UK ISP Plusnet Cuts Unlimited Fibre Broadband Prices for Jan 2017

Budget ISP Plusnet has today slashed the prices of their unlimited ‘up to’ 38Mbps and 76Mbps “Fibre” (FTTC) based superfast broadband packages for the first 18 months of service, which reduces the monthly pricing (inc. Line Rental) to just £23 and £28 respectively for new customers.

The discounted rate is only available to order until 24th January 2017 and subscribers will receive an unlimited usage allowance, wireless router (£6.99 postage), phone line rental, Parental Controls (network-level filtering) and UK-based customer support. On top of that a number of optional UK calling add-ons are available (e.g. Anytime calls) at extra cost.

Unlimited Fibre
* Download speeds of up to 38Mbps
* Upload speeds of up to 1.9Mbps
* 18 Month contract

PRICE: £23 a month for 18 months (£32.98 thereafter)

Unlimited Fibre Extra
* Download speeds of up to 76Mbps
* Upload speeds of up to 19.5Mbps
* 18 Month contract

PRICE: £28 a month for 18 months (£37.98 thereafter)

We should point out that both a 12 month and 1 month contract option are also available at extra cost for the above packages. Separately Plusnet’s standard ‘up to’ 17Mbps capable unlimited broadband service is currently being offered for a reduced price of £20.49 per month on a 12 month contract term. While we like to see a choice of contracts, some of the pricing and special offers are currently more confusing than they need to be.

For example, a 12 month term on the standard 17Mbps option is £20.49, but oddly on the 18 month term this actually rises to £22.50 and even the no contract option is £22.50.. for 12 months. Talk about an odd way of promoting the same product and TalkTalk has had a similar problem since it introduced multiple contract choices. Normally a longer contract should equate to lower prices.

As usual the offer prices are only available to those who live within Plusnet’s “low cost area“, while those outside of this (roughly reflecting the final 9% of UK premises in more rural and digitally disadvantaged areas) will find that they have to pay a fair few £ more. Finally, if you need a new phone line installed at your property then there’s a £49.99 installation charge.