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Therearenowahost of alternatives
that canprovidehigh speed internet
access for cloud-based services
suchas applications and storage.
Agrowingnumber of customers
also requiredisaster recoveryback-
up for their internet connectivity
because it isnow ‘mission critical’
to their commercial activities.These
more complexand sophisticated
needs arenotmet byprice-driven
bargain-basement productsoffered
by Internet ServiceProviders (ISPs)
serving the consumermarket,with
little in thewayof direct response
tech support.
Dedicated business ISPs canoffer
awider range of internet connectivity
options backed by Service Level
Agreements (SLAs) that exceed the
performance guarantees offered by
consumermarket ISPs.While the
products and service back-up available
from business ISPs exceed those in
the consumer sector, prices are not
incrementally higher,with pricing
starting at £15 amonth.
Spitfire is an award-winning business
ISP, offering the very latest internet
connectivity options so that customers
can improve business communications
with increased speed and reliability.Here
we look at the options for broadband
andnew Ethernet connectivity.
Broadband solutions
n
ADSL2+
is fast broadbandwith
download speeds of up to24Mb.
Spitfire can provideADSL2+nationally
wherever BThas upgraded the local
exchange toADSL2+ compatibility,
withmost of London andmany other
UK business centres already served.
Prices start at £15 amonth.
n
SDSLM
is distinguished from themore
usualADSL by providing the same
bandwidth for bothupstream and
downstream trafficwith guaranteed
quality.This gives fast upload speeds
of up to2Mb, four times faster than
Almost all businessesnow
dependonan internet
connection, but the individual
connectivity requirementsof
enterprises varyenormously.
That’swhybusiness internet
has evolvedbeyonda ‘one-
size-fits-all’ approach,which
is simplynot sophisticated
enough tomeet the complex
requirementsof business
customers in the twenty-first
century.
Betterways to connect
to the internet
