Strictly speaking.
See quoted ref below.
1. All plus.net customers are subject to FUP
2. It does not matter in the slightest, which words PN might use in their pre-sales literature. The words in the Ts&Cs are what you agree to. Those words allow PN to take actions which may, limit bandwidth and/or transfer volume or cease service provision, whenever they choose to.
In simple words. PN's Ts&Cs allow PN to take action to
manage the network whenever they decide their is a need to. Traffic shaping, Traffic priority, FUPs, Caps and Termination, are all just examples of 'Network Management.'
Practically speaking. I have never had a problem with transfer volume on Option 3, hence I continue to recommend it to small businesses who prefer reliability over sheer performance and price.
Personally, my only annoyance here is PN reserving the right to adversely and arbitrarily interfere with a business operations, via changes to traffic management. I.e. A business that signs up on the basis that some protocol is at wire speed, may see it's production adversely affected, should PN later decide to subject that protocol to traffic shaping and/or prioritisation.
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Ref http://www.plus.net/info2/legal/business/index.html#business_broadband_charges_schedule
Network management
5.3 Plusnet may take action to manage network performance during periods where there is high demand which may include line speed reductions, application and protocol management.
Fair Use Policy
5.4 The Customer must use the Service in accordance with the Fair Use Policy. If the Customer does not do so, Plusnet will take the action set out in the Fair Use Policy, which may include reducing the speed at which the Customer is able to use the Service at peak times or ending this Contract. |
