PlusNet Fair Usage for £29.99 month accounts

PlusNet recently invited their members to pick their own poison as far as
introducing a "Fair Usage" scheme. For my current Premiere "Uncapped"
account which costs me £29.99 the survey form gave the choice of 60 GB/month
up to 120 GB/month. I assumed that Plusnet would introduce a cappped level
nearer the bottom of the range, but they've actually introduced the cap
below 60 GB.

Plusnet have today announced their Fair Use scheme and the levels don't even
come up to the minimum allowance that they proposed in the customer survey.
Rather than the 60 GB/month allowance which was the minimum level in the
survey, Plusnet are infact going to start capping my £29.99 account at 50
GB/month.

All of the other accounts are the same. They are all going to be capped at
levels below the minimums proposed in the customer survey and Plusnet have
done this by changing the accounts from being speed related to being
download related.

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"N/A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> PlusNet recently invited their members to pick their own poison as far as
> introducing a "Fair Usage" scheme. For my current Premiere "Uncapped"
> account which costs me £29.99 the survey form gave the choice of 60
> GB/month
> up to 120 GB/month. I assumed that Plusnet would introduce a cappped level
> nearer the bottom of the range, but they've actually introduced the cap
> below 60 GB.
>
> Plusnet have today announced their Fair Use scheme and the levels don't
> even
> come up to the minimum allowance that they proposed in the customer
> survey.
> Rather than the 60 GB/month allowance which was the minimum level in the
> survey, Plusnet are infact going to start capping my £29.99 account at 50
> GB/month.
>
> All of the other accounts are the same. They are all going to be capped at
> levels below the minimums proposed in the customer survey and Plusnet have
> done this by changing the accounts from being speed related to being
> download related.
>
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Glad I migrated two weeks ago.
For interest when will the capping be introduced?

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:03:58 +0000, BIGEYE wrote:

> "N/A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:42125b97$0$32011$(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> PlusNet recently invited their members to pick their own poison as far as
>> introducing a "Fair Usage" scheme. For my current Premiere "Uncapped"
>> account which costs me £29.99 the survey form gave the choice of 60
>> GB/month
>> up to 120 GB/month. I assumed that Plusnet would introduce a cappped level
>> nearer the bottom of the range, but they've actually introduced the cap
>> below 60 GB.
>>
>> Plusnet have today announced their Fair Use scheme and the levels don't
>> even
>> come up to the minimum allowance that they proposed in the customer
>> survey.
>> Rather than the 60 GB/month allowance which was the minimum level in the
>> survey, Plusnet are infact going to start capping my £29.99 account at 50
>> GB/month.
>>
>> All of the other accounts are the same. They are all going to be capped at
>> levels below the minimums proposed in the customer survey and Plusnet have
>> done this by changing the accounts from being speed related to being
>> download related.

The accounts are not capped as such, you need to go above your usage level
for three months in a row and on the third month, once exceeding your
usage allowance, your speed is restricted to 128kbit/s.

They are also upgrading the connections (for free) to the fastest that the
line can support, and you're allowed and additional 230GB/month between
the hours of 1am and 8am - that's basically saturating a 2Mbit/s line for
7 hours per day for the entire month...

I think it's a good solution, plus.net are a business, the have to stay
profitable. It shouldn't come as a suprise to anyone that this happened,
with people downloading huge, huge amounts and a rough cost to force9 of
£1/gig for you using the connection, they were loosing money on
customers. This is not a sustainable situation for a business.

Good job Plus.net!

> Glad I migrated two weeks ago.
> For interest when will the capping be introduced?

The Fair Usage policy -- and the free speed upgrade -- will come into
affect in April. Read all about it...

http://www.force9.net/features/usage_guide.shtml

"Flim Flomton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:03:58 +0000, BIGEYE wrote:
>
>> "N/A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:42125b97$0$32011$(E-Mail Removed). ..
>>> PlusNet recently invited their members to pick their own poison as far
>>> as
>>> introducing a "Fair Usage" scheme. For my current Premiere "Uncapped"
>>> account which costs me £29.99 the survey form gave the choice of 60
>>> GB/month
>>> up to 120 GB/month. I assumed that Plusnet would introduce a cappped
>>> level
>>> nearer the bottom of the range, but they've actually introduced the cap
>>> below 60 GB.


I'm happy. 8Mbit connection with a 50gig soft cap for the same price I pay
for 1Mbit with no cap.


(BT Exchange 50m away)

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:49:10 GMT, "N/A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>PlusNet recently invited their members to pick their own poison as far as
>introducing a "Fair Usage" scheme. For my current Premiere "Uncapped"
>account which costs me £29.99 the survey form gave the choice of 60 GB/month
>up to 120 GB/month. I assumed that Plusnet would introduce a cappped level
>nearer the bottom of the range, but they've actually introduced the cap
>below 60 GB.
>
>Plusnet have today announced their Fair Use scheme and the levels don't even
>come up to the minimum allowance that they proposed in the customer survey.
>Rather than the 60 GB/month allowance which was the minimum level in the
>survey, Plusnet are infact going to start capping my £29.99 account at 50
>GB/month.
>
>All of the other accounts are the same. They are all going to be capped at
>levels below the minimums proposed in the customer survey

You are wrong.

