ADSL is available throughout the UK. Not all broadbands are the same as the performance is affected by factors such as contention ratio (that's how many people share the connection back to the internet once you're inside the local exchange). A low contention ratio will 'feel' faster whilst a high contention ratio will sometimes feel restricted irrespective of the speedtest results.

• A business grade product offering low contention ratios and employing rate adaption techniques to consistantly provide the highest available download speeds.
• Download speeds of upto 24M are achieveable depending on the area and the distance from the telephone exchange.
• Outstanding UK-based support.
• Fixed IP Address as standard
• Switching to Fractal is simple.

GFast is the newest and fastest copper based broadband service that is currently available. Basically, it is an improved version of Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC). This means that the end user can achieve speeds up to four times faster than traditional FTTC broadband.

Current Fibre Broadband maximum speeds are up to 80mb download, GFast increases this to up to a potential 330mb download speed.

• The latest in superfast broadband, offering download speeds of 80M and an upload of 20M. Speeds vary depending how far you are away from the exchange.
• Download speeds of upto 80M are achieveable depending on the area and the distance from the telephone exchange.
• This service is becoming more widespread but is not available in all areas so do check with us first.
• Outstanding UK-based support.
• Fixed IP Address as standard
• Switching to Fractal Telecom is simple.
• Pricing is £49.95 per month for a truly unlimited circuit

Fibre optic broadband isn't available in all areas yet, so please check with us first. It's known as FTTC or Fibre to the Cabinet, copper wires takeover for the 'last mile'. It usually comes with download speeds of upto 80MBit/s and upload speeds of 20MBit/s, but can be 'Impacted' by long lines so speeds may be reduced to 40MBit/s (download) and 10MBit/s on the upload.

• The latest in superfast broadband, offering download speeds of 80M and an upload of 20M. Speeds vary depending how far you are away from the exchange.
• Download speeds of upto 80M are achieveable depending on the area and the distance from the telephone exchange.
• This service is becoming more widespread but is not available in all areas so do check with us first.
• Outstanding UK-based support.
• Fixed IP Address as standard
• Switching to Fractal Telecom is simple.
• Pricing is £49.95 per month for a truly unlimited circuit

With the fibre running all the way to your offices, instead of stopping at the green cabinet, you get a more reliable connection to support critical everyday operations. FTTP also ensures that costly downtimes, bad connections and slow speeds will never affect business again. With download speeds up to 1 Gbit/s and unlimited data transfer, FTTP is perfect for speed hungry businesses. If your business needs ultrafast broadband and a fibre network to future-proof your digital infrastructure, then FTTP is literally built for you.

• Ultrafast speeds up to 1 Gbit/s - Fibre all the way to your premises delivers exceptional speeds and unlimited data transfer.
• Low contention ratio up to 5:1 - When compared to average up-to 20:1 of alternative providers.
• Single IPv4 address and a range of IPV6 addresses, provided as standard.
• Outstanding UK-based support.
• Wifi router - We provide each customer with their own WiFi router, specially engineered to deliver the highest speeds possible.

What makes a good internet connection? Is it all about speed or is there more to it?

Take a look at the contention ratio and how it affects the much commented speed

A look at some of the technical issues concerning the internet in an easy to understand format

There are some fairly obvious things you can do, but perhaps the most significant is having an understanding of who is doing what?