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Broadband for your Business


By Alison Coleman


Andrew Crowley 36


entrepreneurcountry Bonded DSL


Where copper DSL (digital subscriber line) is in place, but only providing low speed connections, one possible solution is bonded DSL, which involves bonding two


hether you started your business in a rural location, or relocated to the countryside to escape the stresses of urban life, one thing you probably didn’t expect to find in the digital age


was a problem accessing decent broadband.


The digital divide between the increasingly faster broadband speeds in towns and cities and almost stagnant growth in rural areas has widened, putting businesses that are based away from urban centres at a competitive disadvantage.


The government is rolling out a programme of superfast broadband services with the aim of providing 90% of homes and businesses in the UK with speeds of no less than 2Mbps.


But that still leaves 10% of the country sitting on the hard shoulder of the superfast highway, because the more remote installations are considered commercially unviable by the main broadband service providers. However, these are areas where many businesses have chosen to be based and need fast and reliable internet access in order to compete; so what other options do they have?


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