Plusnet Discounts Standard UK Broadband and Phone Price to £17

Low cost UK ISP Plusnet has discounted the price of their entry-level ADSL2+ (10Mbps avg.) based unlimited broadband and phone bundle to just £17 per month for the first 12 months of service (including free activation), which seems designed to challenge the price points of rivals TalkTalk, Post Office and Direct Save Telecom.

As usual new customers can expect to receive an included wireless router, phone line rental, parental controls (network-level filtering) and UK-based customer support. A number of UK calling add-ons are also available (e.g. anytime calls), albeit at extra cost, and if you need a new phone line installed at your property there’s a £49.99 one-off installation charge.

The ISP also appears to have copied parent BT by ramping up the value of the “Reward Cards” (Prepaid Mastercard) that currently come attached to their faster FTTC (VDSL2) based “fibre” broadband packages. The offers tend to change on a weekly basis and thus we only bother writing about them if they’re a bit better than the usual routine of rotating changes.

Unlimited (10Mbps Average Download)
Price: £17 per month for 12 months (£29.98 thereafter) + Free Activation

Unlimited Fibre (36Mbps Average Download)
Price: £23.50 per month for 18 months (£34.98 thereafter) + £5 Activation
Bonus: £60 Reward Card

Unlimited Fibre Extra (66Mbps Average Download)
Price: £27.50 per month for 18 months (£39.98 thereafter) + £5 Activation
Bonus: £75 Reward Card

Take note that Plusnet has adopted fixed price contracts since last year, which means that the price you pay should stay the same for the duration of your minimum contract term (this excludes optional extras like call plans, call charge rates, set-up fees, TV, BTSport etc.).