Wired WiFi: the solution for maximum internet connection throughout your home

This is why players in the electrical industry are mobilizing and launching "wired WiFi," the solution for providing maximum internet connection throughout the home and taking full advantage of your fiber subscription for all household uses. Easy to install, adaptable, and universal, this installation is designed to provide a lasting solution to home connection needs.

Persistent connection difficulties despite the widespread use of fiber

While 75% of internet subscriptions are now fiber optic[2], 45% of people in employment or studies say they are hampered by their internet connection when teleworking or studying[3].

In a context of increasing uses in housing - development of teleworking, telemedicine, distance learning, online video games, connected TV, streaming, home automation, connected IRVE... - a good connection has become crucial.

With only one internet box distributing internet via Wi-Fi, the internet signal degrades significantly as it moves away from the box, due to distance, the presence of obstacles, or in the event of simultaneous use. Residents of the home find themselves penalized and cannot fully benefit from their fiber subscription.

Wired WiFi, maximum connection everywhere and for everyone, easy to install and long-lasting

By broadcasting a WiFi signal via Ethernet wall sockets served by a cable network (Grade 2 TV or Grade 3 TV cable), wired WiFi provides maximum speed in all rooms of the home and for all household needs, without conflict of use, allowing you to take full advantage of your fiber subscription.

With the regulatory obligation since 2016[4] to wire each new home with a communications network, between 10% and 20% of households can now simply have access to wired WiFi, by installing an Ethernet socket with integrated WiFi or by connecting a WiFi terminal to existing Ethernet sockets.

If the home isn't yet equipped with a digital network, installation by any qualified electrician is quick and easy, with no degradation to the aesthetics of the home. Various configurations are available to suit all budgets.

In addition, there are certain opportunities that may be the right time to install wired WiFi: home renovation, moving in, work on the electrical installation, switching to teleworking, etc.

This is a long-term solution. It adapts to the layout of a home and its changes, according to the desires or needs of the occupant. The installation is technologically universal: it is independent of the operator and the box and compatible with all connected equipment. If the box is changed, there is no need to reconfigure the connected equipment. The user retains the freedom to choose their internet service provider or box, without constraints.

A mobilization of wired WiFi stakeholders

In order to promote wired WiFi to the general public and mobilize professionals, the electrical industry and its partners are initiating a series of awareness-raising actions with the launch of a dedicated website and a campaign on social networks.

The website www.promotelec.com/wifi-cable/ provides the keys to understanding wired WiFi, performing a connection diagnosis for your home, optimizing your WiFi network, and answering all questions about this innovation.

For several weeks, an awareness campaign is being organized on social networks and a web series will be broadcast on YouTube in partnership with the French people's favorite electrician, Nicolas PAUL.

How does wired WiFi work?

Wired Wi-Fi involves multiplying Wi-Fi access points within the home using the Ethernet sockets of the digital network. This digital network is the installation in the home which, like the electrical installation, distributes internet, TV and telephone signals through a network of Ethernet cables (Grade 2 TV or Grade 3 TV) and a communication panel to benefit from a good connection quality in all rooms for all your uses.

Do not confuse: Wired WiFi, repeater and PLC

WiFi repeater: it repeats the WiFi signal from the Internet box, with the limitation that it repeats a signal that may already be degraded and unstable, not offering the expected benefit.

PLC (Power Line Communication): the signal is carried by the electrical network. Its degree of stability is very variable, due to sensitivity to electrical interference, and its latency (transmission delay) is significant.

[1] Digital Barometer, Crédoc, March 2025

[2] Fixed broadband and very high-speed broadband market, ARCEP, March 2025

[3] Survey “The French and the quality of their internet connection”, OpinionWay for IGNES, December 2020

[4] Order of August 3, 2016 relating to the application of Article R. 111-14 of the Construction and Housing Code