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Moving FTTP to Plusnet

Ian58

Regular Member
My current FTTP contract with EE comes to an end next month and I'm planning to move to Plusnet (to save some money!) I know they don't do VOIP or provide other frills I'm just interested in a basic internet connection.... are Plusnet still a safe bet?
 
Identical connection to what you have from EE. It’s all part of the BT family of brands who sell the same service with different marketing and such.

You’ll notice no changes between EE and Plusnet broadband when it comes to your actual connection.
 
as I understand it Plusnet does not use the BT broadband platform (unlike "new" EE) and therefore there are some minor differences such as not supporting IPv6 (https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...plusnet-uk-prep-new-ipv6-technical-trial.html) or digital voice. This is also true of "old" EE which is likely what Ian would be moving from.

Not enough to matter to someone who just wants basic internet, but worth pointing out that it's not just a rebadged, cheaper BT connection.
 
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I assume Plusnet will at some point (soon ?) have to support IPv6... I only vaguely understand but isn't is difficult to maintain a decent pool of IPv4 addresses these days?
 
I would also ring retentions at the end of contract. BT beat the PN pricing for me, and kept me on BT-branded connectivity after I had issues with the BTMobile -> EE move.

isn't is difficult to maintain a decent pool of IPv4 addresses these days?
BT likely have plenty of IPs in their pool to cover their customer base and then some.
 
I assume Plusnet will at some point (soon ?) have to support IPv6... I only vaguely understand but isn't is difficult to maintain a decent pool of IPv4 addresses these days?
BT will very likely have a large excess of IP's considering the size and age of the provider. Even if Plusnet cant take from the overall BT pool, they are also likely to have no problems with IP supply as they themselves were around when they were given out like candy.
 
A few observations @Ian58

1) Plusnet's supplied router isn't the greatest. I imagine you need to send the EE one back (this has become "standard" with BT's brands lately) but if not you may wish to try the EE one with the Plusnet service instead.

2) Plusnet's pricing on various services seems to change a bit and also there are various referral deals so it's worth exploring various ways of getting the speed you want.

In my opinion, for basic Openreach delivered Internet they are a good choice.
 
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I assume Plusnet will at some point (soon ?) have to support IPv6... I only vaguely understand but isn't is difficult to maintain a decent pool of IPv4 addresses these days?
None of the BT brands use CGNAT so you should be okay there. BT hasn't gone down the route of selling off addresses like smaller ISPs have done, so I wouldn't expect any change to that.

I wouldn't be surprised that at some point Plusnet customers are merged onto BT's platform, though the announcement of this IPv6 trial suggests it isn't happening yet. It doesn't make sense to maintain three separate networks, one of which has all the bells and whistles ready to go and has most of the customer base.

I believe Plusnet's standard router actually is now a rebranded BT Smart Hub 2 (as was the EE Smart Router which you might already have), so it should be no better or worse than BT in that respect
 
Thanks for the info, I use my own router at the moment and will continue with it when I move, just keep the Plusnet router for possible fault diagnosis and backup.
It's good to hear some positive comments about Plusnet, most posts on forums (fora) are the result of issues so it's hard to judge how well the ISPs actually do.
 
I assume Plusnet will at some point (soon ?) have to support IPv6... I only vaguely understand but isn't is difficult to maintain a decent pool of IPv4 addresses these days?
Those are two unrelated issues. Sadly, deploying IPv6 does nothing to reduce the requirements for IPv4 at the provider side, since users expect to be able to reach the IPv4 Internet.

And that's why IPv6 deployment has been stalled for the last 30 years; it doesn't actually deliver any benefit towards address depletion, when most of the content you need to reach is on IPv4 anyway.

(Aside: if the provider is so short of IPv4 addresses that they are sharing the same IP addresses between multiple customers - so called "CGNAT" - then deploying IPv6 makes the connection slightly less bad for the end user. But Plusnet is not in this situation anyway)
 
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