Seven million UK homes have PCs without Internet access and over four million more are still using dial-up. Plusnet’s new Broadband PAYG Basic service for £9.99 per month is a great opportunity for all these people to get up to 8Mbps broadband for under a tenner.

Broadband Basic is available nationwide at the same price and for added peace of mind comes with a one month contract commitment only. It’s never been easier to get hooked up to broadband.

It’s not just good news for those that don’t have broadband, this new product together with the rest of the Plusnet range offer fantastic savings when compared against other broadband offerings. Some ten million people who Plusnet believe pay on average over £20 per month for their broadband will save £s by switching to Plusnet.

Neil Armstrong , Plusnet’s Marketing Director said “Adding PAYG Basic to our range makes it as easy as possible to get onto broadband. It also underpins the opportunity for millions of existing broadband users to make significant savings”.

Armstrong continued “Crucially this product allows customers to have access to a high quality broadband experience. An important factor given the reality of other low priced or even free broadband products. Some of these services would not enable customers to take advantage of convergent applications such as online gaming, ipTV and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) ”.

Broadband PAYG Basic is aimed at light usage customers, who as their usage requirements grow, can seamlessly upgrade to Plusnet’s standard Broadband PAYG product. Priced at £14.99 per month it’s even greater value for money.

For more details please go to http://www.plus.net

Notes to editors

• A high-speed up to 8Mbps connection
• A base level of 50MB included usage. Customers can then add more premium quality bandwidth usage at 0.224p per MB
• Available to 99.6 per cent of UK homes and businesses
• Customers using 1GB per month would spend £12.12 per month, an estimated saving of 40% compared to the average industry price of over £20
• Plusnet Broadband Basic is a connection only product – additional services can be added as and when they are required. An Internet extras pack that includes; unlimited email addresses (POP3) email spam and virus protection, webspace and Domain name hosting can be added for only £1.99 per month.
• Broadband Basic is designed to be fully supported online, so from the Plusnet website you can manage every aspect of your broadband account and find extensive help and support using the ‘Help Assistant’ tools. You can also interact online with the Plusnet support team. Telephone support is available to Broadband PAYG Basic customers via Plusnet’s premium support line in the event of connectivity failure, charged at 50p per minute.
• Any applicable set up costs can be spread over 12 months
• Data sources: Enders Analysis, National Statistics and Ofcom

Comparison of Broadband PAYG Basic with key competitors

*Includes line rental and call plan
**TalkTalk aiming to cover 1,000 exchanges by May 2007
Prices correct at 30th May 2006

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 YouGov for uSwitch.com.