PlusNet have been running a major marketing campaign in the UK over the past 6 months, so it’s not surprising that pretty much everyone knows their name by now. Plusnet have been marketing themselves as a friendly, local Yorkshire company, but can their marketing live up to their actual product? Firstly, you should know that despite its Yorkshire roots, PlusNet is actually owned by the largest telecommunications company in the UK – BT. However, BT have wisely chosen to keep PlusNet running independently from the main company, which was good move considering PlusNet get consistently better ratings in many Plusnet broadband review articles than BT. This may have something to do with the fact that Plusnet operate their own call centres with their own services.

The other thing that Plusnet have been trying to sell themselves on is their price, which is certainly one of the cheapest broadband offerings available in the country. While this might make it an attractive first choice for many people, there’s no miracle involved here – PlusNet is cheap because they offer a no frills broadband service that doesn’t really compare to the some of the heftier, more expensive packages on offer from other providers. One of the biggest differences is the bandwidth limit, which is very small on PlusNet.

Bandwidth limits are important to take into account, as they control how much of the internet you can ‘use’ every month. They are normally measured in GB, and it can take some getting used to if you want to understand exactly how much you’re getting from each package. The lowest package on PlusNet gives you 10GB of data, which isn’t much at all if you want to do any streaming, gaming or otherwise download files on a regular basis. This limit is shared between all the computers in your house too, so a big family could reach this limit very quickly even if each individual user isn’t doing a lot of things.

This might sound pretty restrictive, but PlusNet to do allow users to do all the downloading and internet browsing they like between midnight and 8am each day, which gives people who are used to surfing late into the night and early morning a much easier ride as far as bandwidth limits go, and lets regular users set their bigger downloads for late at night to enjoy the next day. If 10GB sounds too restrictive even with this offer though, the more expensive PlusNet packages reach highs of 60GB, which should be enough monthly for most users, although it’s worth noting that a large amount of providers don’t set up any bandwidth limit at all.

PlusNet struggles to maintain its value for money as it moves into these more expensive packages, and it can’t compete with some of the bigger providers at this level. However, if your just looking for the cheapest possible broadband and don’t live with lots of people, PlusNet can offer great value for money at the budget range, providing you understand and stick within the prescribed bandwidth limits.