Compare our internet business broadband services using the table below:

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Suitable for	The home business broadband connection	Individuals and business start ups requiring reliable and cost effective broadband connectivity	For the typical office needing plenty of bandwidth for their business	For businesses to run Internet dependent systems fast and efficiently any time of day	For an office that relies on multiple web based systems, e.g. VOIP
Max download speed	Up to 8Mb	Up to 16Mb*	Up to 16Mb*	Up to 16Mb*	Up to 16Mb*
Max upload speed	Up to 448Kb	Up to 448Kb	Up to 1Mb	Up to 1Mb	Up to 1Mb
Enhanced Upstream	N/A	N/A	Up to 2.5Mb	N/A	Up to 2.5Mb
Usage allowance included	1GB	25GB	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Security	Anti-virus	Anti-virus	Security Suite	Security Suite	Security Suite
Monthly Fee (Ex. VAT)	£11.50	£14.50	£19.50	£32.00	£49.00
Technical Support	24/7 (National Rate)	24/7 (National Rate)	24/7 (National Rate)	24/7 (National Rate)	24/7 (National Rate)
Optional
Inclusive TalkTime Included**	5000 Mins†	5000 Mins†	5000 Mins†	5000 Mins†	5000 Mins†
Pipex Enhanced Care (Optional)	n/a	n/a	£10.56 a month	12 months‡ FREE	12 months‡ FREE
Technical Spec
IP address	1 Static	1 Static	1 Static	1 Static	1 Static
Block of 8 static IP's	n/a	n/a	£5/month	£5/month	£5/month
Contention Ratio	50:1	50:1	20:1	20:1	20:1
Assured Bandwidth	n/a	n/a	n/a	200kbps	500kbps
Email mailboxes	20	20	20	20	20
Email storage per mailbox	100MB	100MB	100MB	100MB	100MB
Web space	100MB	100MB	100MB	100MB	100MB
Contract details
Connection fee	£40.00	£40.00	£40.00	£40.00	£40.00
Contract length	3 or 12 months	3 or 12 months	3 or 12 months	3 or 12 months	3 or 12 months
Migration
Switching Providers	Free Setup & Connection	Free Setup & Connection	Free Setup & Connection	Free Setup & Connection	Free Setup & Connection
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* Up to 16Mb broadband is subject to availability and survey. The term 'up to 16Mb' refers to maximum download speeds only (upload speeds are slower). If your line won't support up to 16Mb, Pipex will offer you a business grade up to 8Mb connection as an alternative.

** Pipex TalkTime is optional and does not have to be taken with Pipex Business Broadband.

† Please note that after the 31st March 2009, your inclusive call allowance will revert to the standard 500 monthly minutes for the remainder of your contract period.

‡ Offer ends 31st December 2008. Enhanced care will be provided free of charge for 12 months when either Pipex Premium or Premium Plus is ordered. The normal price of £10.56 + VAT will be charged at the end of this period. Enhanced care may be cancelled after the 12 month period and you will not be charged. Offer subject to a 12 month broadband contract term.

¹ WiFi Router upgrade available for £34.03

² Standard Ethernet Modem available for £25.52

Prices exclude VAT

Glossary

Max download speed

This is the maximum speed at which you will be able to download files. Our products come with speeds of either up to 8Mb or up to 16Mb (mega bits per second), which we've abbreviated throughout this site to 'Mb'. The actual speed you experience will be dependent on a number of factors, most importantly the distance your home is from your local BT exchange.

Max upload speed

Although most of the activity taking place on the web will be downloading data, there will be occasions when you will be uploading data. This may be anything from emails with photo attachments to large video files. The max upload speed is the fastest speed that these files can be uploaded onto the internet. Like the download speed, the maximum attainable upload speed will depend on various factors such as distance from exchange.

Usage allowance included

All our business broadband products come with unlimited usage and are subject to a fair usage policy.

Free TalkTime Included

Each Pipex Business Broadband package comes with 500 minutes inclusive monthly TalkTime to all UK numbers starting with 01 or 02. Once these have been used up, you will be charged at the normal great value Pipex call rates as found on our tariff found here

Connection device

In order to connect to the internet, you will need a connection device; either a standard modem router or wireless router. The standard modem router plugs into both your PC and your phone line. The wireless router, still plugs into your BT phone line, enables you to access the internet from anywhere in your office. It also allows up to 6 devices to be connected to the internet at any one time. With our 12 month contracts, we supply a wireless router free of charge. A small subsidiary charge is applicable if a 3 month contract is taken and you want us to supply you with a connection device. Currently this is £25.52 for an Ethernet Router and £34.03 for a WiFi router.

Security

We know how important it is to keep the data on your PC protected from viruses, malware and spyware, which is we supply a 12 month licence of either the award winning Zone Labs Anti-Virus or Security suite package depending on the service you subscribe to. Additional licences for multiple machines may be purchased when you join. Just ask one of our sales agents when you call or select extra licences when you sign up online.

Technical Support

If you have a problem, call our UK based technical support team FREE of charge 24/7.

IP address

Each machine connected to the Internet has a personal address known as an Internet Protocol address (IP address). The IP address takes the form of four sets of numbers separated by dots, for example: 123.45.67.80. Standard broadband accounts are normally assigned a dynamic IP address each time a connection to the internet is made. However, if your business needs to use mail servers, web servers provide access to corporate VPN’s, a static IP address is required, which means the same address is used each time you connection is made. All our business packages come with one static IP as default.

Contention Ratio

Contention ratio is the maximum number of connections coming from one of our switches in the BT exchange. The lower the ratio, the less contention or congestion you will experience at peak times and therefore the faster your online experience will be, whether that is surfing, downloading or uploading.

Email address

This is the number of different email accounts you can have with Pipex. We will provide you with an email address in the form: username@dsl.pipex.com. You will have the ability to specify additional email usernames of your choice.

Email storage per mailbox

This is the maximum amount of storage space you can use to store emails before you need to start deleting emails or files from your email account.

Web space

If you want to design and host your own website, this is the amount of inclusive storage space you have included with your account. The larger the space, the more extensive a site you can have.