In reply to a post by ian72:

Trouble is PlusNet only offer 40/2 or 80/20 - they don't offer 40/10.

Exactly, that's the point i was trying to make to jchamier. If you need more than 2mb upload than then go for the 80/20 service on PN or TT...simples. He seemed to imply that customers had no choice and couldn't get any package with higher than 2mb upload speeds with TT or PN. Also at least many ISPs give you a choice of (up to) 40/x or 80/20 meg services on FTTC...spare a thought for those on ADSL2+ services (BT or LLU) who might get only 0.5 meg yet pay the same as someone who gets 20 meg+.

Plusnet system won't let you order 80/20 if the forecast speed is less than 40Mb/s although the reps on the Plusnet Forums can sometimes sort it

Plus, 80/20 costs more even if they let you have it. On both PN and TT. To some people that matters.

How strange. I'd have thought if you were near the 40mb limit you'd be getting at least 17mb for upload. I'm on the 80/20 service with PN but tend to get nearer 65mb than the '70's on download. But the upload, which I do need and use, is consistently well over 18mb and frequently I see 19mb/s pop up while doing the TBB speed test.

Have you done any BT tests?

Not so - my stats
Connection speed (kbps): 45796 9028

Likewise. I get just over 50 download in wet weather and 8 to 9.5 upload. My line was tested by various BT Sfi about a year before I went to fttc.

This is why I am not moving to PN when I move house. The new address is capable of 35/8 on FTTC but the 40/2 tariff does not appeal to me and it does not make sense to pay extra for the 80/20 package on that line just to get the higher upload.

In reply to a post by Yves:

This is why I am not moving to PN when I move house. The new address is capable of 35/8 on FTTC but the 40/2 tariff does not appeal to me and it does not make sense to pay extra for the 80/20 package on that line just to get the higher upload.

PN wouldn't let you sign up for 80/20 anyway. That's the other part of why their choice to drop 40/10 seems weird. They won't put anyone on 80/20 unless their estimate shows them to be clearly capable of download speeds over 40Mb/s.

Now I can understand why they won't sell 80/20 to those who can't get at least 40 because customers being the gits they are they'd complain later on saying they should only be a on 40Mb/s download package. But it means that for a lot of people PN simply will only offer up to 2Mb/s upload.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Isn't one ISP supposed to be offering the new 55/10 soon?

That would make sense for PN - it would fill a gap in their portfolio.

In reply to a post by 69bertie:

Have you done any BT tests?

Just done a test on BTW:-

"Download speed achieved during the test was - 35.27 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 27.07 Mbps-38.67 Mbps .
Additional Information:
IP Profile for your line is - 38.67 Mbps
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Upload speed achieved during the test was - 5.93Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 20 Mbps"
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I think someone has said in another post that there is no bottom guaranteed limit. This is also made clear in the wording of the test results, no mention of "acceptable range" for upload Presumably as long as your line will support a few bytes every half hour or so it's alright.