Broadband Test – Is Your Internet Service High Speed? The way broadband speed is advertised and what you should expect is often confusing – and perhaps even deliberately so. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) delivers your broadband through your phone line, on a separate service to voice telephone calls. This is called ADSL (Asymmetric or Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line), because upload and download speeds are different. You normally need a DSL filter if using a phone line rather than a cable service. There are a number of things which [...]

Image via Wikipedia 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 Ofcom report says. The telecoms regulator said people in the UK watched more TV and sent more texts than people in many other countries, … UK broadband [...]

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 today. The findings basically revealed what many people already knew to be true, that broadband speeds vary wildly depending on a number of factors and in the most [...]

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 which is adequate If in doubt, go to Control Panel on your PC and check the security settings To strengthen your firewall, download the FREE [...]

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 sometimes take longer to deliver than usual, however VoIP depends crucially on the speed and Quality of Service (QoS) of a Broadband Internet connection between [...]

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 Internet becomes much easier and faster You can get free telephone calls and video conferences to other broadband users with VOIP (Voice over IP) What is Broadband? [...]