| If you are a small home business owner, you have | | | | amount of usage you put in, you'll simply need to pay a |
| already recognised that you have needs that simply | | | | fixed monthly cost. You will also find that the speed |
| cannot be met by simple end user services, and this is | | | | with which this operates is far superior to anything that |
| where an ADSL line can step in to pick up the slack. | | | | you might find in other services and that there are |
| Whether you are running a small business from your | | | | many different advantages to this speed. You'll be able |
| home, or you are a business that is looking to upgrade | | | | to log onto your sites and onto your work programs |
| its equipment and to become more connected to the | | | | with zero effective delay and you'll also find that you |
| world at large, you'll find that you have many needs | | | | can work much more quickly than you could without it. |
| that cannot be adequately serviced by normal internet | | | | At your request, you can take advantage of an |
| service, and through learning a little bit about an ADSL | | | | excellent firewall that can be provided to you, as well |
| line, you will quickly see why this is such an important | | | | as a static IP address, which is essential if you want to |
| investment for you to consider. | | | | think about doing office networking. |
| The first point that you should be aware of is that an | | | | It is important to understand that if you go with an |
| ADSL is a high-speed internet connection which links to | | | | ADSL line that you will be going with a contended |
| the outside world through the use of a British Telecom | | | | service, that is, you'll be sharing the bandwidth with |
| analogue phone line. This internet connection is | | | | other customers. What this means to you is that you |
| permanent and unlike dial-up, will not be interrupted by | | | | will be sharing your connection, and that if there are |
| the use of the phone. You'll find upon installation into a | | | | many people online, your own data transfers might be |
| home environment, a splitter will be provided to you by | | | | a little slower. It is important, however, to remember |
| BT and you will connect the splitter to the telephone | | | | that this is something that has been planned for, and |
| connection on your premises. Then your phone goes | | | | the amount of bandwidth that has been allocated is |
| into one connection on the splitter and your internet line | | | | specifically meant to account for the maximum |
| goes into the other, allowing you to use both devices | | | | amount of users that will be online at any given time. |
| easily. | | | | If you are looking for a network and internet solution |
| There are several advantages when it comes to | | | | that will provide you with faster and more efficient |
| seeing what kind of a difference this line can make. | | | | service than you could get as a normal end user, it is |
| You'll find that this is 24 hour business-quality internet | | | | time to see what a permanent ADSL line can do for |
| connection and rather than being paid for by the | | | | you! |