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Broadband Installation

At Resolution IT we offer the prompt installation of broadband – otherwise known as fast internet access.

Most of the marketing for broadband sells the fact that broadband is a fast, always-on service. So what are the real advantages and what is wrong with your existing home dialup access?
Once on broadband you will wonder why it took you so long to change.

If you are considering broadband for home, here is a summary of the key differences between broadband and dialup:

  • Cost - There are no call charges so you do not have to worry about hanging up when you are finished. On the downside, you have to pay a monthly subscription fee to use broadband.
  • Connection time - This is where the 'always-on' bit has benefits - you establish a connection, and hang on to it. You don't have to worry about logging off to save money. This saves all the hanging about waiting for your modem to dial in, connect, establish a connection and authenticate with your password
  • Speed - Standard dialup modems have a maximum speed of 56k, and broadband typically offers between 1mb and 8mb connections.  However in Guernsey only 2mb is currently offered but faster speeds will soon be available. Note that you are sharing your bandwidth with other users in your area, so data transfer speeds can vary, and you are unlikely to achieve the maximum throughput (this is known as 'contention', and eases bottlenecks at phone exchanges and Internet Service Providers (ISPs)).
  • Phone line - when you are online with broadband, your home phone line is not tied up avoiding any unnecessary conflicts with other members of the household.
  • Extras - With Broadband, there is the option to watch television over the Internet, make voice calls over the 'net (phone your relatives free of charge and not only talk with them but see them on line), and what about taking control of your home PC from work?

At Resolution IT we can provide a variety of broadband solutions for the home user ranging from a single home PC to a small home network.

For the business broadband environment we can provide hardware designed to keep your internal network firewall protected. We can also configure secure access for external users allowing work to be carried out even when not in the office.