2 separate broadband @1 address?

[Somebodyimportant1]

Hello, I just got a job working from home and I have to obviously connect to my internet at home. But I am concerned that my employer could/might be monitoring me so I am thinking of having another broadband account. One for work and the other for my personal and family use.

Can one have 2 separate broAdband in one address?

We have several at my studio building - one communal one and a few of the occupants have had their own private ones installed, so it's definitely possible at one address. But not sure about rules for residential properties.

How would your employer monitor you and what would hapen on your internet that would cause concern about it being monitored? Do you run a lot of their own software or do you use a standard remote access package from Microsoft or someone like that?

I'm pretty sure that spying on your home network would be illegal.

Assuming that you are running a work supplied laptop, many modern routers allow you to setup a guest network that is separated from the home network.

If you have to have 2 physically separated networks then you would need to run a second phone line to the house.

Would you have separate printers, one for each network?

It's not needed or worth the expense.
Your internet connection is just that; it connects to the internet, not direct to your employer.
If your employer's IT is any use at all they are probably supplying laptop with software (VPN) to connect securely to their network. Everything else would be considered the internet, including other devices in your home network.
They should be monitoring that laptop.

If you connect to their network via your own laptop, then they will have details of whether it is up-to-date with security, operating system, firewall, and virus software.

If you really are concerned, many routers let you make a 'guest' network that is logically separated from the main. (As suggested above) You could use this for your work connection.

I have a separate laptop just for work which's got of the company's software on it and then readying my contract yesterday states something along the line that they can monitor me (I will check word for word what was written later).
I will definitely look into how to set up a guest network.

I have nothing to hide but I cherish my privacy and personal space. I do not want anyone monitoring me in my home at all. All the gadgets and mobile phones are connected to our broadband at home

I'd expect that to be monitoring work use during work time on work laptop. I think I had something similar in my last job but I used my own laptop at home for my own stuff, and my work one at home only when I needed to do something for work away from the office.

I don’t think you need it in this instance, but it is possible as one of dh’s former employers fitted an extra line to our house when he was doing work that required security clearance.

@2tired2bewitty what type of security clearance?

The kind where men in grey suits comb through your bank accounts and approach your nearest and dearest to check if you’re a wrong ‘un! So quite high level!