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Perhaps it is all part of a conspiracy plan that usually emerges on a Friday evening
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Which reminds me... time for another pint of that conspiracy-creation liquid 
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If they need to increase the price of "broadband only" in order to make it viable then so be it. There's really very little mainstream competition in that market now, so they could conceivably put the price up without affecting new signups.
how is it unviable? eg. if I signup to voice services as well it adds so much hassle to me I would expect plusnet to pay me to do that. and after all that I dont make calls on my landline so where do they make money of me for that?
or is it the case plusnet are cross subsidising from call revenue from customers who use landlines heavily. In that case they fail a margin squeeze test.
right now I am still considering plusnet but if broadband only dissapears the consideration is gone as I wont be moving my line. I just consider it greed for an isp to not be happy with just selling broadband.
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right now I am still considering plusnet but if broadband only dissapears the consideration is gone as I wont be moving my line. My decision when leaving IDNet fibre was between PN and BT. In the end it was largely decided by the phone calls I made to both about FTTC >> FTTC migration, which in Feb 12 was almost unheard of.
Neither had heard of it, but at least Plusnet believed I was already on FTTC. BT didn't, (even after the UK sales guy "spoke to his manager"), but they would take the order and send an engineer to check "your equipment is compatible with our service".
If I had had to move my line rental away from BT in order to join Plusnet FTTC I would have gone for Infinity, despite the above. I'm very fixed about the line being with BT, in the same way as large numbers of O2/Be customers are leaving in droves rather than feed Murdoch's empire. As I would have done if I hadn't already jumped, for FTTC.
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Connection - Plusnet UnLim Fibre (FTTC). Sync ~ 54.2/15.2Mbps @ 600m. - BQM
"Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant." - Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn.
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suppliers that offer no tie-in broadband only and far better customer service for only slightly more money. I would have thought that was obvious.
Care to mention 2 or 3, please ? Now that fibre seems to be almost ready at my nearest cabinet, I see that Plus.Net has dropped from 6 to 3 the number of months of half price. It might be worth my while to have a new phone line from Primus and a connection with one of the competitors (and if you don't want to post, a private message would be appreciated). Are you talking 'unlimited' and broadband (rather than fibre), by the way ?
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I am not particularly talking unlimited or fibre, but customer service, price and quality of service, from the likes of Zen or Enta. Freeola in my case. I find their 40gb service far better than the 60gb Plusnet one I had, simply because Freeola are unmetered from 7:00 pm AND all weekend (65%of the time!). No need to stay up half the night to keep within my allowance when streaming. They also throw in many many freebies, such as free hosting and Static IP as standard, all of which add up when combined with their superb customer service. Gamers may be interested in my superb constant low pings I have not found elsewhere.
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Edited by professor973 (Sat 11-May-13 14:39:03)
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However, on Plusnet Unlimited ....
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However, Enta are reportedly going unlimited. Though it will make little difference to a service that is unmetered most of the time anyway. Monthly contract also, which is another incentive to keep customers happy. Like most, they will probably eventually be squeezed out with the likes of BT, who have a larger budget. It is only the tie-in that keeps many of us away.
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Unlimited has been the main eye-catcher on the Enta website for a while, so rather more than "reportedly"  . IIRC there is a downloadable price list, but I didn't pursue that.
I get the feeling that the price may not be low, though not exorbitant either.
My broadband basic info/help site - www.robertos.me.uk | Domains,website and mail hosting - Tsohost.
Connection - Plusnet UnLim Fibre (FTTC). Sync ~ 54.2/15.2Mbps @ 600m. - BQM
"Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant." - Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn.
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I had just seen it mentioned here. Like you, I have not followed it up, thinking there may be a higher price or tie-in and I am happy with what I have. As you know, it takes a good supplier to keep me happy
Edited by professor973 (Sat 11-May-13 15:45:03)
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