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Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service

From NY <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups uk.telecom.broadband
Subject Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service
Date 2026-06-26 20:10 +0100
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On 26/06/2026 19:54, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2026/6/26 19:27:52, NY wrote:
>> My mum is with Plusnet. I know that PN are offloading the email service
>> to Greenby. I know that they will no longer be providing analogue phone
> 
> (I think they've more or less completed the Greenby transfer now. It's
> not been seamless - one example being that their old system allowed you
> to not use encryption, the Greenby one requires it, so those few
> customers who weren't now have to use stunnel or change client - and,
> IMO at least, it's not as reliable: I notice outages more than I used
> to. Though that _may_ have improved in the last few weeks.)

My mum may be a special case, being left until last (that's what PN 
thought when I spoke to them a month or so ago) because a) she's got a 
force9.co.uk address rather than a plus.com address, and b) she's got a 
web site and domain hosted with PN (which PN swear blind will transfer 
seamlessly - and the editor's decision on that is final!)

We've with PN as well (plus.com addresses) and we've been migrated to 
greenby. I can still use Windows Live Mail on my Windows 7 PC, and AFAIK 
there's encryption apart from in the POP password. I use Thunderbird on 
my Win 10 laptop, and Samsung's "Mail" app on Android. So all using POP3 
with no encryption - standard Port 25 and 110.

>> because BT Openreach are stopping it, and are recommending EE for VOIP
>> service. Fine. I understand that.
>>
>> But my mum has had an email mailshot which says that her phone *and
>> broadband* service will be transferred to EE. WTF!
>>
>> What is Plusnet's business going to be if they don't offer any of email,
>> phone and broadband?
>>
> ICP - internet CONNNECTION provider.
>>
>> It seems that PN will continue providing broadband if you want to
>> discontinue your landline service, but if you want landline, *both* the
>> VOIP phone service and the broadband service will transfer to EE.
>>
>> Seems odd to divest themselves of so much business - all the broadband
>> customers who happen to want a landline VOIP phone service as well.
> 
> It's probably _not_ that many - and the saving in getting rid of
> potentially "problematic" customers is probably considered worth it. :-(

Yes, I suppose a lot of people are treating it as an opportunity to 
decide "do we still need landline phone with answerphone?"

Our mobile reception is dire, despite a phone mast on a hill about 1/2 
mile from us, but at least we can get mobile-phone-over-internet... and 
away from home it's fine. Mobile reception got *dramatically* worse when 
Vodafone switched off 3G the other year. As for 5G... well, I've heard 
rumours that big cities have it. ;-)

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Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-26 19:27 +0100
  Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-26 19:33 +0100
  Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 19:54 +0100
    Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-26 20:10 +0100
    Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-26 20:12 +0100
      Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 21:30 +0100
        Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-27 02:54 +0100
  Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-06-26 20:54 +0100
    Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> - 2026-06-27 22:52 +0100
      Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 01:31 +0100
        Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 06:20 +0000
          Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 13:04 +0100
            Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-28 13:34 +0100
              Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-06-28 14:34 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-28 16:43 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-28 16:56 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-28 17:33 +0000
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-06-28 16:57 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-28 17:36 +0000
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 17:39 +0000
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-06-28 22:53 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-28 22:50 +0000
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-29 05:30 +0000
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Spike <aero.spike@mail.com> - 2026-06-29 08:07 +0000
            Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 12:57 +0000
              Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:31 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 13:52 +0000
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-06-28 14:58 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 14:03 +0000
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 18:53 +0100
                Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 18:41 +0000
        Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-06-28 10:07 +0100
          Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 13:17 +0100
            Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-06-28 18:46 +0100
            Re: Plusnet and Broadband - no email service, no phone service... and now no broadband service Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-06-28 20:00 +0100

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