signal is also very bad in the area. I would struggle to watch a Youtube video on my phone using my mobile data.
Based in the UK if that helps.
In an attempt to keep this short here is a summary of my current living situation having recently separated from my wife of 12 years (although I'm only 32, I am a boomer when it comes to networking, so please explain things in layman's terms!) Playing video games online with friends is my only real escape and distraction, but I'm unable to do that currently due to the following circumstances.
I have moved into a one bedroom annex (best I can afford whilst getting back on my feet). The annex is attached to a main house (my new landlords). It does not have it's own recognised address. I share their internet via WiFi using a TP Link extender, but the connection is very unreliable once they return home, with constant high spikes in ping making playing online video games impossible. Due to the very rural location, broadband comparison websites only offer a maximum of 60mb/s download speeds. I think this would be fine - but only if I am the only person using it, which is evidential as mentioned, because when they return home suddenly I'm unable to play online.
I'm not prepared to start asking them to look into changing providers, or feeding a long ethernet through their house and into mine - I'm trying to stay low key and ignorable.
I have looked into Starlink as an option as I previously used this at my workplace, which seemed to work fine for my gaming needs. However, that's an initial investment of around £450 just to get set up, with the equipment cost, congestion charge for my area and mounting options. My budget is limited during this time of transition, not to mention the monthly cost of £75 which is more than double any broadband provider.
Starlink is still an option, however I spotted something this morning that peaked my interest. Please take a look at the below image of a wall socket in my annex which I believe is a phone line?
My question is, would it be possible for me to contact one of the broadband providers for my area (BT, TalkTalk, Vodafone or Sky) and have my own broadband connection in the annex via this socket? As the annex does not have it's own recognised address, would doing this affect my Landlord's current provider and broadband connection? Or would it simply not work because this likely isn't the master socket.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, even if it's urging me to just bite the bullet and go for Starlink as the best option. Thank you!
EDIT: The mobile signal is also very bad in the area. I would struggle to watch a Youtube video on my phone using my mobile data.
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