Broadband ISP Pine Media Launch Mesh WiFi Solution for Homes

UK ISP Pine Media, which is rolling out its own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in South Yorkshire (Sheffield) and rural Derbyshire (they also sell products over Openreach’s rival network), has launched a new Mesh WiFi solution for customers via a partnership with Plume.

Sadly, we haven’t had a solid update on Pine Media’s full fibre rollout in a long time and our hails have all gone unanswered, although we believe that they did more or less achieve their original target of covering around 50,000 premises.

The good news is that customers of the service can now optionally take their ‘Full House Wi-Fi Guarantee‘ for £12 per month, which pledges to “guarantee whole-home [Wi-Fi] coverage or £100 back” (this comes with two Superpods / repeaters).

The service allows them to “guarantee WiFi coverage in every room“, albeit only with “speeds of at least 10Mb” – the network will usually be faster, but that’s the minimum level for the guarantee.

Pine Media Statement

“Plume ‘Full House’ Guarantee includes two Superpods. A futher two additional Superpods may be requested if WiFi signal does not reach all rooms. The guarantee only covers your main dwelling, not outbuildings, gardens or sheds. If a signal still does not reach all rooms we will credit your account with £100.”

You could of course just buy your own third-party Mesh system and probably save money, but you’d lose the benefit of ISP provided support and the guarantee. Customers of the GIG broadband plans typically pay from £21.99 per month for a 40Mbps (10Mbps upload) tier on a 12-month term with free activation, which rises to £40 for their top 900Mbps (symmetric speed) service.