(1888PressRelease)
October 19, 2006 - Back in July we successfully launched a range of landline phone and broadband packages. From day one our customers have been able to smoothly switch their landline phone to us and have enjoyed the great value service since.
We believe the launch was a success because the developed systems represent the most automated implementation of a call plan and line rental service in the UK. We have now gone on to further improve the landline phone options within our combined phone and broadband packages.
The improvements include a line rental and calls inclusive plan for £11 per month, similar to BT Option 2, that costs £14.95 per month. In fact BT charges £11 per month purely for line rental.
PlusNet Home Phone Evenings and Weekends includes:
• Line rental (so there’s no need to pay BT retail)
• All Evening and weekend calls to 01 and 02 landline numbers
• All other calls at competitive rates
We estimate the average customer will save up to 17% on their monthly calls, that’s on top of the savings made by having evening and weekend calls included.
Neil Armstrong, PlusNet’s Product Development Director, said: “We’re always looking to offer our customers more for their money, Home Phone is now better value than ever. Customers who recommend PlusNet Home Phone will also now be rewarded in the same way they are for recommending our broadband.”
The new plan can be bought by existing PlusNet customers or by new customers when they buy any PlusNet broadband package. Broadband starts at £9.99 per month.
Customers who’ve already switched their home phone to PlusNet and like the sound of the new plan, can swap for free from the existing £11 per month Anytime package.
Notes to editors
PlusNet broadband, line rental and call plan packages start from £20.99 for PlusNet Evenings and Weekends and Broadband PAYG Basic.
PlusNet Evenings and Weekends key features include:
- Priced at £11 per month
- One month contract, no upfront costs if you have a BT line
- Inclusive of landline rental, no need to pay BT line rental
- Includes all evening and weekend calls to UK landlines
- Market leading low call rates saving on average 17% against leading competitors
- Available to new and existing PlusNet broadband customers
- Available to 99.6% of UK homes
- Free calls to other PlusNet customers and other VoIP users worldwide
- Admin fee for terminating the service just £20
- Customer support available 24*7 online or by phone
- 50p per month referral value to the referrer
PlusNet Anytime+ key features include:
- Priced at £15 per month
- One month contract, no upfront costs if you have a BT line
- Inclusive of landline rental, no need to pay BT line rental
- All calls to UK landlines included (01 and 02 numbers)
- All calls to top 20 international landline destinations included
- fair usage policy applies
- Market leading low call rates saving on average 17% against leading competitors
- Available to new and existing PlusNet broadband customers
- Available to 99.6% of UK homes
- Free calls to other PlusNet customers and other VoIP users worldwide
- Admin fee for terminating the service just £20
- Customer support available 24*7 online or by phone
- 50p per month referral value to the referrer
Broadband Basic key features include:
- From £9.99 per month
- Download speeds of up to 8Mbps
- One month contract
- 450MB inclusive usage. 0.224p per MB for high quality prioritised pay as you go usage thereafter
- Ideal for first time broadband users
- Available to 99.6% of UK homes
- Unique network management to guarantee quality and prioritise VoIP calls, gaming and web
- £14.99 set up if migrating from another provider, or £47 for a new connection with our you stay we pay option to defer over 5 years
Broadband Plus key features include:
- £14.99 per month
- Download speeds of up to 8Mbps
- One month contract
- No fixed download limit, 4GB peak time allowance
- Suitable for surfing, email and gaming
- Available to 99.6% of UK homes
- Unique network management to guarantee quality and prioritise calls, gaming and web
- Free set up if migrating from another provider, or £47 for a new connection with our you stay we pay option to defer over 5 years
- Free SPAM and Virus protection
- Multiple email addresses, webspace and a host of value-added extras
- 50p per month referral value to the referrer
Broadband Premier key features include:
- £21.99 per month
- Download speeds of up to 8Mbps
- One month contract
- No fixed download limit, 20GB peak time allowance
- Available to 99.6% of UK homes
- Priority performance at peak times, suitable for downloads, gaming and networking
- Unique network management to guarantee quality and prioritise calls, gaming and web
- Free set up if migrating from another provider, or £47 for a new connection with our you stay we pay option to defer over 5 years
- Free SPAM and Virus protection
- Multiple email addresses, webspace, CGI and MySQL tools and a host of value-added extras
- 50p per month referral value to the referrer
About PlusNet:
PlusNet is the UK’s best value Internet service provider. PlusNet offers broadband services to consumers and businesses. The Company is best known amongst experienced Internet users for offering exceptional customer service and value for money – most of its business has been built on customer referrals. So far in 2006 PlusNet has picked up a host of awards - PC Advisor magazine voted it ‘Best for customer service’ and PlusNet recently came top for ‘overall customer satisfaction’ in the UK biggest independent survey of broadband customers, carried out by UGOV for uSwitch.com.
Enquiries:
PlusNet plc , Brian Trevaskiss, Marketing Manager, Tel: 0114 220 0072 btrevaskiss ( @ ) plus dot net
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