In the next few weeks we will begin a trial of Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC). The trial is being run by BT Wholesale over their 21CN network and it is our intention to offer it to the customers that can get it.
Initially the trial is being run in two areas - Muswell Hill in London and Whitchurch in Wales. We will be emailing the customers on these exchanges this week to let them know about the trial. More…
Do we have a new tennis hero? I think we have a new British hero! More…
We are pleased to announce that we have activated another 155Mbps segment of central bandwidth. Customers connecting to this new segment will access the Internet through the gateway known as pcl-ag01.
We’ve activated this extra capacity in line with the current budget and our projected growth in customer numbers.
When new capacity is added to the network, it takes time for the network to balance and for a representative proportion of the customer base to connect to the new segment. In order to speed up this process we might need to briefly disconnect some broadband customers from the Internet.
If we decide to do this then we’ll announce further details as a planned maintenance notice nearer the time.
On the back of Dave Tomlinson’s recent news that iPlayer traffic for last Sunday’s ‘Top Gear’ has smashed our previous network record for video streaming a particular programme, we present a bit of fun. Here’s ‘Jeremy’ with tonight’s TopStream.
see also : Who is The Stig?
“The Stig” unmasked tonight on the first episode of the new series of Top Gear… only I don’t think it was the real Stig. Certainly though the potential reveal has caused people to tune in to Top Gear in droves and the convenience of iPlayer has meant that many can enjoy an extra hour or two out in the evening sun on the longest day of the year. So many in fact it’s set a new Plusnet iPlayer record with 1.31Gbps of iPlayer streaming traffic being hit between 10pm and 11pm this evening. More…
It’s been a while since we update everyone regarding the status of our 21CN trial so thought now would be a timely juncture to post the latest information. More…
We’ve now made it even easier for you to reduce your monthly broadband bill. As well as re-launching our popular referrals 4x discount offer we’ve now launched a special offer for your friends and family.
For the next month we’re giving current Tiscali broadband customers their first 3 months free if they switch to Plusnet. So, if you’ve got friends and family who are currently with Tiscali and looking for a change then why not tell them about this offer? More…
The second annual PHP TestFest is currently underway and this weekend the PHP NorthWest user group met to make their contribution with Ben, Rowan and myself representing Plusnet. The aim is to improve the amount of PHP source code that is covered by tests thereby giving developers increased confidence that unintentional behavior changes are not made. These tests are run frequency and the results are published on gcov.php.net.
Having used PHP for a number of years to build a career and pay the bills, it feels particularly satisfying to contribute something back to the project. Also, those people making significant contribution may apply for a $username@php.net email address which looks cool on a business card!
With the recent release of PHP5.3RC2, the main focus is on improving code coverage for the 5.3 branch. PHP core developer Scott MacVicar started the day with an introduction on how-to compile from source as well as run the existing tests. After pizza, we got down to the business of writing tests, starting with a simple example which I’ll run through… More…
Yesterday we relaunched our popular referrals offer giving you increased discounts for recommending Plusnet to your friends and family.
We’ll give you 4 times the normal monthly referral discount for 6 months for every person that joins us on your recommendation between May 7th and June 18th. You’ll also get an extra £2 discount per month if they take one of our Home Phone products too!
So rather than getting 50p off each month for recommending someone to Plusnet Unlimited we’ll give you £2 off for 6 months.
There’s no limit to how many people you can recommend or how big your discount can be. If enough people join on your recommendation then we’ll even start paying you!
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BroadbandChoices.co.uk has announced its Customer Satisfaction Awards 2009. We’ve been Highly Commended in all six of the broadband categories as well as Highly Commended Overall. More…
We are pleased to announce that we have now activated an additional 155Mbps segment of central bandwidth.
Customers connecting to the new segment will be terminated on a new gateway named pcl-ag04. More…
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