Why were the new restrictions on upload added?
As PN has had several complaints about the upload Cap !! Surely this shows that customers would prefer the 40/10 offer !!
Just because Talk Talk offers 40/2 as basic fiber why do PN have to follow , i am sure i read somewhere the cost difference to PN is only £1 .
So 40/2 was offered by PN to save money 
So PN are just being Lemmings following all ISP.
When i first joined PN stood out above the rest ,But now they just want to be another cheap ISP << NOWT special
where did Management go wrong
My only comments regarding the subject heading are as follows:
Being a recent newbie to PN, during the sales calls we discussed speeds, fair enough as this is important to most of us, though I prefer stability over speed.
My upload speed with my previous supplier of 2 years (Sky) on their standard LLU adsl connection was around 1.5+Mbps, which served our needs - gaming, streaming, general browsing etc (and all at the same time without any issues). During my time with them, I admit I'd taken my eye off the ball in terms of what ISP was offering what speed and at what price.
We only wanted adsl with PN (cost reasons only) but couldn't have this because we also opted for their TV too, thus HAD to have fibre. I'm also an all or nothing person - so landline phone, BB and TV would be with one ISP. (Moving 6 mobiles might be an option too, but we'll make that decision and hope nobody starts calling offering this service
). I know that during the sales pitch (spread out across 3 or so calls - I'm disabled and need time to think things through) the fibre extra would have been mentioned (I know a static IP was - but we don't need one).
Now I can only physically achieve around 29Mbps d/l which was certainly faster than the 17+Mbps d/l we migrated from, but having read around many forum posts since joining I'm not so sure we made the right decision in who to go with.
I also believe that BTw potential speeds are wildly inaccurate and by now they know just how fast most of the individual lines can go and how much they can physically handle. For the purpose of this reply, it states I can get up to 6.8Mbps u/l.
Some of us out there (myself included) discuss loyalty across multiple ISP run forums and that no ISP seems keen to retain existing customers when it comes to contract renewal time. That's the only reason for moving from Sky - the cost was going to jumped by an additional £20 pm and it finished in a stale mate.
I do find it very hard to praise Sky as I was (prior to switching to them from BT) very much against them (to the point of hating this empire) and since leaving no longer recommend them (Mr M buying back is another debate and not for here). However, without pointing to the actual thread, I read a thread where an existing customer was looking at renewing their contract but was concerned about their existing speed would be dropping to the 'new' 40/2 fibre package. I was genuinely surprised to then read that they have been told that they should be able to retain their existing speed and I am truly happy to read that this could be the case.
However, this could also be off putting to other newbies that have been capped at 2Mbps u/l, plus those that have renewed and assumed that 40/2 was all that was on the cards (I did also read the renewing customers could ask for the 40/10 deal, though asking does not mean they'll get it). It may also put other potential customers off if they read several posts in advance.
I'm all for everyone getting a good price for any service, though on the other hand a tad cheesed off that others can be put on a good upload speed. I may not need the upload speed, but it's good to know it's there, just in case. If I had a choice, I would certainly (and purely because PN told me I had to) have liked to have been given an option of going on a 40/10 fibre contract coz ya get what you pay for!!! (or should do imho)
I feel that PN have missed the boat on this one..................
Plus as a BT owned company, up to 10Mbps is available but PN, though they opted for their current fibre options. They could and possibly should have covered all the bases.
(I would say that my connection speed falls in to the average speed across the country -- what I have written could be wrong but it's my belief and opinion -- I certainly do not mean to cause offense -- this should not be read as a spitting his dummy out the pram type of post -- I hope this doesn't create an argument as it certainly wasn't my intention)
Phew, off to a darkened room
At the moment with present trends ,although people may say they happy with 2 upload , as we become a more connected society the upload needed will increase .
as a Gamer yes a old one 2mg is rubbish , on lots of web pages they will tell you optimum upload for a good game experience is 5mg at least .
PN may have indeed missed the boat here, there are loads of gamers out there who search for a decent ISP with good upload speed , and the upcoming generation of young gamers with newer hardware will be unable to find what they want
