Business Broadband 

There are some key benefits to businesses of business broadband over consumer broadband. They include:   

·         Better contention rations. The contention ratio is the ratio of the potential maximum demand to the actual bandwidth. The higher the contention ratio, the greater the number of users that may be trying to use the actual bandwidth at any one time and, therefore, the lower the effective bandwidth offered, especially at peak times.

In the UK, a broadband connection usually has a contention ratio between 20:1 and 50:1 per BT guidelines, meaning that 20 to 50 computers, each assigned or sold a bandwidth of "up to" 1 Mbit/s for instance, may be sharing 1 Mbit/s of uplink bandwidth. Therefore if you have a broadband connection with a lower contention ratio this means fewer people in your locality will be sharing the bandwidth so you should have faster and more stable connections.

Because low contention broadband internet services are normally only offered with a very limited number of business broadband providers you do not see them mentioned very often. Pipex Broadband offers packages that have lower than normal contention ratios. 

·         Dedicated 24/7 critical business support. Many businesses today cannot afford any internet downtime so will need engineer response in some instances within 4 hours. Static IP addresses allow businesses to access their office PCs remotely while onsite or travelling.

·         Multiple business grade email boxes. This means that you will have much greater storage for your mail boxes as businesses tend to archive their emails. Plus you will not be limited to the number of email addresses so you can cater for all your employees both present and as your business grows.

·         Many of the business broadband services now offer website domains and website hosting packages as part of their broadband service. If you are migrating your website and hosting from an existing provider then be aware there can be complications and downtime if it is not handled correctly. It is always advisable to consult an IT professional to advise you how to go about the move.

·         VPN compatibility - Giving a more secure connection for company's linking offices, with intranets, small-and-home-office and mobile workers.

·         Voip internet calls included. Increasingly business use VOIP or voice over internet protocol to reduce the cost of their phone bills. VOIP routes calls over the internet so for a fixed businesses can include all call costs.  

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