Broadband news archive

Small to micro-sized enterprises are not fully exploiting the business benefits of broadband due to a lack of awareness of the services on offer. According to new research, small companies are readily adopting broadband but failing to deploy a range of value added services, including remote data back up.
27 July 2006

Keeping a tight rein on costs is a daily task for almost all small to micro-sized businesses. Every penny spent has to see some tangible benefit or it is vaguely labelled as an overhead. But can any business afford to skimp on its communications?
27 July 2006

Broadband may be closer at hand than you think. Even if your local exchange hasn’t been upgraded, you’re simply too far away to get a service, or don’t want broadband by satellite, it’s possible to accelerate your dial up connection and get near broadband speeds.
26 July 2006

As a companion to our ongoing series on broadband telephony now is probably a good time to double check on some of the techie terms that you may bump into.
26 July 2006

So far, in this ongoing series we have discussed the pros and cons, and uses of broadband telephony. What we haven’t touched on is how it works. Let’s now find out just how it’s possible to talk down your internet connection…
17 July 2006

One feature of many broadband access packages that is easy to overlook is the free domain name you qualify for at sign up. For in the ensuing exploration of your broadband’s possibilities, it’s easy to forget the domain name freebie.
12 July 2006

The major drawback with a software Voice over IP (VoIP) solution such as Skype is that to work it requires the user’s computer to be switched on. For those of us who aren’t mouse pushers, or who wish to maximise the benefits, carrier-based VoIP may be the better option.
03 July 2006