VoIP solutions could benefit from bonded ADSL service

Lincolnshire-based businesses using VoIP hardware could find their services improved with the launch of a bonded ADSL system, reports BroadbandGenie.co.uk.

Major broadband provider BT has formed a partnership with Sharedband to provide connection speeds to businesses of as many as four ADSL lines, which could help improve video-conferencing, VoIP solutions and virtual private networks.

Firms based in rural communities will also be able to take advantage of the service, although connection speeds on offer will depend on their proximity to local telephone exchanges.

Stephen Heath, IT manager at Househam Sprayer in Lincolnshire, told the website: "We are now getting 2Mb on the upstream in comparison with the much lower speeds available from other alternatives and we benefit from nearly double the normal download speeds."

He added that the new system also works well with the virtual private network already used by the company to provide access to remote offices and the internet.

In related news, funding of over £220,000 will allow Avanti Communications to develop satellite technology that could help improve the internet connections of rural communities.