Compare Broadband

There are literally hundreds of broadband providers operating today that it is virtually impossible to look every one of them up and check out what they have to offer to their clients. Luckily, people looking for the best broadband plans can easily see a filtered list of the best broadband providers offering the best and affordable plans through a broadband comparison site.

This is a great way to be able to compare broadband providers in just one site. No more going to each provider’s official website to check out their packages. You can do all the comparisons and information gathering in Broadband Expert’s site. It comes complete with ratings, specials and even a broadband speed test page so you will know exactly your current provider’s speed which can give you insight as to the difference between your current provider and the various broadband providers in their listings. You can try it out at http://www.broadbandexpert.com.au/broadband/speedtest.

Broadband expert also contains a plethora of articles regarding broadband which can help you get started. The user interface is very easy to use in that I was able to get a filtered listing of wireless broadband providers that met my needs, preferences and budget. I heavily recommend this site to anybody looking to compare and find the best broadband deals and packages. Check it out!

Found this post useful? Buy me a cup of coffee or subscribe to my RSS feeds and Google Friend Connect

Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Overtakes Contract Deals

Last year in October, figures from leading broadband comparison site Broadband Expert (http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/) show for the first time that consumers prefer Pay as You Go mobile broadband to contract mobile broadband. The figure shows that 53% of mobile broadband customers during the month opted for Pay as You Go deals compared to 47% who have taken contract deals.

And for good reason. Customers got to save more because they only needed to pay for the bandwidth when they used it thus saving them the trouble of being tied up with contract plans for broadband connections. Rob Webber, Broadband Expert’s commercial director believes the trend is set to continue as they have seen Pay as You Go sales rise sharply since the end of 2008.

A similar trend has been witnessed at T-Mobile, where the company said that in the 3rd quarter of 2009, they saw a stabilization of the contract mobile broadband market as customers increasingly opt for the flexibility of pay-per-day tariffs compared to lengthy contracts. Prepay mobile broadband sales now account for 20% of the market and have been growing at 10% a month for the last three months seeing as there are unlimited mobile broadband packages offered.

This shift witnessed by Broadband Expert is also inline with the findings from market research company GfK Retail & Technology which found that 63% of mobile broadband sales were of prepaid in September 2009. Now that is a huge turnaround!

Found this post useful? Buy me a cup of coffee or subscribe to my RSS feeds and Google Friend Connect

Pigeon Found to be Faster Than Broadband

What do you know. There are still cases where a flight pigeon carrying something can be faster than transferring the file through the internet. If you are an internet user in South Africa on the Telkom ISP, you might have better results with the old ways.

(Content from Tom’s Hardware) A worker at a Durban IT company was very unhappy with the performance of Telkom’s ADSL speed. As a result, he decided to pit a carrier pigeon armed with a 4 GB USB stick against a plain file transfer.

Winston the pigeon won.

By the time Winston reached his destination, only 4 percent of the file had transferred. The BBC report does not specify the full size of the file, but did say that Winston completed his journey in 1 hour and 8 minutes, while the internet transfer required an additional hour to complete.

ISP Telom said that it couldn’t be held responsible for the slow transfer speeds to the IT company, as it has helped to advise the company in possible improvements, but thus far none have been accepted.

WOW!

Found this post useful? Buy me a cup of coffee or subscribe to my RSS feeds and Google Friend Connect