Analogue lines
Analogue lines - These often come as single lines with one number to one line. Single lines are used to carry broadband. You can make one call at a time and if you...
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Calls
This is about cost, quality and service. Most tariffs are on a pay for what you use basis, most inclusive minutes packages are aimed at the domestic market. You ...
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Contention
Contention - This is the maximum number of other users that may be sharing a broadband service channel and is expressed as a ratio. For example 20:1 is a common business...
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DSL Broadband
There are 2 types of DSL in use to provide broadband.
ADSL - This is broadband that has a faster download speed than the upload speed and is ...
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Fax to email / email to fax
Fax to email is a service which allows you to receive faxes by email instead of using a fax machine. You can send faxes by email or from your computer.
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Hosted Telephony
This is possibly the future for much telephony. Hosted telephony is not new, it has been around for quite a while but now it works over broadband instead of analogue or ...
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ISDN2 lines
ISDN2 lines - This is one physical cable that carries 2 lines / channels. You can have one or more numbers associated with it called Direct Dial Inwards (DDI) numbers.&n...
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ISDN30 lines
ISDN30 lines - This is one physical cable that carries up to 30 lines/channels. You can have one or more numbers associated with it called Direct Dial Inwards (DDI) numb...
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Leased lines
Leased line - A dedicated 1:1 service either between 2 locations or as access to the internet. Between 1mbs and 10mbs it is much more expensive than ADSL but gives a fas...
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Mobile broadband
Mobile broadband - This is becoming popular and inexpensive now. Thanks to the 3G cellular network you can get good broadband speeds on you phone or computer using the m...
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Mobiles - 3G
3G - The 3rd generation cellular network first appeared in 2002 but made slow progress until 2007/2008. This is a packet switched network working at broadband speeds.&nb...
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Mobiles - 4G
4G - Still in development with no launch date as yet (February 2009) it promises high speed data greater than mobile and wire based broadband. It is likely that another ...
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Mobiles - Blackberry
Blackberry - An odd exception, the Blackberry is mostly about emails. Some of them are specific to the main providers O2, T Mobile, Orange and Vodafone and some of them ...
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Mobiles - Bluetooth
Bluetooth - A low frequency short range wireless technology for connecting wireless headsets and other close proximity devices.
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Mobiles - GPRS
GPRS - This stands for "General Packet Radio Service". Sometimes referred to as 2.5G (2nd and a half generation). This is a more recent cellular system we have bee...
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Mobiles - GSM
GSM - This stands for "Global System for Mobile" communications. Sometimes referred to as 2G (2nd generation). This is a cellular system we have been using for man...
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Mobiles - HSPA
HSPA - High Speed Packet Access. There are variants of this such as HSPDA and HSPUA. This is a modulation technology and to cut a long story short it makes data ac...
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Mobiles - MMS
MMS - Multimedia Messaging - sending music, pictures etc.
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Mobiles - PDA
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant otherwise referred to as a hand held computer. A step beyond the smart phone but the lines are beginning to blur here. Somewhere between...
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Mobiles - SMS
SMS - Short Message Text - sending text’s.
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NGN - Non Geographic Numbers
None Geographic Numbers or NGN’s sit on top of one or more geographical numbers such as 0207 or 0117 for example. When an NGN is rung it is translated to another number ...
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SIP lines
SIP lines - A SIP line is a virtual line supplied over broadband also known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). A SIP line provider will provide a service to switch ...
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Virtual numbers
Virtual numbers or GN's (Geographic Numbers) are numbers such 0203, 0117, 0121, 01275 etc that like a 0845 or 0870 number point to another number of your choice. They ar...
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