Plusnet
Best Deal. Plusnet broadband Option 1 (one month contract), 1GB data downloads per month. Total Year1 cost £196.86.
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Mac Broadband’s summary of Plusnet.com
Verdict. “Plusnet.com are a long standing small ISP. Now part of the BT group, Plusnet great short-term contracts - perfect for those constantly on the move or in rented accommodation.”
Pro.“Very strong customer support and loyalty and cost effective short-term contracts “Con.“Data downloads are limited and Plusnet are not too friendly towards Peer-to-peer users. ”
Plusnet Broadband for Mac packages
Plusnet essentially have three Plusnet Broadband Options (but three are on short contract pricing and three on long contract pricing), starting from only £9.99 a month. All Plusnet’s broadband options offer free connection, download speeds of up to 8Mb and free Wireless router.
| Broadband Package | Advertised Speed | Monthy Downloads | Contract length | Total Price - 1st Year |
| Plusnet - Option 1 (with Free router) | upto 8Mb | 1 GB | 12 months | £126.87 |
| Plusnet - Option 2 ( with Free wireless router) | upto 8Mb | 15 GB | 12 months | £186.87 |
| Plusnet - Option 3 ( with Free wireless router) | upto 8Mb | 30 GB | 12 months | £246.87 |
1 month - short contracts
| Broadband Package | Advertised Speed | Monthy Downloads | Contract length | Total Price - 1st Year |
| Plusnet - Option 1 (1 month contract) | upto 8Mb | 1 GB | 1 month | £196.86 |
| Plusnet - Option 2 (1 month contract) | upto 8Mb | 15 GB | 1 month | £256.86 |
| Plusnet - Option 3 (1 month contract) | upto 8Mb | 30 GB | 1 month | £316.86 |
Find out more on the plusnet website, plusnet internet. Plusnet are great if you don’t want to get tied into a 12 month contract. However, be wary, use the 1 month product for too long and you’ll end up paying more.
Find out more on the Plus net website, Plusnet broadband.
Plusnet broadband products
About Plusnet broadband
Founded in 1997, Plusnet is nowowned and operated as part of the BT group. During 2007, the company was purchased by BT and now Plusnet sits alongside its sister company Madasafish within the BT broadband portfolio. Plusnet is run as a seperate business and the notable difference between it and BT is in its strong customer support team (shared with Madasafish)t. Its customer support technicians are highly trained and offer specialist support to both Apple Macs and PCs.Over the past few years, Plusnet have been rewarded for their service by winning various ISP broadband awards (see below).
About the Plusnet Broadband service
Plusnet has very simple pricing and contracts - if you opt for the 1-month contract you can leave at very short notice (Plusnet must be confident that you won’t leave), the products are very simple to understand and the pricing is clear, includes VAT and the Terms and Conditions are crystal clear. Plusnet don’t offer unlimited broadband, instead they offer easy to understand levels of broadband downloads. You simly select the 1, 15 or 30GB montly download options and all the other parts to the service are identical across their ADSL products.
Plusnet customers can login to their account online at anytime and see how much of their downloads they have used in a month (warning emails will be sent to you when you are getting close to over-running) - extra GB of downloads can be purchased by calling customer services. You can also view your receipts online and if you are a Talk customer, view your itimised bill, live online.
In addition, Plusnet offer one exciting addition to their service - you can download any amount of data off their network at night; if you like to download movies and other large files then use Plusnet’s night service to your advantage. It shouldn’t eat in to your monthly download usage limit.
Plusnet Option 1 is the most purchased product (its 1GB of dowloads per month is not much, but the convenience of no contract is worth the trade-off) which is also the cheapest product offering (on the 12 mont contract).
Plusnet Broadband Standard features
- Upto 8mb broadband speed
- Free router (for Plusnet Option 1)
- Free Wireless wi-fi kit (for Plusnet Option 2 and Option 3 )
- Free installation
- Free email with unlimited email addresses
- Free domain and 100 MB of webspace
- Free email virus protection
- Free static IP address, for things like gaming
- Apple Mac compatible PC compatible
- Plusnet Telephone package is available on all Plusnet’s broadband packages - includes unlimited weekend evening calls to UK landlines
Plusnet Broadband Customer support
- Plusnet’s customer care team can be contacted on 0845 140 0200. Calls are charged at lo-call rates.
- Technical support can be contact on 0845 140 0080. Lines are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
What do I need to connect to Plusnet broadband?
- A BT telephone line in a broadband enabled area.
- A broadband modem or modem router for connecting your devices (including Apple mac) to Plusnet - this is supplied FREE of charge with Plusnet broadband packages.
- Telephone line filters - Three are included with Plusnet.
- A broadband compatible operating system - above Mac OS 8/9, Mac OSX etc. (PC computers will need to be specced higher than Windows 2000).
Switching and migrating to Plusnet broadband (MAC codes)
You can apply to switch to Plusnet Broadband is easy - Plusnet even have a 90 day trial offer ( Switch to Plusnet and try their service for 90 days - if you are not happy you can have your money back - guanrateed). Everything you need to do to connect to Plusnet broadband will be handled by the Plusnet internet team with no interruption to your existing broadband service. The MAC migration of your broadband is as follows:
- Check to see if you are able to switch from your current Broadband provider. Click here to find their contact details.
- Call your current broadband provider to ask for your MAC code. What is a MAC code?
- Then return to Plusnet to order your broadband or call the Plusnet Broadband switcher team on 0845 1400 200.
- Sit back and relax as Plusnet handle everything for you.
Plusnet awards
- ISPA awards - Best consumer ISP 2008 (the broadband oscars!)
- USwitch survey - Won 9! out of 11 categories in 2008
- Highest rating in the YouGov survey of broadband suppliers - 92 per cent satisfaction
- PC advisor award - Best Customer service 2006
- PC Pro award - Highly commended ISP 2005
- Future magazine awards - Best ISP 2004
- PC Pro award - Best broadband ISP 2004
Plusnet promotion code
We do not currently have a promotion code for Plusnet - because their contract lengths are so short, they find it difficult to justify a discount. However, we do still have a promotion code for Madasafish broadband.
