Plusnet Discussion Thread

I'm on a 100MBps FTTC connection I don't often see faster speeds than that on torrents either :P Bob Pullen posted a little explanation on this a few pages back and this has been answered many times on the community forums.

http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/traffic_management.shtml

In the event of very high network usage and when we are reaching capacity during heavy peak times then yes P2P get's the lowest priority, this is not the same as per user traffic management ( like restricting a customers speed for downloading x amount ) this type of thing only happens if there is a major service outage though.

Just to quote Bob Pullen who is very good in his research!
You should be able to achieve line speed from Usenet/P2P etc. and I'd personally suggest against the Pro add-on because it kind of voids the prioritisation we apply that helps if you're caning your line doing multiple things at once.

It's currently the busiest period of the evening and here's a Usenet download I've just triggered on my Unlimited account:

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There's a /very/ slim chance that you may have disconnected/reconnected recently and not been authenticated properly on our traffic management platform. If you continue to have problems then shout up and I'll look into it.
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Thanks horror, I suppose it also has to do with how many seeds are in the torrent and how much they are uploading as well.

Just downloading a test torrent and im hitting about 4.3mb down now.

Other than that, the line is perfectly stable and speedtest results are showing im hitting an average of 73mb down and 17 mb up.
 
Mr Blonde said:
Yas,

Going by their site it will depend on what fibre package you have :
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/download_speeds.shtml

Plusnet Essentials Fibre : 2 Mb/s between 8pm and 10pm on Peer to peer / Usenet.
Plusnet Unlimited Fibre : Full line speed all the time.
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Yep im on the unlimited fibre package...anyhow nevermind as I know a lot of the speed downloading has to do with the number of seeds im connected to. One thing I do like is the fact that im uploading a lot more faster than before.
 
I am on 10Mbps which is enough to run any game server off; which is great. I love being able to stream Battlefield 3 at high quality and still get 30ms ping to european servers, I wish I had 17Mbps up that would make me very happy haha.
 
I'm currently on Sky fibre LLU (full LLU voice & data) with a BT assigned telephone number trying to move to PlusNet fibre unlimited.

Despite being told when I ordered that there would be no problem and having been given an install date, suddenly it's now suspended and I'm in a holding queue until Openreach(??) sort out the mechanism for such a fibre LLU out transfer.

Does anyone have any information on the timescale for the resolution of this issue as there would appear to be many in this position and very little solid information on when it will be resolved?
 
Yas, can I ask how your migration went?

Reason I ask is that I am currently in the process of transferring my broadband from Be to PlusNet and wanted to see if I can expect any issues.

So far all I have got is an email from Be telling me that something has gone wrong since BT has an ongoing cease order on my landline?

Thanks.
 
shahpor said:
Yas, can I ask how your migration went?

Reason I ask is that I am currently in the process of transferring my broadband from Be to PlusNet and wanted to see if I can expect any issues.

So far all I have got is an email from Be telling me that something has gone wrong since BT has an ongoing cease order on my landline?

Thanks.
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Took about 3 weeks from ordering to completion for me, soon as i got my transfer code from BE i rung up plusnet and ordered the unlimited fibre package...£20 a mth for 18 mths...only £5 more than my BE connection and i get 5 times the speed so worth it.

Migration went well, just took awhile but i still could use my BE connection till the day the fibre engineer turned up at my door to connect my fibre. Definitely knew he was coming because first thing in the morning my BE connection went off and then the engineer turned up.

I did get a letter a few days later after my plusnet connection was up from BE saying something along the lines that my connection has gone wrong so to call them etc...didnt bother, threw the letter away because i gave them 1mths notice to cease my line.

So far so good, 7 days in and rock stable and no issues yet.
 
Thanks for the info Yas

Got my router through the post this morning and my install date, so hopefully by the 3rd of July I will also be enjoying super fast broadband. :)
 
shahpor said:
Thanks for the info Yas

Got my router through the post this morning and my install date, so hopefully by the 3rd of July I will also be enjoying super fast broadband. :)
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Good stuff shahpor, im not using the router they sent, technicolour or whatever its called...such a retarded name:p...bought myself the Asus RT N66U router which is immense, wifi coverage in my house is stupid good...getting great wifi speed as well.

Hope your install goes well mate:)
 
Anyone here from Bethere to Plusnet? Not off to a good start, when you gave your MAC address to Plusnet, did you cancel your BE account at the same time? I choose broadband and telephone with Plusnet, so it would move broadband from BE and the line from BT.

After wasting an afternoon at home with no BT engineer, i called Plusnet to be told BT had cancelled the order due to an open product on my line, surely this would be Plusnet's own request to transfer the line to them?

Thanks

Andy
 
madman045 said:
Anyone here from Bethere to Plusnet? Not off to a good start, when you gave your MAC address to Plusnet, did you cancel your BE account at the same time? I choose broadband and telephone with Plusnet, so it would move broadband from BE and the line from BT.

After wasting an afternoon at home with no BT engineer, i called Plusnet to be told BT had cancelled the order due to an open product on my line, surely this would be Plusnet's own request to transfer the line to them?

Thanks

Andy
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I was with Be but only changed over my internet connection, gave Be a months notice, got my MAC code and gave it to plusnet...3 weeks later im on the unlimited fibre package.

Was easy as pie and plusnet were superb, kept me updated throughout the process.
 
Yas786 said:
Good stuff shahpor, im not using the router they sent, technicolour or whatever its called...such a retarded name:p...bought myself the Asus RT N66U router which is immense, wifi coverage in my house is stupid good...getting great wifi speed as well.

Hope your install goes well mate:)
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Thanks mate.

That is interesting since I was considering using a different router from the one they sent. Although I have found the Wi Fi speed of the ISP provided routers to be adequate, so I am not sure what benefits I would receive from getting the Asus.
 
Has anyone had their "drop wire" replaced? Forgive me if the terminology is incorrect, I'm referring to the wire that goes from the telephone pole to your house. I've got a friend who said that after have his replaced (due to the wire being damaged/very old), he got speeds much closer to the maximum of 76mb. I'm only getting 37ish on my unlimited fibre and although it may not be accurate, the speed estimate on Plusnet's website for houses the next street over and of equal distance to the exchange and for house at the start of my road (100m or so away) have much higher speed estimates... up to 60mb!!!

On a similar subject, my master socket is pretty old and only has two thin copper wires coming out of it. Where as all the pictures of newer master sockets I see on the 'net appear to have a single cable with four individual wires... kind of like cat3 minus a couple of wires. Could this also reduce my speed?
 
Currently with Adsl24 and am thinking of changing to fibre as its finally active in my area. If I get MAC code from my current ISP can I use it even though its not Fibre code or should I just order from Plusnet than cancel my current account. Sorry for stupid questions but never changed ISP. Thanks in advance for help :)
 
oggiet said:
Currently with Adsl24 and am thinking of changing to fibre as its finally active in my area. If I get MAC code from my current ISP can I use it even though its not Fibre code or should I just order from Plusnet than cancel my current account. Sorry for stupid questions but never changed ISP. Thanks in advance for help :)
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Get the MAC from ADSL24 and give it to Plusnet during signup.
 
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