Questions about Plusnet's Home Preimer Package

Hi, I have some queries on Plusnet's Broadband Home Premier 512kbps package.



Is the service uncapped (are there any download limits each month, like
1GB)?

Do we get any email addresses/mail boxes with it? If so how many?

Do we get any webspace? If so how much?

And do they support newsgroup access?



Thanks

"Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cul1n2$m5$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, I have some queries on Plusnet's Broadband Home Premier 512kbps
package.
>
>
>
> Is the service uncapped (are there any download limits each month, like
> 1GB)?
>
> Do we get any email addresses/mail boxes with it? If so how many?
>
> Do we get any webspace? If so how much?
>
> And do they support newsgroup access?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
I forgot, one more thing: Does the package include any microfilters? If so
how many?

Thanks

"Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cul1n2$m5$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi, I have some queries on Plusnet's Broadband Home Premier 512kbps
> package.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is the service uncapped (are there any download limits each month, like
>> 1GB)?
>>
>> Do we get any email addresses/mail boxes with it? If so how many?
>>
>> Do we get any webspace? If so how much?
>>
>> And do they support newsgroup access?

> I forgot, one more thing: Does the package include any microfilters? If so
> how many?
>
> Thanks

The service is currently uncapped, however there have been instances
recently of people hammering their connection getting over 200Gb per month
that plus.net have frowned upon and made them aware of it. They will
probably introduce some sort of cap in the next few weeks, there has been a
lot of talk about it on the plus.net newsgroups.
They recently ran a poll and the limits that the customers said they would
accept as a minimum d/load per month was:

>- 512k broadband: 53.2 GB
>- 1Mb broadband: 95.2 GB
>- 2Mb broadband: 130.4 GB

But whatever they intoduce or plan to introduce is....anyones guess

You get unlimited main addresses in the style of
(E-Mail Removed) so you could have (E-Mail Removed) and
(E-Mail Removed) etc etc etc if you had "jones" as your username.

You will get 250Mb webspace.

Newsgroups are available at usenet.plus.net or via their portal web based
thingie for internal groups.

If you get the hardware option, i beleive you get two microfilters, however
if you go for the "no hardware" you dont get anything.

(oh and if you do go for it, if you could use 'mourby' as a referer i
beleive i will get about 10p off my bill...woooooo party me)



James

"James Mourby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cul1r2$tb6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:cul1n2$m5$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi, I have some queries on Plusnet's Broadband Home Premier 512kbps
> > package.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Is the service uncapped (are there any download limits each month, like
> >> 1GB)?
> >>
> >> Do we get any email addresses/mail boxes with it? If so how many?
> >>
> >> Do we get any webspace? If so how much?
> >>
> >> And do they support newsgroup access?
>
> > I forgot, one more thing: Does the package include any microfilters? If
so
> > how many?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> The service is currently uncapped, however there have been instances
> recently of people hammering their connection getting over 200Gb per month
> that plus.net have frowned upon and made them aware of it. They will
> probably introduce some sort of cap in the next few weeks, there has been
a
> lot of talk about it on the plus.net newsgroups.
> They recently ran a poll and the limits that the customers said they would
> accept as a minimum d/load per month was:
>
> >- 512k broadband: 53.2 GB
> >- 1Mb broadband: 95.2 GB
> >- 2Mb broadband: 130.4 GB
>
> But whatever they intoduce or plan to introduce is....anyones guess
>
> You get unlimited main addresses in the style of
> (E-Mail Removed) so you could have (E-Mail Removed) and
> (E-Mail Removed) etc etc etc if you had "jones" as your username.
>
> You will get 250Mb webspace.
>
> Newsgroups are available at usenet.plus.net or via their portal web based
> thingie for internal groups.
>
> If you get the hardware option, i beleive you get two microfilters,
however
> if you go for the "no hardware" you dont get anything.
>
> (oh and if you do go for it, if you could use 'mourby' as a referer i
> beleive i will get about 10p off my bill...woooooo party me)
>
>
>
> James
>
>


Hi,

The fair usage proposal that we are looking into introducing is very
different to a cap. A hard cap like some ISP's have chosen to introduce is
not at all what we are looking at and something we do not want to introduce
and something we understand isn't what our customers want.

