Fantastic Value: Tiscali Broadband

I've often wondered why it is that business packages seem to intrinsically cost much more than residential broadband services. If you ask why, you'll usually be told it's to do with contention (i.e. the number of people sharing the service on your telephone exchange) or other services like a fixed IP. But for a basic business broadband service, why would you want to pay more than a residential package?

Someone at Tiscali must have had the same idea because their business packages are great value for money.

Their business packages start at £15.99 + VAT for a 2mb service, and £19.99 + VAT for a service with speeds of up to 8mb. Both packages come with a fixed IP, free anti spam and anti virus and a free domain name.

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Residential Packages

As well as great value business services, Tiscali also offer some pretty impressive broadband deals for home.

2mb ADSL for £14.99 a month and a service with speeds up to 8mb for £17.99 a month. Packages come with a free modem and unlimited downloads (subject to a fair use policy).

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Need For Speed: BeThere.co.uk

Business broadband obviously offers fast internet access for your company. But the term broadband encompasses many different speeds and types of packages. I think you can crudely break these down as: Fast Internet. Very Fast Internet. And then there's BeThere who offer a stunning 24mb broadband service.

That's a mouth wateringly fast broadband package that will deliver blisteringly fast downloads to your PC. Their "Be Pro" package costs £21.50 per month with a one off £24 setup fee and comes with a static IP (up to 4 are available). Static IPs mean you can host your internet services such as a mail server or just connect up to your office from other locations to work remotely.

Find out if you're in the right area for this fantastic offering by visiting the website and checking availability where you are.

What does it all mean?

Broadband offers your business high speed access to the internet. This can greatly increase your company's productivity by giving you access to information and emails in a timely fashion.

But it can be confusing understanding all the terminology surrounding broadband.

This broadband glossary explains what a lot of the technical terms mean.

Business Broadband

Welcome to Business Broadband!

When I was choosing a broadband package for my office, I found a bewildering amount of choice and a massive difference in price between the packages available. I like to think of myself as being quite tech savvy, so if I find it comfusing, I thought there must be other small business owners out there who faced a similar problem.

So I started this blog to find out more about the packages available to businesses - what they are, what they cost, why they cost more than residential packages and which are the best.

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