Hello,
I've recently had the misfortune of moving into a new flat with Internet "included" in my rent, which turned out to be PlusNet. From day 1, it's been nothing but a complete nightmare. The first router they gave my landlady had a WiFi signal so weak it couldn't reach 15 meters down the hall to my computer... I literally could not see the network. We bought a signal extender, but the signal was too weak to even reach the extender so it did not help at all. During this 10 day period, I was forced to use all of my 4G data allowance including overages... my bill this month will be twice the usual fare. The landlady got us a bigger/improved PlusNet router that now reaches my room/extender. But guess what? It's still slow as molasses and drops off every 10 minutes. Nobody in the house can stream movies and even loading a PDF takes at least 5 minutes. I've never seen anything like it, not since dial-up days. Today I got fed up and bought a long ethernet cable to plumb my computer in directly. Not only is there very little speed change, but now every 10 minutes the router starts flashing orange and redirects me to a page for router settings. I log in with the password on the back of the router and it just says "you're already connected, there's nothing you need to do! :)". I've adjusted the DHCP settings in Windows 10, but to me it seems obvious the problem is ocurring before the signal reaches my computer. I'm just wondering, since this service has only bet set up a few weeks, is my landlady within statutory rights to end the contract? We're not receiving the service that was advertised, and we've already sunk so much time into this. Literally any other ISP would be better... my landlady is not very tech savvy so I'm trying to advise her on how to switch to another provider. Is there a way to get out of the contract without incurring some kind of fee?
