Think about your day-to-day life. What essentials couldn’t you live without? Chocolate? Alcohol? Well apparently you can! The public have spoken, and believe it or not, the most devastating loss to daily life wouldn’t be any of these things… it would be the internet! A new report by California-based global mobile connectivity company iPass Inc. […]

Leased lines for home users There’s no denying that the super-fast, super reliable leased lines of today are primarily designed for businesses, but do they have a place in the home, too? Well, that’s a question that’s not quite as simple to answer as it seems. On the surface, it’s easy to say that a […]

How to get the best Business Internet Earlier this year, the BBC published a story on their technology blog, written by Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. The title? ‘Broadband – Do We Want it Cheap or Good?’. It’s certainly an interesting subject to mull over, but it also sparks the question of why can’t businesses have […]

Can new 100Mb broadband replace 100Mb Leased Line? Broadband vs Leased Lines Recent years have given up some great advancements for broadband speeds in the UK. The government scheme has helped more fibre be installed throughout the country and the average download speed is now 54.2Mbps, which is a good increase compared to 5 years […]

Business Broadband – Where its heading… In the past, solutions such as dial-up and ADSL were all the rage, but things have moved forward dramatically since then, with the likes of FTTC and FTTP coming into the mix. Although the UK broadband situation isn’t perfect, more and more businesses are able to access fibre broadband, […]

IT Pro Portal reports that nearly half of all British businesses do not have a comprehensive business continuity plan in place, which could mean that these companies take longer to recover should a disaster occur. While disasters are rare, they can and do happen here in the UK; just think back to the Holborn fire, […]

Brand loyalty has fast become somewhat of an outdated term. Looking back to when the majority of our shopping was carried out in traditional brick & mortar stores, it was reasonable that we’d shop in the places we knew, and the places we liked the most. After all, we weren’t able to visit every shop […]

Dedicated leased line A leased line has many unique selling points that make it a top choice for UK businesses. There’s guaranteed speeds of up to 10Gbps, for example, symmetrical upload and download speeds, and ultra-low latency which minimises delay, but one of the biggest advantages of a leased line is that it’s reliable and […]

Point to Point Networks When we think about leased lines, we tend to think about a dedicated connection between a business premises and a service provider. This type of leased line connection provides fast, reliable, and, most importantly, symmetrical upload and downloads speeds, ensuring businesses have an ‘always on’ connection. However, there is another type […]

Understanding Leased Line Installations GET A LEASED LINE QUOTE HERE When you compare leased line prices for your business, you may notice that each quote you receive will indicate that the price is ‘subject to survey’. So what exactly does ‘subject to survey’ really mean? The price that a leased line provider will quote a […]