This pod plugs into a power socket and listens for WiFi signals from the hub. The way it works is simple - the VM supplied SuperHub broadcasts 5GHz and 2.4GHz WiFi. You may find that some equipment roams onto the 2.4GHz network because it is marginally stronger and never connects to the faster 5GHz network. Some of my IoT kit gets really confused by this. I kinda get why they do this - better to connect to a slow but stable 2.4GHz than a flaky but fast 5GHz - but it is annoying for those of us who rely on segregated names. That means you will need to manually reconnect things which used the old name. Virgin will remotely log in to your SuperHub and forcibly rename your 5GHz network to be the same as your 2.4GHz one. I usually split the names so that I always know which network I'm connected to.
The big limitation is that both your 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi SSIDs need to have the same name and password. If you have a big home, put a pod in every room and you'll have fast WiFi broadcast everywhere.
They're useful, but come with some annoying limitations. Virgin Media have provided me with a test unit of their new Intelligent WiFi pods to review.
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