Digital subscriber line uptake is up there with the best

Managed Comms firmly believes in the merits of SDSL UK so we were heartened to see a new study that puts Britain in the vanguard of digital subscriber line uptake.

According to a major report by technology analysts Point Topic, no fewer than six of the top ten broadband countries accessed the web most often with DSL rather than alternatives like cable modems and FTTx.

Those countries were the UK, China, Germany, France, Italy and Brazil.

Managed Comms is one of the biggest advocates of premium digital subscriber lines; for example, we have led the way when it comes to promoting bonded SDSL UK.

More and more businesses are finding that our SDSL UK service can provide remarkably high data transfer rates for significantly less than the cost of a dedicated leased line.

Any doubters have quickly been won over by the promise of a 99.9 per cent service level agreement that guarantees the speeds they will receive.

With such strong SDSL UK offerings around, it’s little wonder that Britain boasts one of the most mature broadband markets in the region.

The Point Topic figures indicate that the UK has the third largest number of digital subscriber line users in western Europe (14.48 million), behind only Germany (22.64 million) and France (17.74 million).

And when you consider that both these countries have larger populations than us, it soon becomes obvious that British broadband customers really know a good deal when they see it.

Gordon Brown compared superfast broadband to electricity

Superfast broadband has been declared the electricity of our time by none other than the prime minister himself.

In a landmark speech, Gordon Brown highlighted the importance of a good web connection and paved the way for a rush towards the higher speeds offered by products like Managed Comms’ SDSL.

Although a typical Managed Comms symmetric digital subscriber line offers 2Mbps upstream and downstream in isolation, it’s possible to bond several together to get phenomenal performance.

Many companies choose to bond four SDSL lines – equivalent to 8Mbps – while some choose to go for the ultimate 16 line package to obtain an astonishing 32Mbps.

And Mr Brown argued that improved upload and download rates like these will revolutionise the public and private sectors.

“Faster broadband speeds will bring new, cheaper, more personalised and more effective public services to people,” he said.

“It will bring games and entertainment options with new levels of sophistication; it will make accessing goods and services immeasurably easier.”

Moreover, he added that it was important for everyone to be able to access the proposed high-speed network because “superfast broadband is the electricity of the digital age”.

Any business that makes the switch to a Managed Comms SDSL will be amazed by the new opportunities opened up by superfast broadband.

HD video conferencing, cloud computing and the ability to use even the most demanding online programs are just some of the potential benefits of SDSL.

And with Managed Comms, it won’t be long before you realise that superfast broadband really is every bit as important as electricity.