BT or Plusnet

Like said above, I'm misinformed, I know I need to read up on the situation, and reinvestigate the use of a VPN.

Plusnet 38 might only be 2Mbps up, but their higher 76 package is 20Mbps up. Something g that is important to me for cloud backup syncs etc.
 
Amraam said:
Thanks for the advice, but please don't have a go just because I'm not some networking/ISP expert.

I'm trying to read and get up to speed but I was under the impression that Sky had been legally forced to hand over details of customers downloading illegal stuff to and external firm with a court order. I've obviously misunderstood the situation.
Click to expand...

You decided you were knowledgable enough to form an opinion and pass comment, I don't personally see why you think anyone would need to be an expert in anything to get the basic facts of a situation before doing so, but that's just me.

Every single UK based ISP is subject to the same legal requirements, now rights holders have been green lit to issue speculative invoices then users *need* to start taking privacy seriously. If users have the sense to do that then practically all other considerations cease to be relevant other than plusnet's 40/2 package vs everyone else's 40/10 and price/service.
 
Avalon said:
Every single UK based ISP is subject to the same legal requirements, now rights holders have been green lit to issue speculative invoices then users *need* to start taking privacy seriously. If users have the sense to do that then practically all other considerations cease to be relevant other than plusnet's 40/2 package vs everyone else's 40/10 and price/service.
Click to expand...

Understood. I'll research which VPN service is good that I can quickly enable when needed. If I were to go plusnet, I'd be going for the 76Mbps package, as the 2Mbps upload is not sufficient.
 
Amraam said:
Understood. I'll research which VPN service is good that I can quickly enable when needed. If I were to go plusnet, I'd be going for the 76Mbps package, as the 2Mbps upload is not sufficient.
Click to expand...

Do you use public trackers & DHT?
 
OK, so I need to decide which to go for tonight as Sky have screwed us over completely (long story).

I've worked out (assuming it's 12 monthly payments, rather than per 28 days) that BT would cost about £2 more per month, assuming my cashback from Quidco fails for whatever reason. If I do get the £120 cashback for signing up to BB+calls, it'll be about £8 per month cheaper than plusnet.

Even if the cashback fails, or BT refuse to pay out, I'm tempted to pay £24 more over the year so that I'm not tied to an 18 month contract instead of 12.

Daft logic? How reliable is quidco and BT for paying cashback? Got good reliability rating but the recent reviews for BT paying out cashback are not great...
 
Amraam said:
OK, so I need to decide which to go for tonight as Sky have screwed us over completely (long story).

I've worked out (assuming it's 12 monthly payments, rather than per 28 days) that BT would cost about £2 more per month, assuming my cashback from Quidco fails for whatever reason. If I do get the £120 cashback for signing up to BB+calls, it'll be about £8 per month cheaper than plusnet.

Even if the cashback fails, or BT refuse to pay out, I'm tempted to pay £24 more over the year so that I'm not tied to an 18 month contract instead of 12.

Daft logic? How reliable is quidco and BT for paying cashback? Got good reliability rating but the recent reviews for BT paying out cashback are not great...
Click to expand...

How have Sky screwed you over? Quidco are quite reliable as long as you follow the obvious stuff like not following a link from another source etc. If BT is cheaper for you then go with BT, the HH5 isn't my favorite bit of hardware but they fetch £30 a go on Gumtree quite easily or you can run it in modem only mode - it works OK for some people.
 
Avalon said:
How have Sky screwed you over? Quidco are quite reliable as long as you follow the obvious stuff like not following a link from another source etc. If BT is cheaper for you then go with BT, the HH5 isn't my favorite bit of hardware but they fetch £30 a go on Gumtree quite easily or you can run it in modem only mode - it works OK for some people.
Click to expand...

Long story, but they confirmed 14 days before the end of contract that they would cut us off and that we would in fact go to a rolling contract. Instead, we woke up yesterday to no internet or landline and they are refusing to acknowledge that we contacted them, despite going via chat and also the 150 number, and have refused to give us the £49 to cover the activation fee now need to reactivate the line.

Regarding the BT HH; I'll be using a dedicated router regardless, I just haven't decided on whether I'm going to put the HH into modem only mode, or replace it entirely with a decent VDSL router. This is another reason I've favoured BT/PlusNet over Sky so that I have more hardware choice.

On a similar note, but do ex Sky folk do with the Skyhub? Will it sell for anything or should I just take it to a recycling centre?
 
Last edited:
Went for BT. Line rental paid for up front.

No activation fee, no fee to set up line either.
£25 per month, but my £120 quidco is being tracked, and will be getting £50 M&S voucher from sky for their **** up, and £50 from BT. Will work out about £20 per month once all the expenses are averaged out. Can't complain at that!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom