Plusnet Broadband

Rex_Mundi

Stabilo wrote:

How can checking email be against the t&c's, surely that is the most common use of an internet account?

I thought looking at !!!!!! was the most common use of the internet in the UK. lol

Stabilo

Rex_Mundi wrote:

I thought looking at !!!!!! was the most common use of the internet in the UK. lol

You could be right, i'll just leave my XXX webcam running to stop Plusnets timeouts;)

Rex_Mundi

Stabilo wrote:

You could be right, i'll just leave my XXX webcam running to stop Plusnets timeouts;)

lol........That should get you round the cut off.

On a serious note...........Opera has a right click function built into it. You can set it to refresh a web page every X amount of seconds/minutes. Set this for 20 minutes or so, and if you leave the computer on a web page, it will refresh the page automatically.

There is also a plugin for Firefox that will do the same. It's called Reload Every. Find it HERE .

mhendo

Just go to a web-site which is coded to refresh every so often.

If I recall correctly, Google News auto-refreshes every so often. Looking at the source, I think this is what drives it:- HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="900"

So every 900 seconds (15 minutes) the page refreshes itself.

paul_h

Stabilo wrote:

How can checking email be against the t&c's, surely that is the most common use of an internet account?

They can't stop you checking your email, but you might have have to connect up first

Using this as a tool to defeat the disconnect policy, with no other internet traffic will be pretty obvious to them... All they have to do is ignore POP access as 'activity' when measuring how long your connection has been inactive.

lofty_2

isnt that just for the basic members i heard somewhere premier members wouldnt get cut off?

Rex_Mundi

lofty wrote:

isnt that just for the basic members i heard somewhere premier members wouldnt get cut off?

Have a read through Plusnet terms. I think this move is accross the board for all packages.

lofty_2

I know who my new isp wont be then, I use a router and its too much bother telling the router to reconnect all the time. Im gonna wait in hope that my exchange is upgraded to adsl2+

seen a bt delivery truck turn up at the exchange today. (Live In Hope)

Tony1210

Just a quick question for current plusnet users. I have recently joined them under the Broadband Plus package. Looking at the usage, do you only get 1 GIG per month? I have only usee it for a few days (no p2p either!) and already, I have used 3/4 of this usage.

Can anyone confirm the usage?

Phonix

broadband plus is unlimited. The only difference is they prioritise low over high bandwidth traffic, using a quality of service package.

I believe that if you do use your connection unfairly (downloading too much) they will employ a managed usage profile on your connection which will effectively restrict your bandwidth to 67k if the plusnet contention ratio of 30:1 is maximised.

The sad fact is most people who sign up to plusnet are unawares. They simply see £14.99 + unlimited broadband and brandish their credit card.