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PlusNet Newsletter Issue 6

 

Welcome to the latest edition of Plus, the PlusNet newsletter.

Welcome to the PlusNet newsletter for November and December.

This month we've got some statistics that show our support response times are much better than during the summer. The improvements have come through your feedback and the efforts of the PlusNet team. See below for a dedicated report on this.

Also did you know that you can save money by buying online this Christmas? Comparison websites like Froogle allow you to compare prices for big name gifts. The PlusNet shop has a great range of technology products if you're looking for gift ideas.

Carol Axe
(Customer Support Manager and Plus Editor)


Contents

  1. Customer Update
  2. Email and broadband network update
  3. Online support update
  4. Write an article for the PlusNet website
  5. Home phone prize winners
  6. This month in Internet history

1. Customer Update

We've been keeping up the pace on our customer support improvements. If you read the last couple of newsletters you'll know that getting our customer service back to award-winning levels is the top priority for Team PlusNet.

We know how important quality customer service is to you. It's even more important if you've recommended our service to your friends and family.

Read the latest report at our website. The stats show that it's better today than during the summer. For example, tickets or questions are now answered in an average 7 hours rather than 3 days.

We're pleased to be making progress but it's not over yet.

We won't stop working at our customer support until you tell us we're the best again. That's when we'll know that we're doing it right. We'll be running a survey later this month to give you the opportunity to have your say.

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2. Email and broadband network update

You can read a couple of announcements this month about our email service and the broadband network, relating to what we're doing to continually improve speeds and reliability for our customers. If you want to ask any questions about these announcements you'll find members of the team in our discussion forums

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3. Online support update

If you use email (and who doesn't?) then you can't fail to have noticed the recent increase in unsolicited email (Spam) affecting all Internet users. We're updating our Support Pages to show how you can deal with this nuisance, as well as pick up some tips about viruses and how to protect your PC.

Each of our support pages allows you to 'Rate This Page', giving you the chance to review our help content. We're using your comments to help us improve and make it easier to find the information you need.

The recent changes we made to the Help Assistant have been generally well received. We made it easier to use and improved the navigation. We're now applying the same principles to the Support pages. You should see the difference from the end of November.

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4. Write an article for the PlusNet website

Is there something you want to say? Got an opinion, tips or advice you want to share with your fellow PlusNet customers? If you've got a passion for anything Internet related, write an article and send it to us.

Every article published on the website will enter a vote in our forums to judge the most popular. The winner of the vote will win an experience voucher from Red Letter Days for £250 worth of fun. Red Letter Days have also offered a 10% discount to all PlusNet customers.

Interested in taking part? Find out more at our website

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5. Home phone prize winners

8 lucky customers won a handheld computer with satellite navigation in our Home Phone prize draw.

Here's what the winners had to say about their new toys (sorry, their "essential communication and navigation tools"):

"The PDA is great, and the sat nav facility is brilliant. I have just tried it out on a trip to France.... magnifique!!", Rob

"The prize is fab, thought I was getting a Sat Nav but it's also a Pocket PC. Many thanks to all the folks at PlusNet for a great service and a great prize", Mike

On that subject of Home Phone, the new Evenings & Weekends package could save you money compared with the BT equivalent*. £11 a month for line rental and all landline evening and weekend calls.

* Option 2 at £14.95

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6. This month in Internet history

The first ever webpage was published in November 1992. It was written by Tim Berners-Lee. He's the guy who's responsible for the World Wide Web that we use today. Read the first webpage at the W3C site. It's still available in all its original glory. Can you spot the spelling mistakes? Some things never change :)

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