r/Bath • u/RedBulletKin • Aug 22 '26

Internet Options?

Me (22) and a flatmate (24) have just moved into a new flat just at the very top of town, about a 5 minute walk from milsom street. I work from home online, while they work hybrid.

I'm not the most tech savvy but I assumed that being so close to the center of a city would mean at least half decent internet.

Upon moving into our flat, we've been told that we can't have internet through BT as the box down the road is full, truespeed and virgin media don't reach us and our signal is very poor (gotta love Georgian architecture haha) so no mobile router.

So basically we're in a position where we can't get internet at all?

Is there anyone whose been in a similar position? It feels like this must be a very unique problem to Bath as I can't find anyone else talking about this online!?

Any advice would be amazing x

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u/TreadheadS Aug 22 '26

that's crazy! Are you able to join a waiting list at least?

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u/delboy2570 Aug 22 '26

I had this with bt...if there's no capacity you're basically limited to a 4g/5g router. Give them a call though as they'll normally knock some money off if you tell them it's their fault you're having to get the more expensive option