Yes it is, they only list the 2mb as not yet available, my IT guy has been using it for a year now with no problems. So far.

 

Sorry about the misunderstanding. The plusnet deal seems pretty good though.

 

Another fan of PlusNet here.
I'm a very low quantity user, in that I don't download music, films etc. so I'm on the 'lite' 1Mb download speed package (soon to be called Broadband Pay-As-You-Go") which includes 1Gb downloads per month, with extra Gb charged at £1.75 each. I use it for web surfing (every day), email (every day) and VPN to the office (2-3 times per week). I've only ever gone over the limit once, and I had planned to. Come April, I will be able to upgrade my account FREE OF CHARGE to 8Mb download speed (if my line & exchange support it). You can currently get up to 2Mb download speed for the same price. For this I pay the paultry sum of £14.99.

The cheapest "unlimited use" package is £21.99, which is currently the 512K download speed. However, come April, this will also be upgradeable FREE OF CHARGE to the fastest your line can support, so up to 8Mb. The "fair usage" policy on this account is one of the best I've seen:
i) Uploads never included in your 'fair usage limit'.
ii) Downloads between 1am - 8am not included in your 'fair usage limit', so medium-heavy user can schedule their downloads to between these hours.
iii) NEVER automatically get charged extra for exceding the limit
iv) Exceed the limit 2 months in a row without any penalty or usage restriction at all.
The "fair usage" limit on the £21.99 account is 30Gb. You can pay more for higher fair usage limits.

If anybody is interested in switching, you can currently switch to PlusNet free of charge, and if you're not happy with the service, then within 45 days you can switch to a different provider and PlusNet will pay for that switch also.

As a previous poster noted, it's likely that ALL ISPs will introduce fair usage policies if they haven't already. I can't see any policy being fairer than PlusNet's.

 

It's not really no limits though...

 

I have been with Bt and Aol aol is good but i have Just Changed to Talk Talk (Car Phone Warehouse) i am now Paying £29.99 for 1 Meg Unlimited also included is Unlimited Free calls to local and National Uk Landline's if you just want Free evening and weekend calls £24.99 I think it is a Great offer.

Also from May You will no longer have to have your line rental through Bt Talk Talk Gurantee to beat Bt's Line Rental when the new service comes into effect.

 

that sounds like a good deal Matrix.

Chreers I'll have a look at it now

ps, I'm still waiting on BT to upgrade my line before I do the switch And they aren't capping until April

 

Actually, that's for peak time useage, so if you want to do something around 200 gigs you can off peak 1am - 8am. Not bad for the money and have been very happy with them.



Mike

 

On their website it does not list that option. i called them up and asked about both and they told me the price. the number is on their website.

 

I think I covered that in point ii)

Hmm. Not really. 8Mbit/s = 1Mbyte/s = 3.6Gbyte/hour
So between 1am and 8am you could manage just over 25Gbytes IF you have an 8Mbit connection, and IF you manage to download at that speed for the whole 7 hours.

But I agree...PlusNet are a very good ISP.

 

Now if it's cheap calls you're after, I would recommend 18866.
All UK local and national calls cost 1p (fixed). Not per minute - just 1p. All Day, every day.

 

Was on Mr Magoo mode - sorry

 

Just looked at their website, seems good, but i couldnt see how much they charge for the line rental, and calls cost 1p at connection, rates vary to mobiles from 3p to 12p per minute.
If they have a very cheap line rental then it may be worth doing, if not then it wont.

Tony

 

Im with pipex, once your 12mth expires your price plan instantly changes to what there price is now, think mine is £19.99 for 512k at the mo

looking on there upgrade bit 2mb is available for £119.00 a quarter inc the dredded thats unlimitd too


or 1mb unlimited is £101.98 a quarter

also if you stay with pipex i dont think you enter into another 12 mth contract no matter what service plan you change to

 

They don't do line rental. It uses your standard BT line, so £10.50 per month. You just prefix all numbers with '18866'.