North Sydney and Northern Beaches Broadband
If you're looking for independent advice on your broadband options
on the Northern Beaches,
whether they be ADSL or Cable,
look no further.
We can provide you with advice on choosing an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
We did not on-sell any company's plans.
Instead we look at your individual requirements, current and future,
and present you with a range of options that suit your needs.
This allows us to provide you with unbiased advice.
Why not buy ADSL directly from Telstra?
If all ADSL is provided by Telstra, why don't I just buy it straight
from them?
The short answer is price. Telstra sells very large chunks of ADSL to other providers
relatively cheaply. These providers in turn sell plans to the public at rates that are
either cheaper than provided to you by Telstra or are packaged differently.
The packaging can take the form of speeds,
"download caps" or bundles that include long distance phone calls,
mobile phones or local calls.
Quality of Service
Service is also a big issue when choosing an ISP.
Many start up companies really want your business
and they put a lot of effort into customer service. They see this as an investment.
Unfortunately what sometimes happens is they cannot keep up with that investment
(or choose not to in order to make more money) and/or
the number of customers grows so quickly that they cannot keep up the levels of
service.
All things considered, you may decide that Telstra is indeed your best option.
Even though your internet connection may prove to be expensive, when you add up
the discounts on office, home and mobile phones it will work out cheaper overall.
This is precisely where we can help you in making your decision.
A mildly technical description of ADSL
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a technology for transmitting
digital information at a high bandwidth on existing phone lines to homes and
businesses.
ADSL is different to your ordinary Internet connection in many ways. ADSL provides a permanent
connection to the Internet.
ADSL is asymmetric in that it uses most of the channel to transmit
downstream to the user and only a small part to receive information from the user (upstream).
ADSL simultaneously accommodates analog (voice) information on the same line.
This is done by installing a filter on your existing phone line, which blocks all signals
above a certain frequency. Since all voice conversations take place below 4 KHz, the low-pass
filters are built to block everything above 4 KHz, preventing the data signals from interfering
with standard telephone calls.
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