UK ISP PlusNet has announced a range of discounts and offers to help consumers deal with the current economic crisis. Teaming up with cashback site Quidco.com, new customers adopting the Broadband Your Way Option 1 package will for a week receive £56 back, technically cutting the first year price to just £5.08 per month.

PlusNet's up to 8Mbps Broadband Your Way Option 1 is normally priced at £9.75 per month with a 2GB usage allowance. It also comes with a free router and broadband phone calls included within the package. Quidco.com is a site that offers a money refund for goods and services bought online.

In addition, Plusnet is offering a special broadband and homephone package for £5.50 a month for 3 months to new customers who sign up by visiting price comparison site Uswitch.com at the following address:

http://www.plus.net/residential/broadband/broadband_with_homephone_us.shtml

The offer comes with a free wireless 4-port router or £15 cashback and a 10GB usage allowance. The phone package includes line rental and evening and weekend calls. There is no set up fee.

The Quidco offer runs till January 23, 2009 to January 30, 2009 while the Uswitch offer runs till January 28, 2009.