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Broadband Built for Voice...

The 6Communications Broadband network is a custom-built service designed to meet the data requirements of those customers who utilise our Hosted PBX or SIP Trunking platforms. While our Broadband network interconnects with both the Vodafone and British Telecom National Networks for the greatest possible availability to our customers, we automatically optimise all of our circuits to prioritise VoIP traffic, maximising call quality and reliability.

All of our Broadband circuits have the same, if not better, speeds and reliability of service as those directly from the Tier 1 networks we interconnect with. However, all circuits from 6Communications additionally benefit from 24/7 support from our Norwich based Technical support team, as well as a range of QoS (quality of service) options to optimise your voice communications

If you're already using our Voice Platform, or are planning to, a Broadband circuit from 6Communications is the best possible choice to carry your Voice traffic.

6Communications supplies the following types of Broadband Circuits:

ADSL2+ Connection speeds of up to 20 Mbps downstream and 1.5 Mbps upstream

FTTC Connection speeds of up to 80 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream

FTTP Connection speeds of up to 330 Mbps downstream and 30 Mbps upstream

Broadband is defined as a connection for your business to the Internet. Our Broadband products are all provided over-the-top of analogue phone lines, although some providers use cable or satellite.  6Communications is able to supply ADSL, ADSL2+, ANNEX M and FTTC circuit types from our own Broadband Network, depending on your location.

Different Circuit types (ADSL, ADSL2+, ANNEX M and FTTC) are capable of different download and upload speeds (measured in Mb/s). Broadband circuits provided over analogue lines are usually asynchronous, which means download and upload speeds for a circuit are different.

The speeds of your Broadband product directly affect how much data you can download and upload in any one second interval. The speed of any Broadband product is dependent on the circuit type, as well as the distance that the customer premises is from the BT Cabinet and how far that cabinet is from the closest BT Exchange.

The reason that each of these circuit types have a range of possible speeds before factoring in customer location, is because different circuit types use different underlying technologies. Generally speaking, ADSL is the slowest type of Broadband Circuit (utilising the older 20CN Network), and FTTC is the fastest (utilising VDSL2 FTTC Technology over the 21CN Network). In the UK, ADSL2+ (utilising the 21CN network) is the most commonly available circuit type for customers.

6Communications is an ISP, which stands for Internet Service Provider. This means we operate our own Broadband infrastructure and IP Address ranges. However, we do not maintain the National Infrastructure used to provision the circuits themselves. Instead, we use the existing infrastructure (through multiple interconnects) managed and maintained by Tier 1 Telecommunications providers. All broadband circuits are installed or activated by either British Telecom or Vodafone. Once the circuit has been installed or activated, your circuit automatically connects directly to our Broadband network, whereupon we provide the connection for your business to the Internet.

The primary difference between 6Communications Broadband and Broadband from other ISPs is that 6Communications Broadband is specifically designed to optimise connectivity from the 6Communications Voice platform and your site. This, combined with the other benefits of using our Broadband, make 6Communications broadband the best choice for our customers.

Below are just some of the benefits of using our Broadband:

  • IP-Phones registered on our platform send their data directly to our Voice Network when using one of our Broadband circuits. This means a shorter distance (less hops) for the data to travel, which ultimately results in a greater quality of service for our customers.
  • We provide a variety of QoS levels (1,2, and 4) that you can choose from. Each of these QoS levels will automatically allocate a fixed portion of available bandwidth to VoIP traffic. This means that regardless of any other processes running over the data connection, your Call quality will never suffer.
  • We provide a fixed IP Address with every Broadband circuit, at no additional cost.  We can provide a preconfigured, SIP-Optimised Router to arrive 24 hours before your new circuit goes live, eliminating downtime and saving you hassle.
  • Customer faults (either on the Hosted PBX or SIP Trunking service) are generally resolved much faster when the entire solution is supplied by 6Communications , due to increased availability and clarity of information.

What do I need?

6Communications are able to supply every part of a new Broadband Connection. Generally, this consists of the following:

  • Analogue Line
  • Broadband Circuit
  • SIP-Optimised Router

If you already have an existing Analogue Line, we can provision our Broadband circuit over the line, and if you already have an existing Broadband Circuit running on an analogue line, we're able to migrate the circuit over to our network.

How does it work?

The first thing to do is check what products are available at your location. You can do this by contacting the 6Communications sales team who will be able to advise you immediately. Please note, in order to check for FTTC availability, we will need the telephone number of an analogue line at site.

Once your analogue line has been installed by a BT Engineer, we're able to provision a new 6Communications Broadband circuit on it. ADSL and ADSL2+ circuits are generally activated within 5 working days, and new FTTC connections can generally be installed within 10 working days, due to the need for an engineer to visit the customer site.

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