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![]() I'm looking into getting broadband soon. After a lot of research, I finally settled on the PlusNet BroadbandPlus package for the following reasons: Up to 2Mbs (whatever the line supports) Unlimited downloads No annual contract Only 14.99 a month Its seems there is no downside, and I've heard the service is good. I look forward to any opinions on PlusNet or recommendations of other ISPs. Thanks |
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![]() "Paul" wrote in message ... I'm looking into getting broadband soon. After a lot of research, I finally settled on the PlusNet BroadbandPlus package for the following reasons: Up to 2Mbs (whatever the line supports) Unlimited downloads No annual contract Only 14.99 a month Its seems there is no downside, and I've heard the service is good. I look forward to any opinions on PlusNet or recommendations of other ISPs. Thanks Remember that Plusnet's broadband plus service uses traffic shaping at peak times on P2P downloads. Which basically means they throttle P2P download speed when their network is busy. I am on Plusnet's Premier 2Mb(£21.99/month) service which doesn't have any traffic shaping. The service is great 100% uptime since I joined 2 months ago, great speeds and customer service is good. If you don't use P2P much then Broadband Plus will be fine for you but if you want to use P2P a lot then go for the premier package |
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![]() "Paul" wrote in message ... I'm looking into getting broadband soon. After a lot of research, I finally settled on the PlusNet BroadbandPlus package for the following reasons: Up to 2Mbs (whatever the line supports) Unlimited downloads No annual contract Only 14.99 a month Its seems there is no downside, and I've heard the service is good. I look forward to any opinions on PlusNet or recommendations of other ISPs. Thanks Hi, likewise I did a lot of research and no ISP seemed able to compete with Plusnet. I've been with them a month so can't comment on long term issues but the initial set up couldn't have been more efficient. I was notified as to what was happening at every stage, the modem arrived 3 days before connection, and I was connected on the 7th day after signing up. I'm currently on the Pay As You Go option to judge my usage, and I may change to the unlimited if need be. I've used it for P2P and bit torrents etc and have experienced excellent download speeds even at peak times. Usenet also seems to be more reliable than when I was with Wanadoo. If you go with them and you'd like to save me a few pence a month my referrer ID is 'skintnminted'. ![]() W. |
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![]() Paul wrote: I'm looking into getting broadband soon. After a lot of research, I finally settled on the PlusNet BroadbandPlus package for the following reasons: Up to 2Mbs (whatever the line supports) Unlimited downloads No annual contract Only 14.99 a month Its seems there is no downside, and I've heard the service is good. I look forward to any opinions on PlusNet or recommendations of other ISPs. Thanks I just signed up with Plusnet yesterday, with an ADSL migration date of 18th July (my choice as I've just paid BT for another month - lead time is allegedly 5-7 days). I have my e-mail account and dialup already and they work. I chose Plus because of the consistently high ratings on www.adslguide.org, and I'm impressed so far. I've gone for the PAYG option (£14.99 for 1Gb with extra Gbs at £1 pre-paid or £1.25 post-paid) as I'm a light user but I've added on the .co.uk domain for another £1 per month. Will keep you posted. |
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![]() AJH wrote on 23 Jun 2005 07:51:39 -0700: Paul wrote: I'm looking into getting broadband soon. After a lot of research, I finally settled on the PlusNet BroadbandPlus package for the following reasons: Up to 2Mbs (whatever the line supports) Unlimited downloads No annual contract Only 14.99 a month Its seems there is no downside, and I've heard the service is good. I look forward to any opinions on PlusNet or recommendations of other ISPs. Thanks I just signed up with Plusnet yesterday, with an ADSL migration date of 18th July (my choice as I've just paid BT for another month - lead time is allegedly 5-7 days). I have my e-mail account and dialup already and they work. I chose Plus because of the consistently high ratings on www.adslguide.org, and I'm impressed so far. I've gone for the PAYG option (£14.99 for 1Gb with extra Gbs at £1 pre-paid or £1.25 post-paid) as I'm a light user but I've added on the .co.uk domain for another £1 per month. Will keep you posted. Any particular reason why you didn't got with the BB Plus service? If you're on PAYG you're obviously not aiming to download GBs every month, so a little bit of P2P traffic shaping seems like it wouldn't affect you anyway. It's £14.99 fixed per month, no need to buy extra GBs as it's "unlimited". The Plus product has more contention, but that appears to rarely, if ever, have any affect. I've been on the 21.99 - well, less with referal credits ![]() few months now, very happy and customer service is much easier to deal with than when I was on Pipex. Dan |
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![]() Best thing Since slice bread Can't fault there products what so ever, newsgroups are sometimes dodgy but thats about it... If in doubt do a email to support on all the main ISP's and see which one replies back 1st, I had a reply from plusnet in under 2hrs ... wanadoo took about 8 days... BT yahoo I'm still waiting and AOL ask them a simple question and they go to pot. "Paul" wrote in message ... I'm looking into getting broadband soon. After a lot of research, I finally settled on the PlusNet BroadbandPlus package for the following reasons: Up to 2Mbs (whatever the line supports) Unlimited downloads No annual contract Only 14.99 a month Its seems there is no downside, and I've heard the service is good. I look forward to any opinions on PlusNet or recommendations of other ISPs. Thanks |
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![]() In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Spack wrote: Any particular reason why you didn't got with the BB Plus service? Whilst BB Plus has the advantage of not being capped - there are a few other features which you *don't* get compared with BB Home PAYG (or Premier). These may not matter to a lot of people but - if they do - might influence you towards one of the other products. With BB Plus, you don't get: * A fixed IP address * A fax2email facility * Quite as much webspace * Free speed upgrade when BT 'do' your exchange * (Possibly other things which I've forgotten - check out the PN site) -- Cheers, Tim ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. |
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![]() "Tiscali Tim" wrote in message ... In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Spack wrote: Any particular reason why you didn't got with the BB Plus service? Whilst BB Plus has the advantage of not being capped - there are a few other features which you *don't* get compared with BB Home PAYG (or Premier). These may not matter to a lot of people but - if they do - might influence you towards one of the other products. With BB Plus, you don't get: * A fixed IP address * A fax2email facility * Quite as much webspace * Free speed upgrade when BT 'do' your exchange * (Possibly other things which I've forgotten - check out the PN site) -- Cheers, Tim ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. Why do you call yourself Tiscali Tim? Do you work for them? |
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![]() "Tiscali Tim" wrote: In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Spack wrote: Any particular reason why you didn't got with the BB Plus service? Whilst BB Plus has the advantage of not being capped - there are a few other features which you *don't* get compared with BB Home PAYG (or Premier). These may not matter to a lot of people but - if they do - might influence you towards one of the other products. With BB Plus, you don't get: * A fixed IP address * A fax2email facility * Quite as much webspace True. And for me it's not an issue, but... * Free speed upgrade when BT 'do' your exchange With this I understood that the "up to" included the possible upgrade to 2meg free if your line will support it. Perhaps Plusnet will clarify? -- Andy Sayers - Lincolnshire, UK If you'd like to reply to me, then please use the newsgroup, email address is fictitious. |
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![]() In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Ron wrote: Why do you call yourself Tiscali Tim? Do you work for them? It's a throwback to when I used to use Tiscali SmartTalk for cheap phone calls - before I discovered 18866. I have no other connection with them, and have never used them as an ISP. I ought to think up a new handle - but I'm too idle! g -- Cheers, Tim ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. |
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