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UK ISP PlusNet Adds Useful Broadband and Phone Help Videos

31st October, 2014 (4 Comments)

A small but interesting piece of news today is that budget Internet provider PlusNet has uploaded a raft of new YouTube help videos, which cover everything from tackling broadband connection and speed problems to phone line faults and how to change your payment details.

UK ISP PlusNet Offers 6 Months FREE 38Mbps Broadband and Calls

29th October, 2014 (3 Comments)

Budget conscious ISP PlusNet has launched a new autumn promotion that offers their unlimited ‘up to’ 38Mbps capable FTTC superfast broadband (“Unlimited Fibre“) package free for the first 6 months of service (£14.99 per month thereafter), which has also been made more attractive by the offer of £50 cashback.

UK ISP PlusNet Gifts GBP75 to New Unlimited Broadband Subscribers

18th October, 2014 (33 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has enhanced the promotion of their existing unlimited broadband (up to 17Mbps) and phone package, which is currently priced at £2.49 per month for the first 12 months of service (£9.99 thereafter + £15.95 line rental), by also offering to return £75 (cashback) to new subscribers after they join.

PC Pro Excellence Awards 2014 See UK ISPs Zen Internet and PlusNet Top

17th October, 2014 (2 Comments)

Consumer magazine PC Pro has published the results of their annual PCPro Excellence Awards 2014 event, which much like last year named Zen Internet the “Best Broadband ISP“. Meanwhile PlusNet was the “Highly Commended” runner-up in second place.

PlusNet Offers Unlimited Business Broadband and Phone for GBP2.50

10th October, 2014 (7 Comments)

UK ISP PlusNet Business has slashed the cost of their ‘up to’ 18Mbps capable standard unlimited broadband and phone bundle to just £2.50 +vat per month for the first 12 months of service (£13 thereafter), with line rental being added on top at £10.50 per month (standard payg call charges apply).

UPD Rural vs Urban Gap Closing as Average Broadband Speeds Hit 18.7Mbps

3rd October, 2014 (37 Comments)

Ofcom’s latest biannual report into the real-world speeds of fixed line broadband ISP consumers across the United Kingdom reveals that the Internet performance gap between rural and urban areas is still wide, yet their speeds are now improving at a faster rate (+20% rural vs +5% urban / suburban). Overall the average download rate has risen by just 5% to reach 18.7Mbps (up from 17.8Mbps in the last report).

UPDATE What Next for PlusNet’s UK FTTP Home Broadband Service

9th September, 2014 (1 Comment)

Questions have been raised over the future of PlusNet’s ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband product, which until the end of last month had been offered as part of a trial for the past FOUR years (effectively acting as an unofficial product option), but is now closed to new subscribers.

UK ISP PlusNet Cuts Unlimited Business Broadband and Phone Price

8th September, 2014 (3 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet Business has reduced the price of their ‘up to’ 17Mbps capable standard unlimited broadband and phone bundle to £5 +vat a month for the first 12 months (£13 thereafter), with line rental at £10.50 (standard payg call charges) on a 24 month contract.

ISP PlusNet Highlights Rising UK Demand for Netflix Video Streams

22nd August, 2014 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP PlusNet has kindly supplied us with a new graph to show how consumer Internet traffic on the popular Netflix TV and movie streaming service has changed over the past 6-7 months (on their network).

UK ISP PlusNet YouView TV Trials “going very well”, But Still No ETA

14th August, 2014 (3 Comments)

PlusNet has informed ISPreview.co.uk that their 8 month old customer trial of a YouView (IPTV) based broadband TV service is “going very well“, but sadly even after all this time they’re still unable to give any indication of when a commercial launch might occur.

UPDATE PlusNet Cuts Price of Superfast Unlimited Fibre Broadband

4th August, 2014 (4 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has reduced the price of their superfast ‘up to’ 38Mbps capable Unlimited Fibre (FTTC) broadband and Home Phone product, with packages now starting from just £3.75 per month for the first 6 months (£14.99 thereafter).

UK ISP PlusNet Win Good Housekeeping Award.. for Broadband, Obviously

29th July, 2014 (1 Comment)

In a strange twist of almost completely unrelated industries a recent edition of Good Housekeeping Magazine has awarded PlusNet’s broadband and phone service the ‘Reader Recommended‘ award after 82% of surveyed readers with the ISP said they would definitely or probably recommend them to a friend.

ISP PlusNet Tweaks UK Business Broadband and Phone Price Discounts

11th July, 2014 (9 Comments)

After reducing the prices for their residential customers (here) it’s little surprise to find that PlusNet Business will today also tweak the cost of their broadband and phone bundles for business customers, which will be available to those who sign up for a 24 month contract (note: business prices are +vat).

UK ISP PlusNet Cuts Unlimited Standard and Superfast Broadband Prices

9th July, 2014 (14 Comments)

The start of summer usually means cheaper broadband offers and PlusNet is no exception. The ISP, fresh from launching a revamped selection of standard (ADSL) and superfast (FTTC) broadband bundles, has yet again cut their prices with a series of new offers.

A Quick Look at UK Video Streaming Traffic for England’s WorldCup Games

24th June, 2014 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP PlusNet has posted a couple of interesting snapshots of Internet video streaming traffic during England’s dismal opening matches of the 2014 Football WorldCup in Brazil. Suffice to say, ITV Player traffic is hardly a blip next to the huge popularity of BBC’s iPlayer service.

UK ISPs Brace for Internet Traffic Surge During the Steam Summer Sale

21st June, 2014 (7 Comments)

In the modern Internet age it’s not just data traffic surges caused by a rise in video streaming during major televised events that broadband ISPs have to watch out for. The recent launch of Steam’s (Value’s digital distribution platform for PC games) traditional Summer Sale is another one that will also be giving them a capacity headache.

PlusNet UK Prep Product Refresh and Half Price Unlimited Fibre Broadband

30th May, 2014 (25 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has cut the cost of its superfast ‘Unlimited Fibre Broadband and Calls’ (FTTC) package in half from £19.99 to just £9.99 a month for the first 6 months of service. Meanwhile there are also plans for another rise in the cost of line rental and a product refresh to simplify their packages.