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Why do we have this site?

pberry
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Registered: ‎10-04-2007

Re: Why do we have this site?

It's in the process of being removed.
James
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Registered: ‎04-04-2007

Re: Why do we have this site?

Thanks Guys,
We got it raised with Content yesterday and it should be sorted soon, if it hasn't been already.  Cheers for pointing it out.
Spider
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Registered: ‎05-04-2007

Re: Why do we have this site?

Slightly off topic but found this page of the thread interesting.
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Why do we have this site?
Plusnet Staff 1
It's in the process of being removed.
Plusnet Staff 2
Thanks Guys,

Roll_eyes Grin
Assos
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Re: Why do we have this site?

Cheesy
glyndev
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Registered: ‎31-07-2007

Re: Why do we have this site?

The only thing that Ihas upset me about the new forums is that on the old +net ones I had a random image avatar, but that is not possible here.:-((
Midnight_Caller
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Re: Why do we have this site?

Quote from: jelv
the Force 9 forums were not nearly as active (mainly because there are a lot fewer F9 users).

Comments like that rub me up the wrong way.  So where is your proof that PlusNet have more customers van Force 9 has?
Force 9 was the parent company not the other way around, PlusNet is the baby company of the 2 plus, PlusNet is from the USA, Force 9 is and was a UK company.
glyndev
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Re: Why do we have this site?

Quote from: tdadyslexia
Force 9 was the parent company not the other way around, PlusNet is the baby company of the 2 plus, PlusNet is from the USA, Force 9 is and was a UK company.

I may be wrong, and I am sure that someone from +net will correct me if I am.
Plusnet has always been the parent company. It was the original brand name for corporate and business users. Force 9 was the brand name for residential users.
It was when either Surftime, FRIACO or Broadband started  (cant remember which exactly) that plusnet in its present guise came to the fore because at that time the  the above products where only available via +net.
That is what I have always been led to believe anyway.
James
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Re: Why do we have this site?

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Comments like that rub me up the wrong way.  So where is your proof that PlusNet have more customers van Force 9 has?

It's a known fact.  Also a true one.
jelv
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Re: Why do we have this site?

If I guessed Force 9 has less than 50,000 users and Plusnet more than 150,000 users would I be far out?
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler)
   Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!)   
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James
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Re: Why do we have this site?

I wouldn't possibly be able to comment Smiley
Midnight_Caller
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Re: Why do we have this site?

Quote from: James
I wouldn't possibly be able to comment Smiley

Just out of interest watt ar the numbres ?  Smiley
James
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Re: Why do we have this site?

That's not information I would be able to disclose as it is commercially sensitive.
There are considerably more PlusNet customers than Force9, however.
Midnight_Caller
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Re: Why do we have this site?

Hi
Thank you for that.  A see watt you mean so thank you!  Smiley
jelv
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Re: Why do we have this site?

OK here are some figures that are publicly available:
If you go in to the portal for each of the vISPs (using the testdrive login) and go to the old forums you can see the number of registered users. When a user visits the forums they were automatically registered, but not all users ever visited the forums - I'd guess it was less than half. However the numbers would give a fair representation of the proportion of users on each vISP.
Plusnet88,152
Force913,042
Free-Online3,202
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler)
   Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!)   
Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20)
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Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month)
Midnight_Caller
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Re: Why do we have this site?

Wow
Thank you for that.  Very interesting.  Smiley