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Test your broadband speed with the UK's most accurate broadband speed testing tool.
tbbMeter will help you to manage your usage to avoid incurring excess bandwidth fees or find your broadband provider slowing you down due to exceeding your monthly usage allowance.
The line monitoring system allows you to track the performance of your broadband connection in terms of latency and packet loss.
ISP | Plusnet |
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Package | Unlimited Fibre Extra - Broadband Only |
Download Speed | Average 66 Mbps
This is the speed that the service is advertised at by the ISP and is the average (median) speed at peak time. |
Upload Speed | 18 Mbps
Upload speed is how fast data is transferred from you to the Internet, for example when upload files, photos or videos. |
Technical maximum speed | 76 Mbps
The technical maximum speed is the fastest speed that you can potentially receive on this service ignoring all distance and time of day effects e.g. on FTTC services it will be either 38 Mbps or 76 Mbps. |
Included allowance | Unlimited |
You need to select a Usage Profile which best describes how much you think you will download from the Internet. If you are unsure, you should probably select "Home Light" or "Home Medium". It may be worth discussing this with other members of your household as some activity (e.g. downloading movies online) can increase the usage significantly.
VAT Rate | 20% (prices below include VAT) |
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Setup Cost | £50.00 |
Monthly Cost | £22.40 |
First Year Cost | £268.85 |
BT Phone Line required | ![]() A BT phone line (or equivalent) is required for this package which must be obtained elsewhere, the cost of which has not been included in the monthly cost as prices vary greatly. |
Line rental is included in the monthly package price where a phone line is required and supplied by that provider for the service.
Additional Comments | This is the broadband only pricing, voice line rental from BT or WLR based provider is required. If voice line rental is taken from PlusNet you can save £2.50 per month on the broadband price. This product is based on the Openreach FTTC 80 Meg product and is only available in the areas where Openreach have rolled out their fibre-to-the-cabinet network. Your distance from the home to cabinet will determine actual connection speed. This product is charged at a different price depending on where you live. 86% of the UK is available at the Market 3 price of £22.49 a month. Outside this, the product is £29.49. More information on the pricing areas is available here. |
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Charge levels display how much the ISP charges for data transferred with the product. Values are stated in gigabytes (GB). The first line with no cost shows how much is included for free.
Extra | Qty | Setup | M/Q/Y Cost |
E-mail Account | 1 | FREE | FREE |
Anti-Spam E-mail Scanning | 1 | FREE | FREE |
Anti-Virus E-mail Scanning | 1 | FREE | FREE |
Webmail | 1 | FREE | FREE |
NNTP Access (Text-only) | 1 | FREE | FREE |
VoIP Includes 120 minutes of Evening & Weekend calls |
1 | FREE | FREE |
Broadband Wireless Router £6.99 Postage and Packing |
1 | £6.99 | FREE |
Static IP | 1 | £5.00 | FREE |
Type | Home |
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Notice Period | 1 Month |
Contract Period | 18 Months |
IP Assignment Method | Dynamic |
Provider Name | Wholesale Product | Technology |
BT Wholesale | WBC FTTC 80/20 | VDSL2 |