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Not The Results You Expected?

In truth, many ISP's use the dreaded term "Up To" when selling broadband services. This means that you may not be getting the broadband speeds you signed up for.

Causes of Slow Internet Speed

• Distance From The Exchange - The further away from your telephone exchange, the slower your speed. this is due to signal degredation across copper wire.
• Contention Ratio - ADSL services are contended 50:1 for home users and 25:1 for business. Contention is the number of people sharing your connection at the exchange.

Simple Ways To Improve Your Speed

There are a number of simple ways you can improve your connectivity including:

• Shielding - Fit a shielding plate to your phone socket to reduce signal loss.
• Placement - Move your cabling and/or wireless router away from high powered electrical items such as TV's etc which can cause magnetic interfearence.

Need a more dramatic increase in speed?

Upgrading to ADSL2+ or ADSL MAX may not deliver the speed increase you need, however using Xrio UBM technology you can combine multiple connections from different ISP's and receive the benefits of multiplied upload and download speeds, a process called Bonding.

Find ISP in your area that provide Bonded ADSL.