December 2022 – Briant Communications

How to get Full Fibre Broadband For Your Home

Full Fibre Broadband is being rolled out throughout the country, and upwards of 85% of homes and businesses should be able to get Full Fibre by 2025. In the meantime more and more homes are being connected, but how do you make sure you’re getting the fastest broadband internet?

First Of All, What Is Full Fibre?

Full Fibre is also called FTTP or FTTH which stands for Fibre To The Property/Premises of Fibre To The Home. What it means is that there is an uninterrupted fibre optic connection from your router to the datacentres which sit at the heart of the World Wide Web. Because copper phone lines are limited to the amount of data they are able to relay any stage of the journey from or to the servers from your router which is over copper phone lines is going to be slower, slowing the entire process. Full Fibre means that your broadband internet service provider is able to give you speeds up to 900 Mbps because there is never a stage at which the signal is slowed down. Read more

9th December 2022 By Dan Cash Briant Broadband • Broadband • Construction • General Information • Home Entertainment • Tips and Tricks change provider • moving home • new home 0 Comments

Moving Home? Move To Better Broadband Too!

Moving home is always stressful, but it’s something most of us have in the back of our minds most of the time. A new house with all the mod cons, and better storage would be a delight for most of us. It’s just finding the money, time and the right house that slows most of us down!

When you do move it’s neve just a clean hop from one house to the next either. What with chains, bills and estate agents and solicitors to deal with finding your dream home can quickly become a nightmare!

Speaking of bills, most of them can be dealt with quite easily. You just have to tell your utility provider the date you moved and a meter reading and that’s usually about it. Unfortunately your broadband and TV bills probably won’t be that easy, especially if you’re not out of your minimum contract period. If you’re going somewhere where your current provider can continue to offer the same package you’re already on you should, ideally, be able to just change the address the bills go to. If not you may have to pay a penalty fee for breaking your contract early.

Talk To Your Broadband Provider As Early As Possible

You should aim to get your new service arranged a month or so before your moving date to ensure that you’re connected as soon as you arrive. If you’re moving to an address your current provider serves it should be as simple as letting them know your new address. However, they may not offer the best service if you’re moving somewhere out of the way, but it may be worth sticking with them until you find a better service provider to that area. Read more

2nd December 2022 By Dan Cash Briant Broadband • Broadband • General Information • Home Entertainment • Tips and Tricks broadband • contract • ISP • shopping • top tips 0 Comments

Choosing Your Next Broadband Provider: Top Tips

Finding the best broadband deal that suits both your demand for high speed internet and your budget can be quite the juggling act. First you have to find a provider who serves your area, then you have to navigate all the different packages they offer, comparing this price with that, the speed, the duration of the contract, and then there’s the additional extras they don’t tell you about until you put your order in. Line rental? That’s another £25 or more per month. Installation? £40 to £50 should cover it.

And it’s vital that you choose the right deal, and pick carefully since you could be in that contract for between 12 to 24 months. Choose badly and you could be paying through the nose for your data, or paying a lower price for really poor speeds, which amounts to the same thing. You can’t get out of the contract without paying penalties, or if your provider does do a package which is better for you, you may be due admin fees if you decide you need to change.

And your needs can change at any time. Get a Smart HDTV and suddenly your need for fast internet spikes. Your college age kids move out to go to university and suddenly you only need a fraction of the bandwidth you had before. So do you stick with a plan which no longer suits you, or do you pay the admin fees to get a better product? Read more