obLIVEon wins Plusnet’s Life As A Game Competition
We are pleased to announce that after much deliberation and discussion within the office that the winner of our #lifeasagame competition from Plusnet Gaming Week 2014 was Ian Flory with his obLIVEon...
View ArticleThe Rise and Demise of MSN Messenger
At the end of this month, MSN Messenger will be no more. After fifteen years of operation since its launch in July 1999, Microsoft will finally switch off the service in China, the last country still...
View ArticlePlusnet rewards over £6 million to customers
Here at Plusnet we like to give our customers something back for recommending us to their friends and family. So far over 110,000 customers have received a discount or money back on their monthly bills...
View ArticlePlusnet wins three Moneywise Home Finances Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Plusnet have won three awards at the inaugural Moneywise Home Finances Awards. The awards were voted for by Moneywise readers and we’re extremely proud to have come out...
View ArticleWhat is the best video game music?
What do you look for in game music? If you were following our Twitter account during our recent Gaming Week, we asked our followers for their suggestions.
View ArticlePlusnet Business Broadband Offer November 2014
Starting today, you can receive Plusnet Unlimited Business Broadband from just £4 per month, when you take line rental. New customers can sign up to receive Plusnet Unlimited Business Broadband from...
View ArticlePlusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon - Sheffield launches today!
Former England Cricket captain Michael Vaughan officially launched the first Plusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon-Sheffield. The new race, organised by Run For All in partnership with Sheffield City...
View ArticleA guide to viral charity fundraising
Over the past year it’s been hard to ignore the trend in online viral charity fundraising drives - #nomakeupselfie raised £8 million in less than a week, whilst the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge raised...
View ArticleWill Black Friday / Cyber Monday become the new Boxing Day?
Black Friday - the retail sales that occur on the Friday after Thanksgiving—used to be an American tradition, until now. This year, the day of sales arrived in the UK. UK based internet searches for...
View ArticlePlusnet Unlimited Business Broadband – FREE for the first 12 months!
Today we are launching our best ever business broadband offer. We are offering FREE Unlimited Business Broadband for the first 12 months, this is the UK’s lowest priced business...
View ArticleHow can Siri help people with Autism?
Millions of iPhone users around the world use Siri to set alarms, ring friends and find out what the fox says. One thing Apple probably didn’t foresee, is the positive impact for...
View ArticlePlusnet Predictions 2015
2015 is upon us and it's time for our annual predications for the world of technology and the Internet. We'll score last year further down but first this is what we think will be headline worthy in...
View ArticlePlusnet wins not once but twice at key customers awards
True Sheffield grit and determination showed this week as our team braved the adverse weather to get in to the offices, demonstrating the teamwork and will to win that is core to the people of Plusnet....
View ArticlePlusnet Joins Government Business Broadband Scheme
Here at Plusnet we love helping businesses, so we’re proud to announce that we’re joining a scheme to help small businesses get faster speeds online.
View ArticleCall charges to service numbers are changing
Telephone numbers starting 08, 09 and 118 are called 'service numbers'. You might use them to make phone calls to organisations such as banks, travel services, government departments, or even to vote...
View ArticlePlusnet wins Which? recommendation for seventh time
We at Plusnet pride ourselves in providing a top-notch service to all of our customers, and that work was recognised this week by Which?, who recommended Plusnet for the seventh time.
View Article7 Interesting Insights from the Inventor of the World Wide Web
On 12th March 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. On 12th March 2015 he participated in an AMA session on Reddit to mark the 26th anniversary. AMA stands for Ask Me Anything and is a...
View Article12 Ways You Used to Procrastinate in School
Back in 1981, the BBC Computer was one of the first to be used in schools. 34 years on, Plusnet takes a look at the top 12 ways we used our school PCs to procrastinate.
View ArticleSay Hello To Plusnet's New Twitter Handles!
We’re incredibly proud of the service we provide to our customers and we’re constantly looking for ways to improve and innovate, this is of course the reason why we’ve launched our brand new Twitter...
View ArticleHow To Create Your First YouTube Video
Have you seen ‘Me at the zoo’? This was the first video uploaded to YouTube, all the way back on April 23rd, 2005. Since then, over 7,200 hours of video footage have been uploaded per day. The boffins...
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