Credit Where Credit Is Due. Well Done Plusnet. Excellent Service.
Firstly, welcome to Plusnet. 
Thank you for the feedback, we really do appreciate it, I've passed it on to our management team so the guys get the recognition they deserve.
Here's hoping you continue to enjoy the service.
Thank you for the feedback, we really do appreciate it, I've passed it on to our management team so the guys get the recognition they deserve.
Here's hoping you continue to enjoy the service.
@torbayguy.. No he/she is not, Im happy with plusnet's services so far
@torbayguy.....same here too, no major problems, when there have been sorted fast and efficiently. I see you've had issues in these forums but it appears that people have tried to help you as fast as they can. It seems you're now slinging mud whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Ps Hi all
First post but been following the forums for a while.
Ps Hi all
First post but been following the forums for a while.
I'm sure Plusnet will be pleased to hear they have another happy customer.
Most feedback that occurs on the forums is negative. Rarely do people go through the bother of registering on the forums just to say "Thanks, it's great!", so I'm sure your posts are appreciated
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Most feedback that occurs on the forums is negative. Rarely do people go through the bother of registering on the forums just to say "Thanks, it's great!", so I'm sure your posts are appreciated
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Its always good to hear from a happy customer.
The nature of working in support whether its over the phone, via e-mail or an open forum like this one means that problems and complaints are always going to be more visible than those customers that are happy with the service. This is as they have as the former are more likely to shout about it than the latter.
The nature of working in support whether its over the phone, via e-mail or an open forum like this one means that problems and complaints are always going to be more visible than those customers that are happy with the service. This is as they have as the former are more likely to shout about it than the latter.
@bollxd so im in that minority too? well let me tell you a story
in January, i signed on with Virgin Media, because im in a market 1 exchange, so all the prices are fairly similar for the heavy use products i want, and Virgin were offering Unlimited downloads with no Fair Usage Policy, everything worked great up until 5pm, where my download speed dropped sharply to a capped 512kbps i phoned up Virgin's technical support, and basically got told "its just because its busy" despite the fact that I was at the time on a 5 meg line.... even one of their own CSC people said that even if everyone on my exchange was onlihne at the same time he saw no reason why it should ever drop below 3meg. To make this problem even worse, because the DLM was recognising that my line wasn't getting the speed it should have, it kept raising the SNR Margin to try and compensate, thinking it was my line that was the problem. When i spoke to Virgin about this i was basically told that there was no problem and a high SNR margin was a good thing, despite my sync rate now being half of what it was. It really comes to something when you know more about how your ADSL connection works than your ISP's technical support! I signed up to the Virgin forums and quickly found that everyone on their ADSL service was having the same issues, after 2 months of consistantly terrible peak time speeds, and no word on a fix, just a load of Virgin people swearing that they had fixed it, even though it obviously wasn't.
Eventually, i managed to get in touch with the CEO who sorted out my MAC code for me, and i came to PN, who gave the best of the "high download limit" products, and it was slightly cheaper. 10 days later i was switched over, and miraculously everything was fixed! I gave PN a call, and they reset my SNR immediately resulting in my speeds going back to what they should have, and staying there right up until last week, when my phone line died, which wasnt PN's fault, something broke in the junction box.
When i phoned PN I had a BT engineer at my property, testing the connection after fixing it, just 4 hours later! since then, my 3 mile long line has been syncing at 8096Kbps whereas based on my Line length and Attenuation i shouldnt be able to get above about 6500 which is actually what i was getting before the phone fault.
Adding into this mix the fantastic politeness and honesty of the CSC team, (for instance: when i phoned up about a billing enquiry, I actually had someone say "to be honest, i dont know, but ill find out and phone you back in half an hour with an answer".... i dont know any other ISP who's staff would do that) the superb competance of the technical support (who actually know more about whats wrong than i do, and can usually work out what i mean when im describing it badly, which is nice)
I know i am not the only person who's experiences have been similar, i have heard similar stories from friends on the Virgin forum's who i recommended PN to when i switched, namely Paulpicks21, NittyGritty, and Moominfish on this forum that i can think of, they have all told me that they are very happy with the service. Whilst there are things i don't like about Plusnet (extreme traffic shaping, and £5 per 5GB overrun even if you only overrun by less than 1GB springs to mind) it seems to me that your opinion has been tainted by your own experience (which may be bad, i don't know im not you) and the fact that this primarily a support forum, so the people on here, generally only come on here when they have a problem, you don;t normally hear from the people for whom everything works great.
