The document outlines different broadband service providers for a small business in Dublin, Ireland including wireless, landline, mobile and modem options. It compares these options to a broadband package in Australia. The recommended option for the business is the Chorus NTL Fibre Power Broadband 30Mb package for €42 per month which provides the fastest speeds and no usage limit. A similar package in Australia with the Dodo provider offers speeds up to 20,000kbps and a 100GB monthly download limit for €32 per month.
2. The purpose of this project is to outline different service providers including wireless, landline, mobile and modem to a small business operating in 19 Charlestown Park, Meakstown, Dublin 11 and compare this to 1 package abroad.
3. DEFINITION OF BROADBAND In general, broadband refers to telecommunication in which a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit information. Because a wide band of frequencies is available, information can be multiplexed and sent on many different frequencies or channels within the band concurrently, allowing more information to be transmitted in a given amount of time (much as more lanes on a highway allow more cars to travel on it at the same time).
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5. MOBILE - VODAFONE 3G BROADBAND E169 MODEM €16.95 per month 10GB monthly Download speeds up to 7.2 Mbps Installs directly into PC Work at home and on the move
6. MOBILE -EIRCOM Eircom 7.2Mb Mobile Broadband €16.45 per month Broadband speed up to 7.2 Mb/2Mb 10Gb download allowance Free WiFi at 100 Eircom locations
7. MODEM - EIRCOM Business Lite Plus for €24.79 per month Ideal for 1-3 moderate users of the internet who like to send & receive e-mails & carry out general web searches Download speed – Up to 3Mb Suitable for large e-mails, attachments & watching videos Upload speed – 384kbps Ideal for sending e-mails with large attachments. 30GB monthly download allowance – Eircom will charge if you go over this
8. MODEM - EIRCOM Free wireless modem – Connected to phone line & broadcasts the internet around the house for 2-3 laptops that can pick up the signal up to 100 feet from the modem. Self install or Eircom will do it for €81.47 Security Firewall – Enforces security policies that will stop unauthorised or potentially dangerous materials from entering your computer system WiFi access for an extra €1.64 per month
9. MODEM - EIRCOM Business Plan 3Mb Bundle - €52.99 per month for all of the above plus: Up to 3Mb always on broadband Unlimited local & national calls 60 any network mobile minutes 30GB download allowance Free connection online Line rental included
10. WIRELESS – CHORUS NTL Fibre Power Broadband 30Mb for €42 per month Ideal for anyone who downloads large filesand works from home Download speed – 30Mb Upload speed – 3Mb 300MB web space Free wireless router No usage limit No telephone line required
11. WIRELESS - IMAGINE Breeze 4Mb for €45.27 a month Upload & download speed – 4Mb Download allowance – unlimited Contention ratio – 24:1 Connection charge is €150
12. LANDLINE - PERLICO 3Mb Broadband Plus with Freetalk Anytime for €56.98 per month 3Mb speed Always on broadband Contention ratio of 48:1 Download limit – 30GB Free line rental Unlimited local & national calls Calls to any Irish mobile Call to over 30 International destinations
13. LANDLINE - PERLICO Easy to be set up: No change to telephone number No new phone line No engineer call No disruption to your service
14. LANDLINE - VODAFONE 3Mb Anytime package for €45 per month 40GB download limit 384kbps upload speed Free anytime local & national calls Free wireless connection
15. Recommendations I recommend for a small business setting up form home in D.11 that the Chorus NTL package is the best option due to the really fast download & upload speed and the no usage limit all for only €42 per month.
16. AUSTRALIA Adsl2+ Platinum 100GB Dodo Broadband plus monthly phone line rental $49.90/€32.00 per month (1AUD =0.639372 EUR) The Dodo ADSL2+ 100GB Platinum broadband plan offers the fastest possible broadband connection speeds of up to 20,000kbps combined with a huge monthly download limit. The massive download limit is split between 25GB during on-peak hours (1pm and 12.59am) and 75GB off-peak (1am until 12.59pm.) Once the monthly download limit in either on or off-peak times is exceeded excess usage is charged at 18c per MB and needs to be considered when choosing an appropriate plan.
Vodafoneremain at the forefront of innovation in Ireland and introduced Ireland’s first 3G Broadband network which provides nationwide mobile broadband access. Since the acquisition of Perlico in November 2007, they have become one of the largest providers of broadband solutions in the Irish market with in excess of 70,000 customers. Vodafone:http://www.vodafone.ie/businessbroadband/mobile/plansmodems/#tab-pay-monthly (accessed 12/01/10)http://www.vodafone.ie/aboutus/vfirl/company/ (accessed 12/01/10)
In the last year 80% of a small businesses who left Eircom have switched back. They are he leading business broadband service provider with over 85,000 customers.Eircomhttp://business.eircom.net/broadband/moreinfo/?package=busLitePlus (13/01/10)http://business.eircom.net/broadband/whyeircom/ (accessed 13/01/10)
Chorus NTL won Best Internet Service Provider for two years in a row at the Digital Media Awards 2008 and 2009. Chorus NTL:http://www.upc.ie/broadband/ (accessed 15/01/10)http://www.upc.ie/about_us/ (accessed 15/01/10)
Perlico is a subsidiary of Vodafone, the world's leading telecommunications company and we are the leading alternative supplier of Home Phone and Broadband services to Irish customers.Perlico:http://www.perlico.com/broadband/broadband-ireland.aspx (accessed 13/01/10)http://www.perlico.com/info/aboutus.aspx (accessed 13/01/10)
Dodo also offers savings of $10 or more off monthly broadband costs when bundling with a home phone service. This is a good plan for heavy internet browsing, Skype calls, video streaming, internet radio and regular off-peak file downloads.Compare Broadband:http://www.comparebroadband.com.au/offer_356_s_ADSL2+-Platinum-100GB-Dodo-broadband-plan-(+-monthly-phone-line-rental)-12-month-contract.htm (accessed 28/01/10)