Thursday, October 11, 2007

UK Broadband Guide

What is Broadband?
Broadband in its simplest definition is a connection to the Internet, but different to regular dial-up because it's always-on, and considerably faster than dial-up Internet access . It allows us to use the phone and connect to the Internet at the same time without need for an additional phone line. Broadband allows users to download data much faster - 1Mbps which is a popular home user package is roughly twenty times the speed of 'dial-up' Internet.
The main benefits of this speed increase are; web pages load quicker, movies and music (mp3) download faster and streaming media such as TV / Video on demand and Internet radio are now possible. Another major convenience with broadband is the 'always on' feature, allowing emails to come through in View the rest of this article


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