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Internet Streaming Services Gobble Half of the Traffic on PlusNet UK

27th July, 2012 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP PlusNet UK has revealed that internet streaming services (e.g. YouTube) now account for over 42% of all usage on its network during the evening and often peak at 50-60% depending on what’s happening (i.e. big sporting events). A raft of other stats have also been published including some that hint at a possible abuse of the SkyGo service.

UPDATE Budget ISP PlusNet to Hike the Cost of Annual UK Phone Line Rental

20th June, 2012 (3 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet looks set to raise the price of its pre-paid Line Rental Saver service by around £1 next month, which means that some of their broadband bundles could end up costing a little more than they do today.

ISP PlusNet UK Offers GBP50 Cashback with Home Broadband and Calls

8th June, 2012 (4 Comments)

Budget ISP PlusNet appear to be running a special offer that gives new customers £50 Cashback when they subscribe to any one of the providers up to 16Mbps capable broadband and free phone call service bundles, which also comes with a free activation (normally worth £25).

Bees Attack the Sheffield Office of Broadband ISP PlusNet UK

6th June, 2012 (7 Comments)

The Sheffield based offices of UK internet provider PlusNet came under attack last week after a “swarm of killer bees!” decided that they didn’t need to live inside of a Bee Hive after all and could instead quite happily turn the ISPs front entrance into their new residence.

ISP PlusNet Offers 6 Months FREE UK Home Broadband and Calls Service

14th April, 2012 (4 Comments)

Budget UK home internet and phone provider PlusNet have begun offering 6 Months FREE broadband and calls across both the standard / cheaper up to 16Mbps Value (10GB usage – unlimited offpeak) and more flexible Extra (60GB usage – unlimited offpeak) packages for new customers, which also includes FREE activation (normally worth £25).

ISP PlusNet UK Swaps to New RoundCube Webmail Platform

13th April, 2012 (0 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has officially taken the beta tag off its new RoundCube based webmail (email that you access via your website browser) platform this week as they begin to phase out the older SquirrelMail service.

PlusNet Add £25 Cashback to its 4 Months FREE Home Broadband and Calls

28th March, 2012 (1 Comment)

UK ISP PlusNet has added a promise of £25 cashback to its recently launched offer of 4 Months FREE home broadband and calls across both their budget Value (10GB peak usage allowance + unlimited offpeak) and premium Extra (60GB + unlimited offpeak) packages, which also includes FREE activation (normally worth £25) when you add the line rental (from £9.49 per month).

PlusNet Study Finds Majority of UK Mums Get Parental Advice Online

15th March, 2012 (4 Comments)

A new study from budget broadband ISP PlusNet, which surveyed 3,360 UK mums between mid February and March 2012, has discovered that the vast majority (82%) rely on the internet for parental advice, 41% do their weekly shop online to save time and for some reason more than half (51%) even researched their children’s homework online.

PlusNet Calls for More UK Customers to Join its 80Mbps Broadband Trial

12th March, 2012 (5 Comments)

UK ISP PlusNet has said that there are still “plenty of spaces open” on its trial of up to 80Mbps (Megabits per second) Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband technology, which was made available to all residential subscribers last month (currently 100 staff and customers are taking part). Results so far are said to have been “very positive“.

ISP PlusNet Offers 4 Months FREE Home Broadband and Calls

9th March, 2012 (4 Comments)

Budget internet provider PlusNet UK has launched a new promotion that offers 4 Months FREE home broadband and calls across both their cheaper Value (10GB usage allowance – unlimited offpeak) and more flexible Extra (60GB usage allowance – unlimited offpeak) packages, which also includes FREE activation (normally worth £25). This new promotion is available until 10th April 2012.