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Keywords: broadband | plus | product | info | archive Summary: Information about our previously available Broadband Plus product.

This page provides information about our previous range of broadband products.

Customers who signed up to these products can continue to benefit from their features, or upgrade to one of our current products for free.

Broadband Plus

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Broadband Plus is the ideal first broadband product. Great for web surfing, email, chatting and shopping.

Price: £14.99 per month

Product Benefits
  • Fast up to 8Mb speeds now as standard*
  • Great-value, fixed monthly payments
  • Perfect for surfing, email, chatting and shopping - not file-sharing and large downloads
  • Uncomplicated broadband for everyday use
  • Save on your phone bill with included Broadband Phone Pay As You Go
  • Get peace of mind with spam filtering and email virus protection
  • Keep your system secure with our fully configurable Broadband Firewall

* Why "up to" 8Mb?
- Broadband is described as 'up to 8Mb' because download speeds will vary depending on your telephone line and location.
- Actual download speeds can reach a maximum of 7Mb, with an average speed of 5-6Mb. BT Wholesale estimates that 78% of customers will achieve download speeds of 4Mb and above.
- It is likely that speeds no greater than 2Mb will be achieved at peak usage times due to contention in our network and our suppliers' networks.
- Download speeds will vary significantly in the first 10 days after connection and then will become more consistent.

Product Specification

Broadband Phone Calls

Save on your phone bill with included Broadband Phone Pay As You Go.

Communication

Stay in touch with the people who matter with unlimited email addresses, Webmail and thousands of newsgroups.

Security

Stay secure with spam filtering and email virus protection, plus our new Broadband Firewall. You can also disable P2P access for extra peace of mind.

Webspace

Make your mark on the web with 100MB web space and get a .co.uk domain name for just £1 a month.

Technical Support

Get expert help 24/7, either using the Help Assistant or by phone.

Product Usage

Is this suitable for me?

Broadband Plus is optimised for email, broadband phone calls, web surfing, online gaming and video streaming. Find out more.

It is not suitable for binary Usenet, peer-to-peer, VPN, FTP or lots of music and video downloads. If you're an experienced user and you want to use these services you should choose Broadband Pay As You Go or Broadband Premier.

How much can I use?

Broadband Plus is designed for a maximum usage of 4GB peak times (4pm-Midnight) and 50GB offpeak (midnight-4pm) in any given month.

If your usage goes over 4GB per month during peak or 50GB off peak, your service will be heavily restricted until the start of your next billing month when your usage is reset. If you are downloading large files you should do this outside of the busy periods. If you want to download lots of music or video we recommend Broadband Your Way.

How is traffic managed?

We manage Broadband Plus to give priority to web surfing and email. Data intensive applications such as peer-to-peer of large downloads are restricted at all times and may not function at peak times. Your peak time download speeds will slow down as you approach your usage allowance. Find out more about traffic management.

Broadband Phone

Broadband Plus comes with Broadband Phone Pay As You Go, giving you free broadband phone calls. You can save on your phone bill by making calls over your broadband connection. You can call landlines, mobiles and even international numbers.

  • Free calls over the Internet*
  • Pay As You Go on calls to landlines and mobiles
  • Pre-pay top-ups available
  • 5 minutes Voicemail (approx)

* Make calls to other Broadband Phone users and the customers of other associated VoIP providers for free at any time.

Free Setup Option

Save £72 when you signup for Plusnet broadband and choose our free setup option. You pay nothing for your modem and broadband activation, making it easier to get started with broadband.

Stay for 12 months and you never pay a penny for your setup. If you leave within the 12 months you pay the standard £72 for activation and hardware, or £47 if you just take free activation and no hardware.

  Monthly cost Cost in 1st year
Usage Allowance
Plusnet Broadband Plus £14.99 £179.88 4GB at peak times, 50GB off-peak
Freedom2Surf Lite £14.99 £209.88 5GB
Eclipse Home Option 2 £18.99 £227.88 10GB
Virgin Just Broadband (Plan Two) £17.99 £215.88 6GB

This free setup offer applied from February 1st 2007. If you signed up before this date and took the free setup offer, view the previous terms.

Want the detail? 'You Stay We Pay' explained.

For every year you stay with Plusnet we'll guarantee that the cancellation cost decreases. What does this mean? If you cancel within the first year, then you will pay £47 for the activation. For every year you stay we'll reduce this by £9.40. If you also choose to take a modem as part of the offer there will be an additional cancellation fee of £25 in the first year and this will reduce by £5 for each year that you stay.

You can choose an annual or monthly contract when you choose broadband.

Prices correct at time of publication and exclude short term special offers.

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