The Zen Freeola combination is the best I have found so far,

>2) PlusNet Traffic Management concerns

As Plusnet prioritise rather than rate limit traffic what's the issue?

In reply to a post by Spud2003:

>2) PlusNet Traffic Management concerns

As Plusnet prioritise rather than rate limit traffic what's the issue?

Well I guess if you build a network around streaming and voip, what do you do for people who want to download an ISO? And Im talking Fedora here.

I don't like the idea of being penalised because the bandwidth Im using isn't as important as streaming so Im second class. That's why a less managed network is more appealing to me. But I think at the moment, the price is winning over.

Having used both Plusnet and Zen (among others) I'd pay a bit more and plump for Zen every time, as in my experience when I've had issues they get things sorted quick.

Also find the line rental excellent value.

Edited by techguy (Sun 06-Jul-14 19:20:33)

You aren't penalised, as you would be if you were rate limited, your Fedora download will run at max speed. Just noticed your post in the Plusnet forum, the replies you got there were accurate.

Yeah, we use them at work and really happy with them there. But, the price just kind of edges them out, I thought the phone was going to be a better value too, which might have balanced things out a bit, but with no inclusive minutes, seems a bit... well.... err.... no.... Haven't fully decided. Really not sure how happy I'll be on an 18 month contract.

They do 5,000 inclusive minutes for little more than BT line rental, with NO 60 minute cap to trigger call charges. I have made a five hour call with no charge.

PlusNet block websites. It is one of the reasons I will not return to them (they were my very first broadband provider around a decade ago) as I do not believe it is right to have particular parts of the net censored just because government wishes it to be so.

See my sig (blocked.org.uk) to check if any sites you frequent will be blocked on PlusNet.

Only once served with the court order which is usually to their parent BT

If you want reassurance about how unlimited Plusnet Unlimited is check out this post: http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/plusnet/t/4341189-r...

There's no issue with traffic prioritisation (it only comes in to play when you are maxing out your line - your speeds are not affected by other users (excluding BT bottlenecks which affect all ISPs except LLU)), limits on how much you download (I'm expecting more posts from people shifting > 1TB per month) or prety much any other technical aspects.

Where there is an issue is the length of the phone call queues and the time they are taking to respond to tickets. Plusnet customer numbers are growing faster than their support can cope with at present. They have a new support centre in Leeds but it's taking time for the situation to improve.

Summary: when it works it's great, if you have issues it can be frustrating at present.