Hi, basically I used to get my Internet through my hotspot on my phone. But recently I got a new phone and it has a 2gb tethering limit/month. So, I'm looking into getting broadband. I will be using it for playing games online with friends (I generally only play minecraft on multiplayer) surfing the web, and watching and uploading (I upload overnight, so that's not an issue for me) to youtube. I was thinking of getting the 16mb unlimited plan. Bearing in mind I'm used to gaming over 3G giving me pings of around 100ms and a down speed of 5mb, which was almost sufficient, will that plusnet plan meet my needs? The nearest 'green box' (can't remember the correct name) is about 40m from my house, and the exchange is probably less than quarter of a mile from the green box.
All help will be appreciated!
Will plus net suit my needs?
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Plusnet should be perfectly suitable for your needs and you stand to see a marked improvement in latency too. It will depend on your individual line characteristics and the geographic location of the servers you're connecting to but pings to a UK server would typically fall in the 20-50ms bracket.
You can get an idea of the headline speeds your line will support by using the Availability Checker here -
https://www.dslchecker.bt.com/
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