The 21.99 and 19.99 accounts are being capped at the lowest values
listed in the survey (30GB and 50Gb respectively). The 39.99 accounts
are being capped at very slightly above the lowest proposed limit,
having 75GB where the lowest proposed limit was 70GB.

I must say, I am surprised they have gone for the lowest values they
suggested in the survey. I was expecting higher.
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"Alex Heney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:49:10 GMT, "N/A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >PlusNet recently invited their members to pick their own poison as far
as
> >introducing a "Fair Usage" scheme. For my current Premiere "Uncapped"
> >account which costs me £29.99 the survey form gave the choice of 60
GB/month
> >up to 120 GB/month. I assumed that Plusnet would introduce a cappped
level
> >nearer the bottom of the range, but they've actually introduced the cap
> >below 60 GB.
> >
> >Plusnet have today announced their Fair Use scheme and the levels don't
even
> >come up to the minimum allowance that they proposed in the customer
survey.
> >Rather than the 60 GB/month allowance which was the minimum level in the
> >survey, Plusnet are infact going to start capping my £29.99 account at
50
> >GB/month.
> >
> >All of the other accounts are the same. They are all going to be capped
at
> >levels below the minimums proposed in the customer survey
>
> You are wrong.
>
> The 21.99 and 19.99 accounts are being capped at the lowest values
> listed in the survey (30GB and 50Gb respectively). The 39.99 accounts
> are being capped at very slightly above the lowest proposed limit,
> having 75GB where the lowest proposed limit was 70GB.
>
> I must say, I am surprised they have gone for the lowest values they
> suggested in the survey. I was expecting higher.

I told you LOL, 100 odd gig caps my arse, PN survey that listened to
customers my arse
GLOAT, GLOAT, GLOAT

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:18:42 UTC, "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I told you LOL, 100 odd gig caps my arse, PN survey that listened to
> customers my arse
> GLOAT, GLOAT, GLOAT

But of course, it makes no differnce to you, child.

You don'r even use ADSL, or any other form of broadband.

On 16-Feb-2005, Alex Heney <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> You are wrong.
>
> The 21.99 and 19.99 accounts are being capped at the lowest values
> listed in the survey (30GB and 50Gb respectively). The 39.99 accounts
> are being capped at very slightly above the lowest proposed limit,
> having 75GB where the lowest proposed limit was 70GB.
>
> I must say, I am surprised they have gone for the lowest values they
> suggested in the survey. I was expecting higher.

No it's you who are wrong. The range of limits proposed for a 2MB ( or
£39.99 ) connection was 80 -- 120 GB/month.
PlusNet have introduced a cap of 75 GB/month for that account.

The ranges in the survey were;
512 -- 30 to 70 GB
1 Meg --- 60 to 120 GB
2 Meg --- 80 to 150 GB

In 2 of the three cases they have fixed a limit below what was originally
proposed and in the other case they have used the minimum proposal. No mater
how PlusNet try to spin their way out of it, they are imposing caps in their
customers.

I think the one positive thing to come out of PlusNet's recent move is for
potential customers to be better able judge their competitiveness in the
market place. I'm willing to pay £29.99/month for an Internet connection and
it's a matter of seeing which ISP will provide the most for that money. I
can live with the caps, but I'll be taking my money to another ISP when my
contract expires in August, particularly if another ISP provides a higher
cap than PlusNet for the same money.

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"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> GLOAT, GLOAT, GLOAT
>

You really are one sure immature little boy.

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:46:23 GMT, "N/A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>On 16-Feb-2005, Alex Heney <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> You are wrong.
>>
>> The 21.99 and 19.99 accounts are being capped at the lowest values
>> listed in the survey (30GB and 50Gb respectively). The 39.99 accounts
>> are being capped at very slightly above the lowest proposed limit,
>> having 75GB where the lowest proposed limit was 70GB.
>>
>> I must say, I am surprised they have gone for the lowest values they
>> suggested in the survey. I was expecting higher.
>
>No it's you who are wrong. The range of limits proposed for a 2MB ( or
>£39.99 ) connection was 80 -- 120 GB/month.
>PlusNet have introduced a cap of 75 GB/month for that account.
>
>The ranges in the survey were;
>512 -- 30 to 70 GB
>1 Meg --- 60 to 120 GB
>2 Meg --- 80 to 150 GB
>

I'm not certain of the 1Meg range, but 2Mb *definitely* started at
70GB. That is why that was the figure involved in the long running
discussion between Dave and myself.

>In 2 of the three cases they have fixed a limit below what was originally
>proposed and in the other case they have used the minimum proposal.

In at least one of the three they have used *slightly* above the
minimum.

>No mater
>how PlusNet try to spin their way out of it, they are imposing caps in their
>customers.
>

Definitely. I have no disagreement there.


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