Using DIRECT CONNECT technology, our UK uncontended broadband services give you zero-contention ADSL, with prices to suit all budgets. You may even save!
How Direct Connect works:
We have access to dedicated equipment in almost all of the popular business exchanges in the UK. Direct Connect is the latest high-speed business uncontended broadband technology.
We physically disconnect your current ADSL host line, and connect it DIRECTLY to our equipment, meaning that your connection to the internet no longer competes for broadband bandwidth with other businesses in your area.
Therefore, you get the maximum available bandwidth, 100% of the time. There is no contention!
In many cases, our Fastlane business broadband Direct Connect services provide an economic and reliable alternative to expensive leased lines. |
Most UK ADSL connections suffer from Contention - you share the local ADSL service with a number of other businesses / users. Direct Connect broadband services avoid contention entirely. Until now, uncontended broadband services were very expensive.
Contention ratios vary. The most common are:
| UK Broadband Contention Chart, based on a typical 2MB download rating |
| Contention Ratio |
Quality / Description |
Bandwidth at full contention (max 2Mb rated download) |
| 50:1 |
budget, cheap bottom-end options |
40 kb/s |
| 20:1 |
budget options |
100 kb/s |
| 10:1 |
low-use, low-volume |
200 kb/s |
| 5:1 |
suitable for business |
400 kb/s |
| 1:1 |
high-use, high-speed |
2 Mb/s |
A 20:1 contended broadband with "up to" 2MB download can be reduced to 100 kb/s, if all other connections are running at the same time. Direct Connect gives you uncontended broadband all of the time.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR CURRENT ADSL CONTENTION?
Contention is usually one of the main contributors to poor broadband performance in the UK. Use Direct Connect to improve your connection speeds.
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