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Broadband Advantages

There are many reasons for investing in a Broadband connectivity solution but they can be summarised in just a few simple technical benefits.

Performance – Up to 30 times the download speed

Broadband is fundamentally about huge performance increases over existing modem and ISDN based services. Figures are often quoted of 15 times or 30 times faster, what does this really mean. Firstly here is a comparison of speeds.

Out with the Old (Narrowband) Upload (Kbps) Download (Kbps) Connection Modem ISDN one channel ISDN both channels 33.6 64 128 56 64 128 On Demand On Demand On Demand In with the New (Broadband) Upload (Kbps) Download (Kbps) Connection ADSL Satellite Broadband 128-256 128-2048 256-2048 512-2048 Always On Always On

The quoted 30 times figure uses the 2048 receiving speed compared with the 64 of one ISDN channel, of course if comparison is with ISDN both channels then performance is only 15 times better.

'Always on' – Instant access every hour of the day

Broadband technology removes the need for continual reconnection to the Internet. Your company is always connected sending and receiving information 24 hours a day. You don’t have to remember to connect and with the increased speeds those emails with large attachments arrive and depart with exceptional speed.

Of course being permanently connected also means any resources you want to grant access to for remote users are available when they need them. Even if you just want to send an email from the office but you are at home logging onto the company network is suddenly possible, subject of course to taking sensible security precautions.

Effective Usage – Remove the world wide wait

Being always there and having higher performance are the key criteria of broadband from a technical perspective. Less easy to measure is the efficiency improvement of personnel. Suddenly alternative ways of doing things will become available. You can participate on online seminars and training courses, you can download software upgrades not wait for them to arrive on CD. Business banking is suddenly very usable. And most importantly of all, staff like using a system which responds and delivers rather than having to wait 30 minutes for a file to be downloaded.