What we are looking at is to set up a fair usage threshold, something that
will affect less than 1% of our customers. Only if three months running did
you download more than the fair usage threshold would anything happen. We
recognise that sometimes our customers will want to download a lot more in
one month than another, and this system will allow this to happen. You can
exceed the fair usage threshold in one month, even two months in a row and
the only effect would be is an email saying you've used more than the fair
usage threshold, nothing more.

--
With Regards,

Dave,
--
| Dave Tomlinson Broadband Solutions For
| Customer Support for Home & Business
| PlusNet plc @ http://www.plus.net
+ ----- My Referrals - It pays to recommend PlusNet -----

On 12-Feb-2005, "PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The fair usage proposal that we are looking into introducing is very
> different to a cap. A hard cap like some ISP's have chosen to introduce is
> not at all what we are looking at and something we do not want to
> introduce
> and something we understand isn't what our customers want.
>
> What we are looking at is to set up a fair usage threshold, something that
> will affect less than 1% of our customers. Only if three months running
> did
> you download more than the fair usage threshold would anything happen. We
> recognise that sometimes our customers will want to download a lot more in
> one month than another, and this system will allow this to happen. You can
> exceed the fair usage threshold in one month, even two months in a row and
> the only effect would be is an email saying you've used more than the fair
> usage threshold, nothing more.

You have said your newsgroup access is to have a cap and then bandwidth is
limited. Unless this has changed?

"James Mourby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:420e254b$0$7914$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cul1r2$tb6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:cul1n2$m5$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi, I have some queries on Plusnet's Broadband Home Premier 512kbps
> > package.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Is the service uncapped (are there any download limits each month, like
> >> 1GB)?
> >>
> >> Do we get any email addresses/mail boxes with it? If so how many?
> >>
> >> Do we get any webspace? If so how much?
> >>
> >> And do they support newsgroup access?
>
> > I forgot, one more thing: Does the package include any microfilters? If
so
> > how many?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> The service is currently uncapped, however there have been instances
> recently of people hammering their connection getting over 200Gb per month
> that plus.net have frowned upon and made them aware of it. They will
> probably introduce some sort of cap in the next few weeks, there has been
a
> lot of talk about it on the plus.net newsgroups.
> They recently ran a poll and the limits that the customers said they would
> accept as a minimum d/load per month was:
>
> >- 512k broadband: 53.2 GB
> >- 1Mb broadband: 95.2 GB
> >- 2Mb broadband: 130.4 GB
>
> But whatever they intoduce or plan to introduce is....anyones guess
>
> You get unlimited main addresses in the style of
> (E-Mail Removed) so you could have (E-Mail Removed) and
> (E-Mail Removed) etc etc etc if you had "jones" as your username.
>
> You will get 250Mb webspace.
>
> Newsgroups are available at usenet.plus.net or via their portal web based
> thingie for internal groups.
>
> If you get the hardware option, i beleive you get two microfilters,
however
> if you go for the "no hardware" you dont get anything.
>
> (oh and if you do go for it, if you could use 'mourby' as a referer i
> beleive i will get about 10p off my bill...woooooo party me)
>
>
>
> James
>
>
Thanks for your time, we decided to go with pipex in the end.

How does a Plus.net customer find out what their usage history is please?


"PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "James Mourby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
> news:420e254b$0$7914$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:cul1r2$tb6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > > "Kolicha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:cul1n2$m5$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> Hi, I have some queries on Plusnet's Broadband Home Premier 512kbps
> > > package.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Is the service uncapped (are there any download limits each month,
like
> > >> 1GB)?
> > >>
> > >> Do we get any email addresses/mail boxes with it? If so how many?
> > >>
> > >> Do we get any webspace? If so how much?
> > >>
> > >> And do they support newsgroup access?
> >
> > > I forgot, one more thing: Does the package include any microfilters?
If
> so
> > > how many?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > The service is currently uncapped, however there have been instances
> > recently of people hammering their connection getting over 200Gb per
month
> > that plus.net have frowned upon and made them aware of it. They will
> > probably introduce some sort of cap in the next few weeks, there has
been
> a
> > lot of talk about it on the plus.net newsgroups.
> > They recently ran a poll and the limits that the customers said they
would
> > accept as a minimum d/load per month was:
> >
> > >- 512k broadband: 53.2 GB
> > >- 1Mb broadband: 95.2 GB
> > >- 2Mb broadband: 130.4 GB
> >
> > But whatever they intoduce or plan to introduce is....anyones guess
> >
> > You get unlimited main addresses in the style of
> > (E-Mail Removed) so you could have (E-Mail Removed) and
> > (E-Mail Removed) etc etc etc if you had "jones" as your username.
> >
> > You will get 250Mb webspace.
> >
> > Newsgroups are available at usenet.plus.net or via their portal web
based
> > thingie for internal groups.
> >
> > If you get the hardware option, i beleive you get two microfilters,
> however
> > if you go for the "no hardware" you dont get anything.
> >
> > (oh and if you do go for it, if you could use 'mourby' as a referer i
> > beleive i will get about 10p off my bill...woooooo party me)
> >
> >
> >
> > James
> >
> >
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The fair usage proposal that we are looking into introducing is very
> different to a cap. A hard cap like some ISP's have chosen to introduce is
> not at all what we are looking at and something we do not want to
introduce
> and something we understand isn't what our customers want.
>
> What we are looking at is to set up a fair usage threshold, something that
> will affect less than 1% of our customers. Only if three months running
did
> you download more than the fair usage threshold would anything happen. We
> recognise that sometimes our customers will want to download a lot more in
> one month than another, and this system will allow this to happen. You can
> exceed the fair usage threshold in one month, even two months in a row and
> the only effect would be is an email saying you've used more than the fair
> usage threshold, nothing more.
>
> --
> With Regards,
>
> Dave,
> --
> | Dave Tomlinson Broadband Solutions For
> | Customer Support for Home & Business
> | PlusNet plc @ http://www.plus.net
> + ----- My Referrals - It pays to recommend PlusNet -----
>
>

"Sharon Derben" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How does a Plus.net customer find out what their usage history is please?
>

From within the PN portal there is a section called connection settings
where clicking on:

https://portal.plus.net/view_my_broadband_usage/

takes you to a page that shows daily transfer totals, weekly totals, monthly
totals and the past 3 months.

PlusNet Support Team <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
<snip>
>> But whatever they intoduce or plan to introduce is....anyones guess
>
> The fair usage proposal that we are looking into introducing is very
> different to a cap. A hard cap like some ISP's have chosen to introduce is
> not at all what we are looking at and something we do not want to introduce
> and something we understand isn't what our customers want.

I would agree, and suggest the kinder, softer alternative of calling it
a "bobble hat".

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:50:56 GMT, Andy M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> On 12-Feb-2005, "PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The fair usage proposal that we are looking into introducing is very
>> different to a cap. A hard cap like some ISP's have chosen to introduce
>> is
>> not at all what we are looking at and something we do not want to
>> introduce
>> and something we understand isn't what our customers want.
>>
>> What we are looking at is to set up a fair usage threshold, something
>> that
>> will affect less than 1% of our customers. Only if three months running
>> did
>> you download more than the fair usage threshold would anything happen.
>> We
>> recognise that sometimes our customers will want to download a lot more
>> in
>> one month than another, and this system will allow this to happen. You
>> can
>> exceed the fair usage threshold in one month, even two months in a row
>> and
>> the only effect would be is an email saying you've used more than the
>> fair
>> usage threshold, nothing more.
>
> You have said your newsgroup access is to have a cap and then bandwidth
> is
> limited. Unless this has changed?

Usenet access and usage is counted seperately but the total is included
within fair usage.

With Regards,

Dave,
--
| Dave Tomlinson Broadband Solutions For
| Customer Support for Home & Business
| PlusNet plc @ http://www.plus.net
+ ----- My Referrals - It pays to recommend PlusNet -----