Plusnet PRO

Relentless81 · 23 Jan 2012 at 09:19

Hi all,

I'm going from a Virgin Media fibre connection to a DSL connection as I'm moving into a flat so I'm after the best connection I can get.

Is Plusnet PRO worth it for the extra fiver a month and is Plusnet a better provider than BT or Sky or are all they all much of a muchness?

Thanks

KIA · 23 Jan 2012 at 11:07

Exchange? http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search

drizzy · 23 Jan 2012 at 11:12

Be is your best bet if it's available!

Relentless81 · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:00

Thanks, forgot about that site.

Here are the details. It seems Be is available, why are they better?

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/MRMER

What does the below mean, That BT fibre will be available from 01/03/2012 ?

FTTC status: RFS date set : 01/03/2012

Orcvader · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:52

BT Infinity. It's BT's answer to Virgin Media. You can get speeds of 40mb dl/10ul (soon uprading to 80mb dl/20mb ul). Might be best to go with BT Total and upgrade to BT Infinity for free when it becomes avaliable?

Apart from that, Be/o2/Sky LLU are the best phoneline packages you can get. Very stable connections but the speed will depend on the distance from your exchange.

Relentless81 · 23 Jan 2012 at 13:03

Interesting, so BT Total means that as soon as FTTC comes available I am automatically upgraded?

Does anything need to be fitted for the move from DSL to Cable or does it still work off the phone sockets?

Orcvader · 23 Jan 2012 at 13:13

Yup. Well, that's what BT told my parents anyway since Total option 3 is the same price as Infinity option 2. But our FTTC date is on the 01/03/2012 too... All they'll send you is a white VDSL modem which you connect to the ADSL faceplate they install on the master socket for you, then you connect the BT homehub (or your own router) to the white modem.

Everything will be supplied to you for DSL, still uses phone sockets so you'll be sent ADSL filters too but BT are starting to install ADSL faceplates which integrates the filters to the master socket (Well, it's what my cousin says... he's a BT engineer that deals with Infinity installation).

Relentless81 · 23 Jan 2012 at 13:49

Thanks, I cant find anything about "Total" on the website and the mastersocket is in a different room to the PC just to complicate things! I dont really want to order a DSL connection on a contract to be told I cant change it when FTTC is available on my exchange but dont know how to clarify

All very confusing

KIA · 23 Jan 2012 at 16:15

You should wait for FTTC before signing a long contract. Get something like http://adsl24.co.uk/broadband/home/ on a monthly contract until FTTC is ready.

Orcvader · 23 Jan 2012 at 16:25

Looks like they changed the name. Seems it's just refered to as normal Broadband now. Can call up BT and see what they say?

Relentless81 · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:22

I think I'll ring up and ask the question, cheers

Caged · 23 Jan 2012 at 23:07

Especially as those FTTC dates have a habit of slipping quite regularly

Relentless81 · 25 Jan 2012 at 10:26

Ended up going with BT, pretty disapointed with the price inc line rental as I'll never use the phone, its the same price as my old 50mb (due to be upgraded to 100mb for free) with Virgin but estimated at 17MB

At least I can upgrade to FTTC when it becomes available

Thanks for the help