Bt sport on plusnet

Seeing as plusnet are owned by bt, does anyone know of any plans to provide bt sport free to plusnet customers? My contract with plus is up soon and I would stay if bt sport is included. If not I'm off to bt!

Oh, I'm on a market 1 exchange so having to use the standard adsl max reseller services in any case.

They keep saying watch this space, something is being trialled by staff and promising to announce something soon. But when it comes to PN promises take this post from 2009 for example: http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,6689... still hasn't happened so I wouldn't hold your breath!

Edited by jelv (Sun 08-Sep-13 09:37:46)

Whilst I understand your point Jelv, saying that we'll try to do something is not the same as promising it.

I don't consider unencrypted POP3/IMAP/SMTP satisfactory these days, considering all the open networks in use with questionable levels of security. In a way I'm pleased O2 are killing their email service since it didn't seem like they were interested in supporting encryption.

Isn't BT Sport Operated by BT Retail?

In which case I think its wishful thinking to expect BT Sport to be offered free to PN customers

Edited by Davey_H (Mon 09-Sep-13 01:43:09)

Hi

PlusNet come under the BT Retail umbrella, see:

http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/Ourcompany/Groupbusine...

So I believe that PN could be allowed to offer BT sport.

Virgin Media is nothing to do with BT and they offer it.

It is all about coming to an agreement to offer it to customers.

BT Sport by email? An interesting concept!

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

BT Sport by email? An interesting concept!

An OT reference to jelv's link regarding SSL connection to email servers of course:

In reply to a post by jelv:

But when it comes to PN promises take this post from 2009 for example: http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,6689... still hasn't happened so I wouldn't hold your breath!

In reply to a post by skandia2:

Hi

PlusNet come under the BT Retail umbrella, see:

http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/Ourcompany/Groupbusine...

No - Plusnet come under the BT Consumer umbrella, as does BT Retail. Plusnet is run as a completely separate company.

In reply to a post by ferretuk:

No - Plusnet come under the BT Consumer umbrella, as does BT Retail. Plusnet is run as a completely separate company.

But since they are both part of BT Group, Plusnet may be offered BT Sport on favourable terms.

I doubt they can be too favourable otherwise negotiations will become difficult with Virgin Media and Sky.

I can understand people hoping for free BT sport due to the link between PlusNet and BT, but I would be very surprised unless it was tied into a new TV based product too that had other revenue increasing options.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

But since they are both part of BT Group, Plusnet may be offered BT Sport on favourable terms.

That's like saying that the latest whizzy feature on an Audi should also be made available for customers with a VW or Skoda. Just because a company is part of the same group doesn't necessarily imply that there's a business relationship between them. In fact, in many cases, the owner of the group will deliberately set their businesses apart, with different product sets, to target different markets.

I really don't hold with all the 'BT Retail have got BT Sport so why shouldn't Plusnet' arguments. If you want BT Sport, move your service to BT Retail and have done with it!

In reply to a post by ferretuk:

That's like saying that the latest whizzy feature on an Audi should also be made available for customers with a VW or Skoda.

Not "should be", but "can be". Whether or not they do is a business decision within BT.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Virgin Media is nothing to do with BT and they offer it.

It is all about coming to an agreement to offer it to customers.

I'm not questioning it could be offered. It wouldn't be free though

Its the often spouted, because they're owned by BT arguments i question...

Which is the point I was making

Edited by Davey_H (Mon 09-Sep-13 16:58:17)

Even if Plusnet paid "full rate" for BT Sport, it's just money going from one pot in BT Group to another. And I don't think BT and Plusnet are viewed as very different entities within BT, after all, they lump both BT and Plusnet subscribers into one figure within their company accounts.