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Updated Find the cheapest broadband discussion thread

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  • Hi Paul,

    The £5.99/month offer is available to 80% of the UK according to Plus net and you can find out if this includes you by checking your postcode on the sign up page. Unfortunately we have limited space in the newsletter but it quite clearly says this in the article.. Thanks.
    pauldreed wrote: »
    I'm quite suprised that Martin's newsletter is promoting Plusnet at £5.99 per month because it's only for 3 months as an introductory offer, then it goes to £11.99 per month thereafter!
    Wasn't this researched first?
    .
  • MSE_Archna wrote: »
    Hi Paul,

    The £5.99/month offer is available to 80% of the UK according to Plus net and you can find out if this includes you by checking your postcode on the sign up page. Unfortunately we have limited space in the newsletter but it quite clearly says this in the article.. Thanks.
    They must mean 80% of the population, because it only applies to something like 1,200 out of 4,400 exchanges, which is less than 30%. Basically the £5.99 relates to exchanges where there are four or more main providers. For the same reason, the Unlimited rises up to £19.99 after three months.
  • Before rushing to sign up for Plusnet's Value package one should also consider how they prioritise bandwidth and the 'expected speeds' of their different packages in the afternoon and evening:
    http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/quality_broadband/speed.shtml
  • robwild wrote: »
    Before rushing to sign up for Plusnet's Value package one should also consider how they prioritise bandwidth and the 'expected speeds' of their different packages in the afternoon and evening:
    http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/quality_broadband/speed.shtml
    Wow! well spotted.
    So between 8pm & 10pm users can expect to get just 512Kbps download speed?
    It's not such a bargain after all...
  • mcroodi
    mcroodi Posts: 258 Forumite
    sorry I dont understand kbps.. what is the equivalent speed in MBs? eg how many kbps make 1MB - that way I can have an idea of how slow is slow?:o
  • 1Mbps = approx 1,000kbps, or 1,024 to be more exact.
  • mcroodi
    mcroodi Posts: 258 Forumite
    ok, thanks

    Wow.. so I see their speeds are slow in that case in the evening and overnight given those figures.
  • The info in this link seems to give a bit more info, including what isn't restricted. Just enter Value in one table, and Unlimited in the other to compare.
  • mcroodi wrote: »
    sorry I dont understand kbps.. what is the equivalent speed in MBs? eg how many kbps make 1MB - that way I can have an idea of how slow is slow?:o
    It equates to about half a Mb!
  • As always, these discussions depend on your own circumstances. For me, I have just cancelled my sky subscription and gone to TalkTalk for the 12 month free calls and broadband - exactly the same deal I had with sky as part of my bundle. It seems a no-brainer if you're going off tv like I am. My monthly bill will drop from £42 to £10, which seems a good deal to me. My girlfriend lives in Germany, so I can still call her for free any time of the day. If I use my free mobile minutes during the day, and my landline in the evening, I'll save a lot of money.
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