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Chrysalis · 29-12-2012, 09:55

Yeah to be fair to plusnet if they keep to their word their product is probably now the best BTw based FTTC product and only 2nd to sky on paper.

Arguably it beats sky if you believe the priotisation is beneficial on a per connection basis.

In practice I still think its a time will tell situation whether or not they get overwhelmed on bandwidth demands. Sky dont pay for their capacity the same way as plusnet do the maths are different and of course sky charge more for their product as well.

Maggy and of course you are right, the broadband market has been trashed for a number of years probably from when talktalk first came on the scene, not eveyrone is as you say but probably a big chunk of the market people just look for the cheapest service,

Proper regulation would go a long way to fixing some problems in the market, but as always the protection of profit is considered.

We not all like that tho, some of us dont mind paying extra, but then some will jump on that and think we should be paying for leased lines if we dont want over subscription.

With all due respect to all 3 FTTC isp's mentioned in this thread tho I think plusnet,BT and sky are all significant improvements over VM.

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Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: Plusnet to provide unlimited broadband Yeah to be fair to plusnet if they keep to their word their product is probably now the best BTw based FTTC product and only 2nd to sky on paper. Arguably it beats sky if you believe the priotisation is beneficial on a per connection basis. In practice I still think its a time will tell situation whether or not they get overwhelmed on bandwidth demands. Sky dont pay for their capacity the same way as plusnet do the maths are different and of course sky charge more for their product as well. Maggy and of course you are right, the broadband market has been trashed for a number of years probably from when talktalk first came on the scene, not eveyrone is as you say but probably a big chunk of the market people just look for the cheapest service, Proper regulation would go a long way to fixing some problems in the market, but as always the protection of profit is considered. We not all like that tho, some of us dont mind paying extra, but then some will jump on that and think we should be paying for leased lines if we dont want over subscription. With all due respect to all 3 FTTC isp's mentioned in this thread tho I think plusnet,BT and sky are all significant improvements over VM.