I was with BT before. Now that was an education. Biggest problem I found with them was I used to end up speaking to people located somewhere in India. They did their best but I found it was hard work at times. But connection wise I couldn't really complain much - well, not much before the fibre cabinet arrived. After that and before the cabinet went live, my ADSL connection dive bombed.

Yes, I moved in July or August last year. The only gotcha is that on the current Plusnet packages your broadband cost would rise by £2.50pm.

I happened to be on the latest product, but signed up to it before that hike was introduced. My line was, and always had been, with BT itself, but I was still paying £19.99 for FTTC, not the £22.49 that people who signed up after the hike was introduced.

As it happens I have since migrated the broadband away.

Kevin (kasg posting earlier) I think has also moved his line to P8.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Kevin (kasg posting earlier) I think has also moved his line to P8.

Yes, I have, but am open to moving it back to Plusnet depending on what deal they can offer me when my contract is up next month.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Yes, I moved in July or August last year. The only gotcha is that on the current Plusnet packages your broadband cost would rise by £2.50pm.

I happened to be on the latest product, but signed up to it before that hike was introduced. My line was, and always had been, with BT itself, but I was still paying £19.99 for FTTC, not the £22.49 that people who signed up after the hike was introduced.

As it happens I have since migrated the broadband away.

Kevin (kasg posting earlier) I think has also moved his line to P8.

Thanks RobertoS, I'm also on the £19.99 FTTC price so not worried about that. More concerned about any technical issues that may or may not arise. But, sounds like it was all pretty smooth.

If the deal is better than as is?

Won't they do deals on just the broadband?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

If the deal is better than as is?

Better than what I currently pay for the broadband and line rental. I'm not too fussed about call costs as I hardly ever use the landline to make calls.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Won't they do deals on just the broadband?

Any deal is highly likely to depend on having Plusnet Line Rental, but I could try. I intend to wave the SSE stick if necessary.

Anyone considering moving broadband only to Plusnet, bear in mind that if you also want Plusnet TV you can only get that if you also take line rental.

In reply to a post by Jaggies:

Anyone considering moving broadband only to Plusnet, bear in mind that if you also want Plusnet TV you can only get that if you also take line rental.

Thanks Jaggies.

On another question, does the BT Fibre checker produce results based on line distance or testing of the line or both?

Edited by Vorlon (Wed 01-Jun-16 18:05:11)

The estimate is based on records of the line. When you get a live service, the estimate is updated to match what you are getting.

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There's no evidence of that though. The PN forums are pretty quiet right now and the only issues appear to be line faults. There is no evidence that Plusnet has any network capacity issues.

Better today I must admit, speed is still not as i think it should be, but I think some of that have to do with the line somewhere, but at least now TV is working better. But pings are still naff, not that it matters much when surfing, but I can tell they are high even without testing because web pages take so long to respond. I still think plusnet have a problem somewhere.

But it seems no matter what large ISP is used they are all more or less the same, I suppose you do get what you pay for. But to be honest if i can stream now TV and netflix, that will do.