Last updated on September 7th, 2022 at 02:06 pm
Starting or running a successful Business can be one of the most exciting and satisfying experiences in your life. However there is one important factor which should be considered before you start regardless of what your business is going to offer. It’s fair to say no business can run to its full potential without having certain trading tools we all take for granted such as a Telephone, Computer & Internet.
However there many locations in the UK where the infrastructure is so poor theses tools are still not stable enough in order to run a business.
This is set to change, Ofcom have reported “Nearly one in three UK broadband connections are now Super fast(30Mbit/s or above )” that is up from 1 in 4 in 2013.
UK Businesses are getting better access to super fast broadband and this is revolutionising the way businesses are run. It is predicted within the next 5 years all your documents, email, applications will be stored in the “cloud” and even the traditional phone system will be replaced by hosted Voice over IP (VoIP). Hosted voice will completely change the way you communicate and it will unify all your current voice ( & video) equipment into one single application.
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The guardian reported studies even show that a fast broadband speeds have a direct correlation to earnings for domestic users. There has been a study based on 22,000 households that showed an average increase of £201/month per family.
This trend has an impact on GDP. Ericsson research has showed that doubling a countries internet speed would increase GDP by 0.3% and for every 10% increase in the number of people online, a nations GDP rises by 1%. Looking at the above figures of 80% of UK residents having broadband – you can see why the government is investing £530 Million trying to improve broadband speeds.
“We want to achieve a transformation in our broadband access, with everyone in the UK able to access broadband speeds of at least 2 megabits per second (Mbps) and 95% of the UK receiving far greater speeds (at least 24Mbps) by 2017. We are also exploring options to extend the benefits of fast broadband to remaining areas.” – Gov.uk
With this rapid increase in Broadband, for business & home it is enabling businesses to facilitate technology which as previously not been an option such as Hosted VoIP. With all the advantages hosted VoIP can give your business do you really want to wait 5 years so your area’s infrastructure is strong enough to start or run a business using Voice over IP (VoIP) and cloud computing? If not here are the top 5 locations throughout the UK where business grade super fast broadband is readily available
UK Broadband speed Map
Use the interactive map below to see internet speeds around the UK
Map Credit: Gov.uk | Produced with Google maps