Save time and money

Business is all about time and money and being able to maximise both can be crucial to business.

More effective communication

Since your broadband connection splits your line to allow you to receive voice and data simultaneously, you can talk through documents and proposals with staff and customers while viewing them, making changes immediately if you have the appropriate file sharing software.

Postal and courier costs

One of the largest hidden costs for small businesses, this is reduced markedly by sending large files and documents across the Net. Forget next day delivery. Benefit from almost immediate delivery instead!

Virtual meetings

Small businesses are often unreasonably stretched due to sales, operations and management being pulled out of the office by different clients, partners and suppliers. High quality real time video viewing makes video conferencing simple and extremely fast download speeds make it easier for you and your staff to work from home, or any location other than the office.

Sending and receiving large files

Sending and receiving large files quickly is probably the most striking benefit for home/office broadband users. Improving business productivity through not waiting for your dial-up connection allows your web pages to load much faster. Although it's difficult to pin an exact increase in speed on file downloads, depending on location and your PC's activity, file receiving can be up to 40 times quicker.

Email

The frustration of waiting for email to download is usually the major reason for upgrading to broadband. But apart from the simple convenience of being able to download your mail to your PC more quickly regardless of attachment size, broadband has other benefits which bring email to life.

Backup

With broadband you may no longer need expensive, and often rapidly obsolete back-up devices. The always-on connection and large capacity allows you to send files and emails as well as archive documents and applications - including copies of your hard drives - to other business network locations or across the Internet to secure servers.

Making calls and working online

Broadband's ability to split your telephone line between voice and data allows you to use both your phone and PC simultaneously. This obviously saves time, but you can also exploit simultaneous document sharing, allowing you and several others on a phone conference call to see the same document and edit it while discussing its contents. Broadband also helps to reduce costs, as low monthly costs and no call charges make it easier to manage too.

Training of staff

Access to e-learning is possible with on-line manuals and video streaming, a fast internet connection ensures you have access to important information for all of your staff training and general knowledge requirements.