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Questions about unlimited package
23-10-2012 12:34 PM
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Hi,
I just called the customer options team to request a MAC code, as I wish to switch to another provider that offers a completely unlimited package.
When I declined a package with an increased data limit, I was offered an unlimited package for £16.99 a month. I didn't realise Plusnet did such a package, and I can't find any reference to it on the website (only an old unlimited package).
Are there any details on this package? Is it truly unlimited? Is there any throttling or traffic shaping?
thanks
Matt.
I just called the customer options team to request a MAC code, as I wish to switch to another provider that offers a completely unlimited package.
When I declined a package with an increased data limit, I was offered an unlimited package for £16.99 a month. I didn't realise Plusnet did such a package, and I can't find any reference to it on the website (only an old unlimited package).
Are there any details on this package? Is it truly unlimited? Is there any throttling or traffic shaping?
thanks
Matt.
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23-10-2012 12:59 PM
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It is the old legacy package.
Like ALL ISPs that offer 'unlimited' it is throttled and shaped - the big difference is that Plusnet are up front about admitting it!
There is genuinely no limit on the amount you can download and no fair usage policy.
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/products/archive/plusnet_unlimited_archive.shtml#downloadSpeed...
Like ALL ISPs that offer 'unlimited' it is throttled and shaped - the big difference is that Plusnet are up front about admitting it!
There is genuinely no limit on the amount you can download and no fair usage policy.
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/products/archive/plusnet_unlimited_archive.shtml#downloadSpeed...
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23-10-2012 1:18 PM
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Thanks for your help - I saw that page but I assumed it was purely historical!
I appreciate that PlusNet are upfront about their throttling/shaping (their transparency is excellent), but it isn't true that all ISPs are throttled/shaped, especially those that offer LLU services.
For example consider Be:
https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/beunlimited
This has no limits, no throttling. There is a fair usage policy, but it's about unacceptable behaviour (spam etc), rather than limits.
Sky is another example of a provider that offers a truly unlimited package.
thanks
Matt.
I appreciate that PlusNet are upfront about their throttling/shaping (their transparency is excellent), but it isn't true that all ISPs are throttled/shaped, especially those that offer LLU services.
For example consider Be:
https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/beunlimited
This has no limits, no throttling. There is a fair usage policy, but it's about unacceptable behaviour (spam etc), rather than limits.
Sky is another example of a provider that offers a truly unlimited package.
thanks
Matt.
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23-10-2012 1:31 PM
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But 'truely unlimited' services CAN be 'limited' by congestion / network capacity.
Call me 'w23'
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23-10-2012 1:36 PM
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Maybe consider John Lewis if you have been happy with Plusnet customer service and network performance and you want the extra usage.
There aren't any speed restrictions on the unlimited product.
May even be an internal migration path?
There aren't any speed restrictions on the unlimited product.
May even be an internal migration path?
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23-10-2012 1:41 PM
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Quote from: w23 CAN be 'limited' by congestion / network capacity.
True and a fair useage policy full may be difficult to understand correctly.
Has anyone seen my signature, it's gone missing.
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