| PlusNet's Option 2 + Home Phone details... |
PlusNet was founded in 1997. Along with three sister companies, it now provides broadband and dial-up internet to almost 250,000 customers. PlusNet's residential services provide broadband, broadband hardware, dial-up, and landline phone calls. They also offer one month contracts and operate UK based customer services, which are open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week at local rates.
This package bundles your broadband, home phone and line rental from PlusNet. Perfect for spending hours online, downloading music in seconds, streaming videos or downloading DVD qualities movies in a matter of hours
The main features included with this package are unlimited weekend and evening calls to landlines, free 4 port wireless router and a 15 GB download limit (medium user) |
| Monthly Cost | £14.65 - The set monthly cost you will pay for this package does not include line rental |
| Connection Fee | Free - Activation for your new connection |
| Modem/Router | £6.99 - A wireless router is included with a £6.99 charge for P and P |
| First Year Cost | £182.79 - This includes any promotional discounts, router costs and connection fees but does not include monthly line rental |
| Contract Length | 12 months - Should you cancel your contract during this period, you will have to pay the full cost of free hardware and the remaining balance will be charged to you in one lump sum |
| Company Telephone | Call PlusNet on 0800 694 0016 |
| Technology | ADSL IPStream |
| Technology Information | You will need a non cable telephone line in order to get this package. You must switch your line rental to PlusNet, this will cost £1.99 for the first 3 months (£9.75 thereafter) |
| Special Offers / Features |
- Get Line Rental with free Evening & Weekend calls for only £1.99 for the first 3 months, £9.75 thereafter (Offer ends 20th January 2009)
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| Speed/Restrictions |
| Contention Ratio | 50:1 |
| Download Speed | 8Mb |
| Upload Speed | 448Kb |
| Download Limit | 15GB |
| Download Limit Notes | This package comes with a set download limit which may restrict the amount you can download. This package is suitable for medium usage; here are some helpful representations of downloading:
- 60 hours web surfing = 1.5GB
- 1 Music Album = 0.06GB
- 10 Min Video Clip on Youtube = 0.2GB
- Low definition movie = 0.75GB
- DVD quality movie = 4.5GB
- 10 hours of internet radio = 1.2GB
Usage is free overnight between midnight and 8am |
| Download Limit Exceed Notes | Each Broadband Your Way Option comes with a usage allowance. Extra usage is just 73p per GB if you add it upfront or 98p per GB if you just pay for any extra as you use it. If you know you don't want to pay any extra you can set a price limit (if you reach your limit your line is restricted to 128kbps and advanced protocols - Usenet, P2P and FTP - are blocked until the end of your billing month. A limit is set as standard if you choose a pre-defined option) |