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Horrendous Broadband

gc666
Newbie
Posts: 3
Thanks: 2
Registered: ‎11-06-2023

Horrendous Broadband

Well I've been a Plusnet customer for the last 2yrs, all I can say what a load of rubbish the service is, router is useless, constantly dropping out, flashing orange for hrs on end, refuses to auto rest, refuses to manually reset, tried accessing router setting online (no chance) that refuses to work too, is it because I'm using mobile data on my phone? If so I'm screwed yet again, how on earth am I supposed to try another setting when I have a router that spends 90% of its life flashing orange?.
I'm now on a 2nd replacement router, initially worked OK sort of, only flashed orange 50% of the time.
Multiple calls to Plusnet, several BT visits later, still no-one can fix it.
From my experience Plusnet is just a shabby network.
I've been promised a refund, nothing came of that, basically Plusnet are in breach of contract as they claim a minimum guaranteed speed, speed supplied falls well below this figure 24/7, even the odd time the flashing orange goes to Blue for a connection, it can barely run 1 TV, add a phone or 2nd TV into the mix & OMG!!! instant flashing Orange with no promise it'll ever work again for several hrs or in this wks case 3 days.
Contract's up end of July 2023, never again would I give Plusnet the time of day, they take £26 p/mth & give nothing in return, they've even got the cheek to hike up the price every year.
A complaint to OFCOM is my next action.
These charlatans can't be allowed to rinse people every month & get away with it.
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Mr_Paul
Seasoned Pro
Posts: 719
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Registered: ‎07-06-2022

Re: Horrendous Broadband

@gc666 

" tried accessing router setting online (no chance) that refuses to work too, is it because I'm using mobile data on my phone?"

 

Yes - the IP address of the router, 192.168.1.254, is an internal address only accessable from a device connected to your home network, either by ethernet cable or WiFi. Every Plusnet customer, (and many other ISPs), using a Plusnet SmartHub2 etc will have the same internal network IP address.

It might be possible, (I don't know), to access from outside your network, ie using mobile data, but you would probably need to know your current "Broadband IP Address", (external), to do that?

 

 

ClaudiaG23
Plusnet Alumni (retired)
Plusnet Alumni (retired)
Posts: 361
Fixes: 25
Registered: ‎02-05-2023

Re: Horrendous Broadband

Hey @gc666, I can see you've spoken with our Tech team and there has been an appointment for an engineer visit booked for you for tomorrow.

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 Claudia Garner
 Plusnet Help Team