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(deleted) Tue 26-Apr-11 13:50:06

Is the PlusNet Pro addon worth the extra money?

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Just looking to move to PlusNet from Idnet due to needing the extra bandwidth but looking at the packages I can't decide if the PlusNet Pro addon is worth the extra £5 a month. Does it really make a difference or will I just be wasting my money?

By the way, we are ipstream here. No LLU or FTC unfortunately. Max speed is around 3mb.

Thanks in advance

Saul

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(legend) Tue 26-Apr-11 13:52:20

Re: Is the PlusNet Pro addon worth the extra money?

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http://www.plus.net/addons/pro/

See the prioritising of traffic.

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(deleted) Tue 26-Apr-11 13:57:14

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Yeah I have read what it does but I wanted to know from people's own experience if in reality it made a difference?

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(legend) Tue 26-Apr-11 14:06:37

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Well FWIW I haven't noticed much of a difference going from Premier 1 to Extra. I think P1 was similar to Pro. Youtube streams and Beeb streams can occasionally be a bit laggy, but it might be the servers for all I know.

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(deleted) Tue 26-Apr-11 14:14:37

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Ahh, ok so it might not actually be worth it then. It's fairly expensive for us anyway as we are out in the sticks on a small exchange (580 homes) so we don't get the benefit of discounted prices and pay the max rate of £17.99 pm so an extra fiver for what might be no gain doesn't sound like a good deal.

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(deleted) Tue 26-Apr-11 14:15:38

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Pro is equivalent to the old PAYG and Pro packages.
Premier 1 was better than the current non pro offerings in some areas but still restricted download sites, servers, P2P and Usenet http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/products/archi...
Having said all that unless you are a heavy user (P2P, downloads not streaming, etc) you shouldn't see much advantage.
Fortunately the Pro addon is on a month by month basis so you can add or remove it as you wish.

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(legend) Tue 26-Apr-11 14:22:16

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I tried out the upload increase add-on for a while. The extra 330k was fine, and I noticed pings improved, since apparently that addon gets a better prioritisation somehow. I'm sure a PN rep will elaborate. I couldn't justify the extra £7.xx or whatever it costs. That might be another option if looking to get a better service though.

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(deleted) Tue 26-Apr-11 14:26:35

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Yeah I don't want any restrictions, traffic shaping etc. With our speed of a max 3mb the last thing I need is it slowing down in the evenings, especially as we use iPlayer and YouTube quite a bit.

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(committed) Tue 26-Apr-11 16:04:50

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In reply to a post by pcmaczone:
Yeah I don't want any restrictions, traffic shaping etc. With our speed of a max 3mb the last thing I need is it slowing down in the evenings, especially as we use iPlayer and YouTube quite a bit.

But the traffic shaping restricts protocols to certain maximum speeds, so being on a slower maximum speed will not make it worse for you, proportionately it will have less effect. I suggest you try it without the Pro addon and, if you then think it would help, add it. My maximum speed is similar to yours and I never noticed any problems from the traffic shaping, on Value or Extra.

Kevin

Plusnet Extra - soon to be Value Fibre
Using OpenDNS

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(deleted) Tue 26-Apr-11 17:03:44

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Thanks Kevin. Will give it a go and see how we get on.

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