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Wednesday, August 21st 2013
Google was hit by a worldwide service outage last Friday. Plusnet has revealed its broadband network saw a slump in traffic last Friday night (August 16th 2013) as Google services were briefly hit by a major global outage.The issue, which affected everything from search functionality to YouTube, only lasted for around five minutes but had a significant imp...
Monday, June 17th 2013
The majority of dads turn to the internet when asked to help out with homework. Two-thirds of fathers use the internet to help their children out with homework, according to new re...
Thursday, May 23rd 2013
Plusnet witnessed a major upturn in traffic on Tuesday evening. Plusnet has attributed a surge in traffic across its broadband network to the grand unveiling of Mic...
Wednesday, April 24th 2013
A St Helens community group that helps older people get online has been given a free broadband service. Plusnet has gifted a broadband connection to a community group in the north-west town of St Helens i...
Thursday, January 17th 2013
Plusnet has forecast a greater degree of competition in the broadband market for 2013. Plusnet has predicted that the coming year will see a much greater degree of competition within the ...
Thursday, October 18th 2012
Experts from Plusnet helped out at a recent event organised as part of Get Online Week. Plusnet sent a team of experts to an event at Sheffield Town Hall designed to help more people get t...
Wednesday, July 4th 2012
The ISPA has named Plusnet as the UK's best consumer fixed broadband provider. Plusnet has been named the UK's best consumer fixed-line broadband provider by the Internet Serv...
Monday, May 28th 2012
Plusnet has stressed that it makes sense for people who are moving house to inform their ISP early. Home-movers have been urged not to leave it to the last minute to contact their internet service pro...
Wednesday, May 16th 2012
Wireless broadband signal can be improved by moving routers to a more prominent position, Ben Greenwood of TechDrink has said. Router placement and the choice of channel can have a major impact on the quality of wireless broadb...
Thursday, March 1st 2012
Broadband specialist Plusnet has claimed that smart internet could become ubiquitous in people's lives by 2027. Broadband provider Plusnet has claimed that broadband could become a ubiquitous part of daily life f...