Broadband comparison site Broadband Genie‘s latest poll names Plusnet the winner of the award ‘Best Broadband Provider 2013′ as well as ‘Best Budget Broadband 2013.’
Plusnet gained top scores for reliability, service, tech support, speed and economical broadband and phone deals.
Jamie Ford, CEO of Plusnet, said:
“We’re delighted to get the highest scores across all these categories because it is testament to the work we have done –all this and we’re still offering these services at some of the most competitive prices on the market.”
The runners up in these categories included…
Selina Moses - 19 February 2013 | comments. Read more
Plusnet will soon get rid of its monthly download limits and offer its customers unlimited broadband access.
Plusnet’s home broadband packages caps downloading to a certain limit but from this week, existing and new customers on the basic deal can upgrade to an unlimited service for an extra £4 a month.
As most people are using data-heavy services such as BBC iPlayer much more often, it is a smart move towards making internet connection more accessible.
This new deal will please its customers and draw new ones in, in rural areas especially.
This…
Selina Moses - 17 December 2012 | comments. Read more
According to Plusnet’s latest survey, which asked 3,360 UK mums about their web activities, found that almost all mothers (82 per cent) were relying on the World Wide Web to get parental tips and advice.
Interestingly, roughly all mums said they were spending up to 4 hours online as a form of “time to spend on thyself”. Strange, here at Broadbandwatcher we thought “me time” was spent pampering oneself, you know, not at home.
In addition, almost a half (41 per cent) shopped online on a weekly basis to save time…
Geoff Slaughter - 15 March 2012 | comments. Read more
As Plusnet celebrates its 15th birthday, the ISP decided to visualise how the modern household will look like in another 15 years.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the house of 2027.
Whilst some features that Centre for Future Studies has come up with for Plusnet are already out there, Broadbandwatcher thinks it’s fair to say that these can be pushed a few steps further.
According to the future forecasters, the house will look more or less like this:
Jamie Ford, CEO…
Edita Lozovska - 23 February 2012 | comments. Read more
Some of you might remember KC launching 100Mbps fibre broadband and now it seems that Plusnet has too decided to up the ante.
The ISP which claims that its “broadband won’t be beat on price” has announced the expansion of its own 100Mbps trial based on FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) technology.
Plusnet is currently testing the services and has not confirmed as to when they will be ready for lift off.
More detail on the product is as follows:
Plusnet’s Extra Fibre 100Mbps (£34.49 per month)
Up to 100Mbps downloads
Up…
Geoff Slaughter - 25 January 2012 | comments. Read more
If you were using Vodafone’s fixed-line broadband, expect to be migrated to PlusNet, as the former decided to eliminate its home internet services for good.
As many of you may recall, Vodafone erased the service from its website, despite speculations that the mobile operator was looking into revamping the product.
Due to lack of publicity as well as fierce competitors setting new standards by the hour, the company decided to leave its home broadband service overboard.
As a quick reminder, Vodafone was offering BT-based unlimited broadband with speeds of up to 8Mbps…
Edita Lozovska - 20 December 2011 | comments. Read more
It’s been fun but the time has come to relocate, thought PlusNet announcing that it will take all of its operations to a more centrally-located Sheffield office space.
The move is to celebrate the ISP’s 15th birthday the coming February and is scheduled for next Spring (and to be completed at some point in May 2012).
It has been said that the 53,000 square feet office space that PlusNet has been eyeing up is going to be the grandest office let in town throughout the last five years.
Jamie Ford, Head of…
Geoff Slaughter - 12 December 2011 | comments. Read more
It seems that 26 per cent of us were still not too familiar with internet jargon and had no idea what “bandwidth”, “router” or “download” for that matter meant.
However, what was mostly interesting was that adults aged 55 and over felt more confident with tech terminology, with 72 per cent saying they understood it all.
As a contrast, only 61 per cent of 16-24 claimed to understand all the internet slang.
Some of you might remember that Sky found that 25 per cent of Londoners thought that…
Geoff Slaughter - 8 December 2011 | comments. Read more
Those interested in a value broadband bundle might have a peak at Plusnet’s new promotion, which offers exactly that at half price for nine months.
It also might be worth mentioning that the ISP offers its services on a 12 month contract basis and its customer support centre is open and ready to help all day, everyday… well and night too.
The packages are as follows:
Plusnet Value including evening and weekend calls bundle
- Speeds of up to 20Mbps
- 10GB monthly usage allowance (although you can download as much as you want…
Geoff Slaughter - 3 November 2011 | comments. Read more
Throughout the past year Plusnet has been working hard to raise £5,252 for charity. Broadbandwatcher knew there was a good reason for all of those quiz nights and fancy dress events.
The charity in question is Alzheimer’s Society, which Plusnet announced as the charity of choice for the time period from 2010 to 2011.
Among those who helped Plusnet to raise the handsome amount of money was Roxanne Pallett, singer and actress (you might remember her from Emmerdale), who commented on the success:
“It’s been fantastic to be involved with Plusnet this…
Geoff Slaughter - 21 October 2011 | comments. Read more
