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    #1

    PlusNet is a great ISP (UK)

    So, I've been with PlusNet for about 6 months now and I've been very impressed.

    There are obvious things like good telephone support with polite and helpful staff, and very quick & consistent connection.

    The things I wasn't necessarily expecting are these:

    No fannying around blocking useful ports.

    They know I'm running a website and mail server at home and seem to be OK with it.

    They have a helpful forum, example below:
    https://community.plus.net/forum/ind...,121500.0.html

    When I asked them to change my PTR record, they made the changes almost immediately, with no fuss, and within 24h the changes had taken effect.

    Now rDNS checks for my mail server will show my domain instead of my username @plusnet.

    Would recommend them. For the record, they're owned by BT so if you can get BT FTTC fibre broadband you can also sign up with PlusNet.

    Feathers
    samhobbs.co.uk
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    What speeds do you get?
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      #3


      Bear in mind, too, that:
      a) This is in the UK, where broadband speeds are generally pretty slow
      b) It's peak time.

      PlusNet provide FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) and luckily the cabinet is right outside my house so it's super speedy

      At previous houses in the area I was with VirginMedia, who provide FTTH (fibre to the home). It was OK, when it was running well you'd generally get something like 30Mbps download speeds (pretty damn good for the UK), but sometimes it would just crawl for no reason. The speeds are really consistent with PlusNet.

      Feathers
      samhobbs.co.uk
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        #4
        GCI (General Communications, Inc.) is getting ready to bring Gigabit Internet speed to Anchorage:

        Gigabit Broadband Coming to Alaska In Anchorage by 2015

        It won't be cheap (unfortunate but expected).

        How fast is a gigabit?

        Activity At average U.S. speed At fiber re: 1 Gbps speed
        Download HD movie (2.2 GB) 30 minutes 18 seconds
        Download console game (4 GB) 55 minutes 33 seconds
        Download Ultra HD movie (50 GB) 11.5 hours 7 minutes
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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          #5
          Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View Post

          Bear in mind, too, that:
          a) This is in the UK, where broadband speeds are generally pretty slow
          b) It's peak time.

          PlusNet provide FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) and luckily the cabinet is right outside my house so it's super speedy

          At previous houses in the area I was with VirginMedia, who provide FTTH (fibre to the home). It was OK, when it was running well you'd generally get something like 30Mbps download speeds (pretty damn good for the UK), but sometimes it would just crawl for no reason. The speeds are really consistent with PlusNet.

          Feathers
          You should live in the US if you think the UK is bad. I get 10 Mb/s for $35.00 a month.
          Linux because it works. No social or political motives in my decision to use it.
          Always consider Occam's Razor
          Rich
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            #6
            That's ridiculously fast! Aren't most ethernet ports on common computers 1Gbps?

            Any faster and you'd have to upgrade the rest of your LAN network to get the benefits!
            samhobbs.co.uk
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              #7
              Originally posted by richb View Post
              You should live in the US if you think the UK is bad. I get 10 Mb/s for $35.00 a month.
              I guess it depends where you live, as always. Are you in a relatively rural area?

              I can't remember what the speed test says for my parents' house (more rural, not fibre), but large files torrent at about 300Kb/s, whereas I get about 3Mb/s here, more if it's well seeded.

              As for the price, mine is £30 (about $50)/month including line rental. Discounted for the first few months to a bit less, as usual.

              That's pretty typical for fibre in the UK, VirginMedia fibre is £30/month too.
              samhobbs.co.uk
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                #8
                Friends from the UK are gushing about http://www.aa.net.uk/, Andrews & Arnold ltd.

                You probably heard of them, how would this compare, do they also reject Cameron's attempts at censorship?
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View Post
                  I guess it depends where you live, as always. Are you in a relatively rural area?

                  I can't remember what the speed test says for my parents' house (more rural, not fibre), but large files torrent at about 300Kb/s, whereas I get about 3Mb/s here, more if it's well seeded.

                  As for the price, mine is £30 (about $50)/month including line rental. Discounted for the first few months to a bit less, as usual.

                  That's pretty typical for fibre in the UK, VirginMedia fibre is £30/month too.
                  Not rural, suburbs, 750,000 people and the home of the once mighty Kodak and Xerox, Bausch and Lomb. It is a very highly technically educated area. But no competition for broadband services. You can get 50 50 Mb/s for $65.00, but that is the maximum.
                  Linux because it works. No social or political motives in my decision to use it.
                  Always consider Occam's Razor
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Teunis View Post
                    Friends from the UK are gushing about http://www.aa.net.uk/, Andrews & Arnold ltd.

                    You probably heard of them, how would this compare, do they also reject Cameron's attempts at censorship?
                    I haven't head of them actually, will do some research.

                    Initial research looks good...

                    The company's owner, Adrian Kennard (RevK), stated in a blog post that as of October 2010 the company is "XKCD/806" compliant, referring to XKCD comic number 806. This means that technical support callers who say the code word "shibboleet" will be transferred to a technical support representative who knows at least two programming languages, and presumably can offer more useful advice than a standard tech support script.[5][6]
                    Click image for larger version Name: tech_support.jpg Views: 1 Size: 105.1 KB ID: 640584

                    Lol.

                    Not sure about the censorship thing, if an ISP signs up it basically means that the filter will be "default on" (you can remove it if you like). I'd remove it, of course, but that's not the point. It's hella creepy.
                    samhobbs.co.uk
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                      #11
                      PlusNet, BT in drag, mind you they are better than their parent company.
                      I will stick with Virgin, my speed is constant day and night, always has been, plus it goes up again to 152 next year.

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                      Last edited by Danum; Dec 22, 2013, 04:51 PM.
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                        #12
                        That's very quick, which area of the country are you from? Nobody offers plans over 80Mbps around here (Guildford)

                        Feathers
                        samhobbs.co.uk
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                          #13
                          The UK censorship drive is not just creepy, it's creeping.
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                            #14
                            I see what you did there
                            samhobbs.co.uk
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View Post
                              That's very quick, which area of the country are you from? Nobody offers plans over 80Mbps around here (Guildford)

                              Feathers
                              Doncaster, South Yorks. Started out with Blueyonder then when Virgin bought them out switched to Virgin, rest is history, I have had only one problem when the modem went down, new modem next day, and 2 weeks discount, but that was a few years ago. and I am not capped which is just as well,
                              The fastest you can get out of BT/Sky around the area I live is 4.5, and that is on a good day.

                              John.C
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