UK Broadband Reviews

Ofcom & Samknows have released their latest broadband speed analysis report and the results of the customers' satisfaction survey today. The achievable broadband speeds on average was 4.1Mbps whereas the internet service providers advertised the headline speeds of 7.1Mbps. The speed tests were conducted by Samknows broadband analyst UK site during the period November 2008 and April 2009 on nearly 1600 broadband connections spread across the UK. The results showed that only 10 percent of the UK broadband users received above 6Mbps while one-fifths of broadband customers get speeds below 2Mbps. Speeds dropped by 20 percent during the peak hours due to congestion, on most of the networks. Cable broadband was seen outperfoming ADSL in UK, Ofcom reported. Virgin Media was the best broadband provider offerng astonishing 8.1 - 8.7 Mbps on its broadband service package. Tiscali and AOL were slower than other providers while O2 was the next best after Virgin Media. Talktalk, Orange...

Broadband internet or simply broadband is a technology that helps you to surf the web much faster than dial-up connection. Unlike dial-up internet connection, broadband allows you to use both voice service (telephony) and internet service at the same time. Broadband connection usually provides stable connectivity means it is always on. You need not reconnect to internet like you did with dial-up. Broadband connection means faster internet access service. While dial-up service provides not more than 56 Kbps, with broadbad, you can get higher speeds of up to 8 Mbps on a standard ADSL line. How broadband works? You can get broadband connection via standard telephone lines or digital cable wires. ADSL broadband offers faster download speeds usually on telephone wires. Cable broadband refers to broadband offering via the cable networks usually laid under the ground. Cable broadband that uses fibre optic wires can offer much higher speeds than ADSL fixed broadband lines. ADSL broadband speed...