Plusnet Discussion Thread

bremen1874 · 2 Oct 2018 at 16:20

antijoke said:
I'm thinking of switching from Virgin to Plusnet, I also have an Asus AC68u router which I would want to use, I also have my old BT Infinity modem from when we used to have that, will I just use that?

What needs to be configured my end regards the BT modem and plusnet?

You configure a PPPoE connection on the router. Simple enough.

flea.rider · 2 Oct 2018 at 16:24

antijoke said:
I'm thinking of switching from Virgin to Plusnet, I also have an Asus AC68u router which I would want to use, I also have my old BT Infinity modem from when we used to have that, will I just use that?

What needs to be configured my end regards the BT modem and plusnet?

just take there modem it's free and works well .I just plugged in all the cat5's for the pc's and away it went .. just use the wifi for the phones and printer .
all gig ports

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 13:12

My PlusNet contract expires on 06 November. If I sign up with say BT and set the activation date for 07 November, will that ensure a seamless transition with no early termination penalties?

ubern00b · 10 Oct 2018 at 13:46

thewanted said:
My PlusNet contract expires on 06 November. If I sign up with say BT and set the activation date for 07 November, will that ensure a seamless transition with no early termination penalties?

Please tell me the reason you are leaving is purely cost (Deal ending). My Plusnet goes live on Monday!

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 13:48

ubern00b said:
Please tell me the reason you are leaving is purely cost (Deal ending). My Plusnet goes live on Monday!

Yup.

bremen1874 · 10 Oct 2018 at 13:50

Nothing much wrong with Plusnet, there are many happy customers on here.

Hard to imagine that you'd save much moving from Plusnet to BT, even with introductory offers.

ChrisD. · 10 Oct 2018 at 13:51

thewanted said:
Yup.

Speak to retentions, they gave me a better renewal than BT offered.

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 13:56

ChrisD. said:
Speak to retentions, they gave me a better renewal than BT offered.

I can try, but their line saver rental makes my amortised cost more than Sky, BT, TalkTalk and Vodafone are offering.

The current PlusNet Fibre Extra offer for new customers is ~£5/month more than all of those other providers, without taking cashback into account because I won't get that as an existing customer.

Back to my original question. Can I set my activation date with a new provider for the day after my PlusNet contract expires without incurring penalties?

bremen1874 · 10 Oct 2018 at 14:29

The answer to your question is almost certainly yes. If you want a guaranteed answer speak to Plusnet.

Where are you seeing BT broadband for ~£24?

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 14:40

bremen1874 said:
The answer to your question is almost certainly yes. If you want a guaranteed answer speak to Plusnet.

Where are you seeing BT broadband for ~£24?

£35.99/month x 18 = £647.82
Upfront cost = £19.99
- £130 Topcashback
- £100 BT Reward card
= £437.81
= £24.32/month

bremen1874 · 10 Oct 2018 at 14:46

thewanted said:
£35.99/month x 18 = £647.82
Upfront cost = £19.99
- £130 Topcashback
- £100 BT Reward card
= £437.81/year
= £24.32/month

Isn't BT's 'Superfast Fibre 2' @ £45.99/month equivalent to Plusnet's 'Unlimited Fibre Extra'?

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 14:51

bremen1874 said:
Isn't BT's 'Superfast Fibre 2' @ £45.99/month equivalent to Plusnet's 'Unlimited Fibre Extra'?

I'm not sure. PlusNet's Unlimited Fibre Extra is the package I need to get more than 36mbit.

This is the package that BT offers me when I type in my phone number and post code:

bremen1874 · 10 Oct 2018 at 14:58

I believe that's their midrange 52/10 package.

The full fat 80/20 package is Superfast Fibre 2.

Whether that's going to matter for you I don't know.

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 15:24

bremen1874 said:
I believe that's their midrange 52/10 package.

The full fat 80/20 package is Superfast Fibre 2.

Whether that's going to matter for you I don't know.

Oh right. My connection maxes out at 55/10 so I need the faster package from PlusNet which might be skewing the price comparison.

bremen1874 · 10 Oct 2018 at 15:27

If you can only get 55/10 then BT's offer looks good (assuming nothing goes wrong with the cashback).

I get 62/18 with Plusnet. BT doesn't even offer me the option of anything above their 52/10 package.

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 15:30

bremen1874 said:
If you can only get 55/10 then BT's offer looks good (assuming nothing goes wrong with the cashback).

I get 62/18 with Plusnet. BT doesn't even offer me the option of anything above their 52/10 package.

The "average speed" stuff is fricking annoying. Just tell me what the package is capable of because this is more confusing than the way they used to be advertised!

Steveocee · 10 Oct 2018 at 16:56

thewanted said:
The "average speed" stuff is fricking annoying. Just tell me what the package is capable of because this is more confusing than the way they used to be advertised!

This will tell you for certain, maximum capable line stats, just choose what you are closest to;
https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/main.html

thewanted · 10 Oct 2018 at 16:59

Steveocee said:
This will tell you for certain, maximum capable line stats, just choose what you are closest to;
https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/main.html

It isn't accurate for me. Here's a comparison against my router stats:

Steveocee · 11 Oct 2018 at 08:48

thewanted said:
It isn't accurate for me. Here's a comparison against my router stats:

That's impressive! I know the BTW checker can sometimes be a little under but I've never known it to be that far out. Going from what is expected though and what you are getting I certainly wouldn't be looking at anything more than a 52/55Mb service. I doubt you would see any gain in going over to 80/20.

thewanted · 11 Oct 2018 at 09:20

Steveocee said:
That's impressive! I know the BTW checker can sometimes be a little under but I've never known it to be that far out. Going from what is expected though and what you are getting I certainly wouldn't be looking at anything more than a 52/55Mb service. I doubt you would see any gain in going over to 80/20.

Yeah I agree. As far as I can tell, BT are the only ones offering a 52mbit service so I was forced to go with PlusNet's 80/20 service last time in order to get more than 36mbit.