So in conclusion, i would say that in fact it is you who is in the minority.
by the way to any PN staff reading this: if you want to use it as a Testimonial on your sales page then please feel free I honestly can't think of an ISP who i would more heartily endorse
in January, i signed on with Virgin Media, because im in a market 1 exchange, so all the prices are fairly similar for the heavy use products i want, and Virgin were offering Unlimited downloads with no Fair Usage Policy, everything worked great up until 5pm, where my download speed dropped sharply to a capped 512kbps i phoned up Virgin's technical support, and basically got told "its just because its busy" despite the fact that I was at the time on a 5 meg line.... even one of their own CSC people said that even if everyone on my exchange was onlihne at the same time he saw no reason why it should ever drop below 3meg. To make this problem even worse, because the DLM was recognising that my line wasn't getting the speed it should have, it kept raising the SNR Margin to try and compensate, thinking it was my line that was the problem. When i spoke to Virgin about this i was basically told that there was no problem and a high SNR margin was a good thing, despite my sync rate now being half of what it was. It really comes to something when you know more about how your ADSL connection works than your ISP's technical support! I signed up to the Virgin forums and quickly found that everyone on their ADSL service was having the same issues, after 2 months of consistantly terrible peak time speeds, and no word on a fix, just a load of Virgin people swearing that they had fixed it, even though it obviously wasn't.
Eventually, i managed to get in touch with the CEO who sorted out my MAC code for me, and i came to PN, who gave the best of the "high download limit" products, and it was slightly cheaper. 10 days later i was switched over, and miraculously everything was fixed! I gave PN a call, and they reset my SNR immediately resulting in my speeds going back to what they should have, and staying there right up until last week, when my phone line died, which wasnt PN's fault, something broke in the junction box.
When i phoned PN I had a BT engineer at my property, testing the connection after fixing it, just 4 hours later! since then, my 3 mile long line has been syncing at 8096Kbps whereas based on my Line length and Attenuation i shouldnt be able to get above about 6500 which is actually what i was getting before the phone fault.
Adding into this mix the fantastic politeness and honesty of the CSC team, (for instance: when i phoned up about a billing enquiry, I actually had someone say "to be honest, i dont know, but ill find out and phone you back in half an hour with an answer".... i dont know any other ISP who's staff would do that) the superb competance of the technical support (who actually know more about whats wrong than i do, and can usually work out what i mean when im describing it badly, which is nice)
I know i am not the only person who's experiences have been similar, i have heard similar stories from friends on the Virgin forum's who i recommended PN to when i switched, namely Paulpicks21, NittyGritty, and Moominfish on this forum that i can think of, they have all told me that they are very happy with the service. Whilst there are things i don't like about Plusnet (extreme traffic shaping, and £5 per 5GB overrun even if you only overrun by less than 1GB springs to mind) it seems to me that your opinion has been tainted by your own experience (which may be bad, i don't know im not you) and the fact that this primarily a support forum, so the people on here, generally only come on here when they have a problem, you don;t normally hear from the people for whom everything works great.
So in conclusion, i would say that in fact it is you who is in the minority.
by the way to any PN staff reading this: if you want to use it as a Testimonial on your sales page then please feel free
I honestly can't think of an ISP who i would more heartily endorse
That,s a good read severedsolo, And have to agree with you on how open and honest and polite plusnet are and the service i have been getting is far superior to my old ISP which was Tiscali.
Im all for Neg feedback but find it unfair when you get a few that trash a good thread like this just because they received a different service, I know a lot of members who have problems and are working with plusnet to get them sorted out and i dont see them trashing threads like this.Its a shame because the O.P. went to the bother of giving there experience that he/she is happy with then you get the oddball that just wants to come and ruin it.
Long Live Plusnet i say
Im all for Neg feedback but find it unfair when you get a few that trash a good thread like this just because they received a different service, I know a lot of members who have problems and are working with plusnet to get them sorted out and i dont see them trashing threads like this.Its a shame because the O.P. went to the bother of giving there experience that he/she is happy with then you get the oddball that just wants to come and ruin it.
Long Live Plusnet i say