Is my Essentials product contracted or not?

[#1]

I switched to "Plusnet Essentials (Contracted)" back in May 2013.
My current product is shown as "Plusnet Essentials with included 10GB bandwidth" in my Account Summary.
Does that mean that I am no longer contracted? What does mean in terms of a cancellation period? 

[#2]

This recent topic addressed a similar question http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,129152.0.html

[#3]

@RR,
Thanks for that info. I had checked my Account Summary but had misread the information. I should have gone to Specsavers 
I can see now that against 14/05/13 Essentials it shows £0.00 (Upon Cancellation) Expired.
If I move to Virgin Media, I can move without a MAC key so would have to pay the £30 cessation charge to PN. Just a thought, if I request a MAC key but never use it will I still be liable for a cessation charge? I guess the answer might be yes! 

[#4]

If you request a MAC key but never use it then you remain a client of Plusnet.

[#5]

Assuming you would be moving to a cable service your BT line service would be terminated. So unfortunately there is no escape from paying the cessation charge (unless you want to retain it as backup  ).

[#6]

In areas where Virgin does not have cable they offer a landline based service.  If you moved your landline phone and broadband to Virgin and then switched your broadband to Virgin Cable then you would pay the cessation charge to Virgin and they might be prepared to waive it.  But that is pure speculation on my part - I have never heard of this happening.

[#7]

I'm in a Virgin cable area. The speed they offer cannot be matched by BT/PN as my cabinet is too far away. My next door neighbour gets a speed of 8Mbps from PN Fibre so my speed would likely be similar. This is double my ADSL2 speed but still not much use for iPlayer, etc.
My LRS is due for renewal in just over 1 month from now so I have a major decision to make! 

[#8]

Quote from: MrT

8Mbps from PN Fibre ... is double my ADSL2 speed but still not much use for iPlayer, etc.

8Mbps is absolutely fine for iPlayer, indeed I have found 4Mbps to be fine also.  Of course that assumes only one person using it at a time.  If you achieve 4Mbps that would imply you are about 53dB from your telephone exchange, which should equate to over 4 km in cable length. 
8Mbps on FTTC seems very low; how far away from your cabinet are you?   

[#9]

The exchange is indeed about 4km from home. The cabinet is about 1km as the crow flies but I have no idea of the actual cable route.
My iPlayer is connected via wireless to my router. Perhaps I should try a wired connection via Power Adaptors.