Plusnet Discussion Thread

Doctor McNinja · 30 May 2013 at 17:41

bremen1874 said:
There's nothing to stop you using extension wiring for your phones.

Ignoring the fact that there's a separate modem and router it's very similar to a normal ADSL setup.

I'd prefer to be able to use one of the extension sockets for the phone, save having a cable running through the house. Thanks for the answer though.

Skeeter · 30 May 2013 at 23:05

My master socket has no power sockets near it. My router will have to be plugged into an extension socket. Is that going to cause issues?

parityboy · 31 May 2013 at 09:12

@Skeeter

You can get the BT engineer to run a data extension kit, which basically extends the master socket to where ever you need it.

PapaLazaru · 31 May 2013 at 12:46

parityboy said:
@Skeeter

You can get the BT engineer to run a data extension kit, which basically extends the master socket to where ever you need it.

They do not move the master socket. All they will do is run some cat5 cable to wherever you want. The socket will remain where it is.

~Mike~ · 31 May 2013 at 12:58

Skeeter said:
My master socket has no power sockets near it. My router will have to be plugged into an extension socket. Is that going to cause issues?

There is an option to select an extension kit when ordering from plusnet (I believe it's free?). The OR engineer will install the new fibre faceplate and run the data extension kit (30m?) to where you want it. The fibre modem will be connected to the data extension kit.

I already had an ADSL extension kit installed and the OR engineer reused it and got a better sync than when connected to the master socket!

parityboy · 31 May 2013 at 13:45

PapaLazaru said:
They do not move the master socket. All they will do is run some cat5 cable to wherever you want. The socket will remain where it is.

I realise that, which is what the data extension kit is for.

~Mike~ · 5 Jun 2013 at 12:11

Has interleaving been turned on?

Ping has gone from 8ms to 24ms

DL from 22.5Mb/s to 19.7 Mb/s
UL from 3.9Mb/S to 3.5Mb/s

KIA · 5 Jun 2013 at 12:39

^ Yes.

~Mike~ · 5 Jun 2013 at 12:41

KIA said:
^ Yes.

Thought so. :mad:

Strange thing is that its been really stable since it was installed or so I thought. I assume I'm stuck with interleaving?

Clairvoyant · 5 Jun 2013 at 14:26

Can you get them to turn interleaving off. As Im sure they have turned mine on.

KIA · 5 Jun 2013 at 14:45

Mike306 said:
Thought so.

Strange thing is that its been really stable since it was installed or so I thought. I assume I'm stuck with interleaving?

Not necessarily. It might go away after a couple of days to a few weeks if the line remains stable.

~Mike~ · 5 Jun 2013 at 16:01

KIA said:
Not necessarily. It might go away after a couple of days to a few weeks if the line remains stable.

Ok thanks, I'll keep an eye on it.

horrorxpunk · 6 Jun 2013 at 11:42

Interleaving is by default set to auto on fibre connection and usually we keep it configured in that state, as long as the line is stable for around 48 - 72 hours with no errors or drops then it should switch itself off :-)

iMacMart · 6 Jun 2013 at 12:15

I'm going to dump Sky FTTC at the end of this year (November) and go with plusnet I think, at this cost and the estimated speeds I would get I can't see why I wouldn't

I get full speeds with Sky currently

horrorxpunk · 6 Jun 2013 at 14:04

Sky is LLU and they normally use their own equipment so their may be a difference in the speeds, you can use the plusnet website to get an estimated speed for FTTC though :-)

Lartyconshayo · 6 Jun 2013 at 15:22

6 months 'free' unlimited fibre now with plusnet instead of 3

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...-offering-12-months-half-price-broadband.html

AzZ · 6 Jun 2013 at 16:01

Also £73.50 cashback via Topcashback if you sign up within the next 3 days. I have noticed that they regularly have this cashback offer on so if you miss it it should appear again at some point.

Plusnet has been great since I moved to them. No problems at all.

~Mike~ · 6 Jun 2013 at 17:12

horrorxpunk said:
Interleaving is by default set to auto on fibre connection and usually we keep it configured in that state, as long as the line is stable for around 48 - 72 hours with no errors or drops then it should switch itself off

Thanks horrorxpunk. Just asking, can you(plusnet) manually turn it off if requested?

KIA · 6 Jun 2013 at 17:58

Mike306 said:
Just asking, can you(plusnet) manually turn it off if requested?

It can't be turned off.

horrorxpunk · 7 Jun 2013 at 09:16

^^^ As KIA says, it cannot be switched off. Only on ADSL/2+ can it be switched off.