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Selecting the Best Business DSL

By: Jack Kennedy

If your business relies on the internet, so many others do, you want to get the most out of your business DSL provider. You want a company you can rely on. This article deals with some factors you should look for in getting a good business DSL provider.

Type

Decide what type of business DSL best fits your needs. If your employees will be working remotely and transferring projects to a main server, you will want to maximize your upstream speed. Most DSL lines are designed so that downloading information is about three times as fast as uploading information. Keep this in mind when shopping for your business DSL.

Speed

Take note of how many workstations will need to share the DSL line. The more workstations you have, the higher the downstream rate will need to be. A company with 10 to 50 computers, for example, will need at least a speed of 1024 kilobits per second. Your business DSL provider should be able to help match your needs with their services.

Pricing

Look for business DSL that doesn’t come stacked with hidden fees. Ask prospective service providers if your company will be charged for exceeding mailbox storage space or download quotas. If this is not the case, ask if the speed of your business DSL will be impacted instead. Some providers will knock the speed down if you exceed any quotas.

Also ask if they charge extra for technical support and if they offer a free backup dial-up connection in case their DSL goes down. You will also want to know how many mailboxes they are willing to provide.

References

As with hiring a new employee, check the references of the company with which you want to contract for business DSL.

Companies lose untold hours of work time each week with business DSL providers that crash day after day. You need an honest idea of how reliable their service is. This can be as simple as going to Google and researching what sort of reports and reviews turn up about the provider. The company’s website will probably list other clients. Pick up the phone and call one to find out if they’re satisfied. The last thing you want is to gamble your business DSL service.

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Jack Kennedy monitors and reviews the Broadband DSL industry. To read more, please visit The DSL Center.

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