[access-uk] Re: Plusnet's new Broadband Your way
- From: "Spring.flower" <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:10:09 +0100
Think it can bedpend on the site you're downloading from and the ammount of
traffic on it.
Trace
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Plusnet's new Broadband Your way
> Adrian, this seems a bit harsh - I have always found Plusnet to be ok, and
> helpful on the phone when experiencing connection difficulties. I know BT
> have come in for a lot of criticism in recent times, and rightly so, but
> now
> that they are owners of Plusnet, does this mean that plusnet has to
> deteriorate by default?
>
> So many providers offer so-called unlimited access, but as we have come to
> learn, this usually means at slower speeds when a given data traffic
> amount
> has been reached. At least Plusnet are up front on this, and 8GB a month
> for
> £14.99 seems competitive to me. What I don't understand from looking at
> their details for Broadband Your way, is what the connection speeds mean
> for
> the different times of the day. I don't really understand connection
> speeds,
> as I have noticed when I am receiving a download, that speeds can vary
> greatly. Usually I can download a 40MB file in just a few minutes, say
> 3-4,
> but I did have an experience a couple of months ago, where it took a hour
> to
> download a similarly sized file; when I queried this with Plusnet, they
> did
> say they weren't experiencing any problems, and this did go on for a week
> or
> so, so was puzzled by that one, but generally, their service has been good
> for me - Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 11:15 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Plusnet's new Broadband Your way
>
>
> | Now that they're owned by BT I wouldn't sign up to plus.net as a new =
> | customer, you might as well go to the devil direct or better still find
> =
> | a so-called 2nd tier provider who actually cares about customers. As an
> =
> | existing plus.net customer on an 8-meg connection for =A314 a month I'll
> =
> | stay put for the time being but if the peak time drop-outs don't =
> | improve soon or we see a return of the emaill connectivity problems I'll
> =
> | be off.
> |
> |
> | Adrian Higginbotham
> |
> |
> | Accessibility content manager
> |
> | British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
> | Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
> |
> | Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
> | BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ=20
> |
> |
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> =
> | Of Andy Collins
> | Sent: 14 April 2007 13:05
> | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Plusnet's new Broadband Your way
> |
> | Trace - try this link:
> |
> |
> http://www.plus.net/residential/broadband/?WT.mc_id=3Dec_0407_bbywprereg_=
> | signup=20
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