Broadband Providers are always coming up with new and interesting was of attracting customers in a crowded market , just look at Orange giving away Free Laptops for instance. But are these Deals as good a buy as they may look at first? you can in some cases end up paying more than you initially [...]
PlusNet are so confident that users switching to them from other providers will be so impressed with their service that they are offering a 90 day money back guarentee for switchers to their services – Even more if you are switching from Bulldog, Freedom 2 Surf, Toucan , Pipex or Nildram ( who are now [...]
We have just finished our new speed checker you can see it in action at our Speed Test page as well as looking alot better than our old version you can now test both download and upload speeds with more accuracy – You simply click to start the test and the download speed test will [...]
Most Broadband providers price their broadband offerings depending on how fast and how much bandwidth usage is included a month – this leaves many confused about how much bandwidth they use or need . As a result many people go for packages with a higher usage limit than they actually need or even worse, sign [...]
Its seems like we have been waiting ages for O2‘s entrance into the broadband market after several delays and its is thought to be kicking off around september / October but the latest news suggests that O2 have reduced plans to roll out its LLU network nationwide and instead they are going concentrate on selling [...]
In a recent report, consumer group Which? surveyed 300 users with typical “up to 8Mbps” broadband packages and found out that the difference between the 8Mbps they could be expecting and what they actually got was huge. The average speed of the customers surveyed was just 2.7Mbps and the worst was a mere 0.9Mbps Despite [...]
Quite simply broadband internet access or “Broadband” is high speed internet access, giving you faster and more reliable access to the internet. Broadband has replaced the old method of accessing the internet which was Dial-up access via a modem, this required full use of the telephone line. You may have experienced this when picking up [...]
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line or ADSL is the most common broadband used today and the coverage for this is 80% meaning it is widely available. ADSL uses your standard existing BT copper telephone land line and turns it into a high
There are a few different types of Broadband, however the main ones you need to know about are ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and Cable. The others less common ones are Satellite and Wireless ISP. Satellite and Wireless ISP are used in remote areas where broadband access is unavailable as a rule they cost more [...]
This question depends on what area you live but with UK broadband coverage now at over 95% the short answer is yes. Different areas are best suited for different types of broadband so you may not get to choose from every possible ISP, but odds are you will be able to get broadband. Use our [...]
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