80/20 Fibre Trial

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Been on the trial now for a good 5 weeks and very happy with it indeed
No speed drop and connections have been superb   
Kev

[#2]

Same here. My upload speed increased to around 16Mbps within 12 hours, but I had to reboot the Openreach modem to get an increase in download speed. Then my download speed increased to 56Mbps, and it has now increased to 61Mbps. I measured the line length to my cabinet at around 420m.
I'm currently on Value Fibre, but if PlusNet throws in 80/20 at no additional cost on Extra Fibre when the trial ends, I'll upgrade.

[#3]

There will be a price increase to keep 80/20, BT charge extra for  80/20 although it isnt a lot more.
Also this Zyxel router im definately impressed with it, its easy to setup especially with the wizard snd its never dropped once
Kev

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There will be a price increase to keep 80/20, BT charge extra for  80/20 although it isnt a lot more.

BT don't charge extra for 80/20 as such, the extra is for the "unlimited" package, which was upgraded from 40/10 to 80/20 at no charge. So it would not be beyond the realms of possibility for Plusnet to upgrade Extra fibre to 80/20 and keep Value fibre at 40/2 (or maybe 10)

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There will be a price increase to keep 80/20

Hi all,
I wasn't aware we'd announced anything at all yet. We are working on a proposition for an option to continue using 80/20 beyond the end of the trial but we'll make a more formal announcement when the time comes.

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http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5217-talktalk-raises-concerns-over-bt-fibre-pricing.html

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Looking at the retail pricing you can see the reason for the complaint, BT Infinity is being sold for the same price as the ADSL2+ service, even though with no bandwidth costs BT Retail is paying £10.12 extra a month (a promotion from BT Wholesale until 11th July 2012, means BT Retail gets the 80/20 service for the same price as the 40/10 product, i.e. £14 per month).

So after July 2012 the wholesale cost for 80/20 will increase above that for 40/10 from £14 to £16 plus VAT per month fixed cost