Plusnet Binaries, How long will it last........

I am currently on pipex 1mb very happy and speeds are all good, im
subscribes to a premium usenet provider at $39.95 every 3 months which works
my pipex connection at £28.95 (thats also if pipex dont put this up, intro
offer)+£7 around pm so about £36 pm month for 1mb and amazing binaries. Now
for an xtra £3 I could go to plus net 2mb unlimited service and the buzz at
the moment about there newsgroups seems amazing.

Now with all these people "leeching" as one says aren't this servers going
to become overloaded and then a 10gb cap put in like pipex, what im asking
is it worth migrating or is it pretty much guaranteed that the plusnet
newsgroups are gonna become slow and caps are going to be put in.

the amount of people I have seen migrate to plusnet here and on adslguide is
pretty high and many of them always post to big up there newsgroups but are
plusnet going to lose money on there 2mb service if they have to continually
fund the newsgroups too.

any plusnet staff care to comment!

MagicUK said

> any plusnet staff care to comment!

But this is a pipex newsgroup...

Sorry i was also looking for pipex users in my situation and what there
reasons for not leaving as well, please bear in mind that im with pipex
still but also want to know what pipex users feelins of the 10gb cap and
all. soz to annoy anyone!
"Edwin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> MagicUK said
>
>> any plusnet staff care to comment!
>
> But this is a pipex newsgroup...
>
>

MagicUK said

> MagicUK said

> >
> >> any plusnet staff care to comment!
> >
> > But this is a pipex newsgroup...

> Sorry i was also looking for pipex users in my situation and what there
> reasons for not leaving as well, please bear in mind that im with pipex
> still but also want to know what pipex users feelins of the 10gb cap and
> all. soz to annoy anyone!

Not annoyed! Just puzzled as to why you were asking for Plusnet staff
comments via a Pipex newsgroup, that's all. :-)

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:20:02 +0100, Edwin <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Not annoyed! Just puzzled as to why you were asking for Plusnet staff
>comments via a Pipex newsgroup, that's all. :-)

Probably because it was cross-posted to uk.telecom.broadband.

As for the OP migrating, why not? It's free and Plusnet will even pay
your migration away from them if you aren't happy.

Oliver.

Oliver said
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:20:02 +0100, Edwin <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Not annoyed! Just puzzled as to why you were asking for Plusnet staff
> >comments via a Pipex newsgroup, that's all. :-)
>
> Probably because it was cross-posted to uk.telecom.broadband.

Fairy nuff, I hadn't spotted the cross-post. Although still probably
wishful thinking if he expects ISP staff to comment via that ng either.

> As for the OP migrating, why not? It's free and Plusnet will even pay
> your migration away from them if you aren't happy.

I never said a word about that, or even thought one come to that. It is
none of my business, nor do I care.

You paranoid?

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:45:34 +0100, Edwin <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I never said a word about that, or even thought one come to that. It is
>none of my business, nor do I care.

I was talking to the OP. I could've posted twice but I decided to
combine it into one.

Oliver.

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:45:34 +0100, Edwin <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Oliver said
>> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:20:02 +0100, Edwin <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I am currently on pipex 1mb very happy and speeds are all good, im
>subscribes to a premium usenet provider at $39.95 every 3 months which works
>my pipex connection at £28.95 (thats also if pipex dont put this up, intro
>offer)+£7 around pm so about £36 pm month for 1mb and amazing binaries. Now
>for an xtra £3 I could go to plus net 2mb unlimited service and the buzz at
>the moment about there newsgroups seems amazing.

>Now with all these people "leeching" as one says aren't this servers going
>to become overloaded and then a 10gb cap put in like pipex, what im asking
>is it worth migrating or is it pretty much guaranteed that the plusnet
>newsgroups are gonna become slow and caps are going to be put in.

>the amount of people I have seen migrate to plusnet here and on adslguide is
>pretty high and many of them always post to big up there newsgroups but are
>plusnet going to lose money on there 2mb service if they have to continually
>fund the newsgroups too.

>any plusnet staff care to comment!

Hi there,

I can't see us capping the newsgroups. However, with the way BT are
charging for ADSL at present (ie capacity based charging), I think it
will be inevitable that capping on a grand scale will come into place
for your total data transfer and no ISP will be able to afford
subsidising an "Unlimited" service.

Our News servers were recently revamped (about two months ago) and the
feedback fromt his has been superb. We will continue to monitor this
and upgrade as necessary, but this is with all our systems and
networks.

>
>Fairy nuff, I hadn't spotted the cross-post. Although still probably
>wishful thinking if he expects ISP staff to comment via that ng either.
>
No, we constantly monitor forums and newsgroups for questions like
this and any other queries customers may have.

kind regards

Luke
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| Luke Horwath Broadband Solutions
| Comms team for Home & Business
| PlusNet Plc @ http://www.plus.net
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:17:58 +0100, PlusNet Support
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:45:34 +0100, Edwin <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>Fairy nuff, I hadn't spotted the cross-post. Although still probably
>>wishful thinking if he expects ISP staff to comment via that ng either.
>
>No, we constantly monitor forums and newsgroups for questions like
>this and any other queries customers may have.
>
>kind regards
>Luke

I think Pipex customers have grown alien to the notion of
communication from their ISP, Luke The sterling support from
Plusnet CS does not go unappreciated, and I hope you win the
well-deserved UK Internet Awards award for customer service.

Oliver.

On 21-Sep-2004, PlusNet Support <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I can't see us capping the newsgroups. However, with the way BT are
> charging for ADSL at present (ie capacity based charging), I think it
> will be inevitable that capping on a grand scale will come into place
> for your total data transfer and no ISP will be able to afford
> subsidising an "Unlimited" service.

That's concerning. If caps come into place then I'd have to question the
need for the higher bandwidth products. Do you think this is something that
is likely to happen in the short term?