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A recent Ofcom report shows the UK leading the world in its use of digital communications, yet trailing behind in 21st position out of 30 for Broadband speeds.
News – UK prime in most digital areas but not broadband
The UK is one of the world’s most advanced countries in terms of digital communications, an [...]

If you are a BT customer, be on your guard!
BT is warning customers about a series of phone scams involving people claiming to be calling from the company.
If you are targeted, the scammers will call you and warn that your account is in arrears.
They then ask for bank or credit card details to settle the [...]

Broadband Speeds in the UK
Ofcom recently released a report which represents the most thorough examination of broadband speeds ever performed within the UK.
The data they collected was taken from over 60 million speed test results accumulated by 1600 broadband customers and it paints a relatively bleak picture of the UK broadband market as it stands [...]

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Rolling contracts allow BT to automatically renew your contract with them for a further 12 months *without* your explicit consent.
Their normal contract, however, allows you to leave when the 12 months is up.
Which one did you sign up to?
Because If you miss the annual reminder and try to leave BT for a cheaper alternative phone [...]

Features and Benefits of VoIP Services
VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol is a new tool allowing telephone calls to be made across the internet, rather than through a phone line.
For those doing this from home, a computer is usually required for connection. However, simple specialist hardware that resembles an ordinary handset is available for commercial [...]

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Introduction
Telecommunications technology – in all forms, and certainly not least in business – continues to advance at an alarming rate.
Business people, today, are faced with a plethora of existing, convergent or entirely new technologies, and must make important, informed decisions to safeguard the future of their businesses.
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LLU stands for LOCAL LOOP UNBUNDLING
The Local Loop connects your telephone socket or switchboard to the telephone exchange.
In the past, this has always been owned by BT.
Since telecom deregulation was introduced to break the BT monopoly and create free market competiton and a "level playing field", call traffic between telephone exchanges was allowed to pass [...]

Your computer could be attacked the moment you connect it to Broadband
Make sure you have a Firewall

Remember – the Internet is a Public Place
All PC’s have open “ports” by default
Malicious programs lurk online looking for these
Make sure that you have a firewall installed and activated
Windows XP machines and more recent have a built-in firewall [...]

It used to be that BT owned a monopoly on landlines, since they built up the infrastructure to supply them. A landline is the final connection from the BT Exchange to your premises, also known as the Local Loop.
On 1st August 2006 Ofcom allowed other telecom companies to supply landline services. This is also called [...]

Have you ever had a passer-by read a confidential fax that was just lying there by the machine?
Don’t you hate it when an important fax gets lost?
Has the toner or paper ever run out just as you’re waiting for an important fax?
Have you ever needed to receive an important fax while you’re out of the [...]

Do you ever find yourself travelling to foreign destinations for four hours just to have a three hour meeting?
Have you ever been in a situation where you really need to talk to a few people in real time but end up phoning them individually over and over again?
Audio Conferencing is the Solution.  It saves you [...]

What is VoIP?

Also known IP Telephony, Voice over IP, Internet Telephony
VoIP has actually been around for the last ten years or so but is now becoming increasingly mainstream
VoIP converts analogue human speech into digital form
It is based on computer networks using the Internet Protocol to transmit packets of data
Computer networks don’t mind if these packets [...]

Since June 25th 2004 new Government legislation means that all Businesses making unsolicited calls to other Businesses must check that the phone number is not registered with the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (TPS), or risk a £5,000 fine
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Cheap phone calls for home and business have been possible for many years (originally called Least-Cost Routing, or LCR), and recent OFCOM legislation has made the process even easier than ever.
LCR needed the manual re-programming of your company telephone switchboard, which was sometimes a chargeable task and not without unexpected hitches.
There were also small plug-in [...]

Why Do You Need Broadband?

Modern PC’s need frequent updates which are large files and require a fast connection to reduce download times and ensure success
Without these regular updates for Windows, Anti-Virus protection, and SpyWare alerts your PC can quickly become riddled with dangerous software, causing slower performance, unreliabilty and the risk of Identity Theft
Surfing the [...]

If you transfer your BT phone bill to a different service provider, you can enjoy big savings on your phone calls. Usually it is free to transfer your BT phone bill and you can be getting cheaper calls within just a couple of weeks.
There are many service providers to choose from, with a range of [...]

On 1st August 2006, Ofcom, the UK Telecoms Regulator, ended the formal controls on the cost of phone line rentals and calls from BT.
This leaves all phone companies (including BT themselves) free to set their own retail prices for consumers.
So now you, not the regulator, are free to decide whether you think a phone company [...]

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