ADSL2+ for your home business

With the variety of options available in internet technology, choosing what is best for your business can be tricky. Most businesses rely on internet speed and reliability, and these are where ADSL2+ excels. The latest upgrade in high speed internet technology, ADSL2+, is perfect for home business use. ADSL2+ allows you to run your business with more speed, efficiency, and faster customer contact.

What is ADSL2+?

The advantages of setting up ADSL2+ for your home business make any cost involved well worthwhile. They include:

• ADSL2+ upgrades ADSL to run faster, further and carry more information
• ADSL2+ doubles the number of downstream bits your basic ADSL connection can carry. Your business could achieve download speeds of 24Mbits (mega bits) and upload speeds of 1.4 Mbits. Actual speed depends on a number of factors, such as your business' distance from your DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) and may average 6 to 10 Mbits.
• ADSL2+ allows port bonding, where a number of ports are provided to your business. Adding the ports together increases your available bandwidth, so if 2 lines capable of 24mbits were bonded, the total available bandwidth would be 48 Mbits.

Why do I need ADSL2+ for my home business?

ADSL2+ will, quite simply, make running your home business easier and more profitable. The massive increase in download and upload speed makes maintaining and updating your website a breeze. Customer orders can be completed quickly and efficiently, while the task of ordering your supplies will run smoother and faster.

The first thing you need to do to set up ADSL2+ is check that you local telephone exchange has an active ADSL provider, and that your telephone line can support ADSL2+. Older or remote lines may not be capable of supporting ADSL2+.

Other factors affecting your ADSL2+ connection include the distance between your local exchange and your place of business, the number of breaks in the line and the physical quality of the line. You will need to have computers capable of handing the pure speed of the ADSL2+ connection.

Many Internet Service Providers (ISP's) now provide plans to connect you to ADSL2+, so once you have the hardware, simply find the most suitable provider and away you go!

ADSL2+ for your home business: Other information

Make running your business faster, easier and potentially more profitable by connecting to ADSL2+. With the vast increase in speed, around 350 times faster than a standard 56kb dial up connection, and 78 times faster than a 256kb ADSL connection, life, or at least the part of it involving the internet, will be a breeze!