ADSL: choose your partners

by Bobby Pickering

30 Nov 2000

As high-speed internet access becomes a reality in many parts of the UK with the introduction of ADSL, Manage IT provides a concise and regularly updated guide to the services on offer.

Essential guide to ADSL and cable modem services for SME business customers
WHO	TARGET	DOWNLOAD SPEED	PRICE	CONNECTION	AVAILABLE
BTopenworld	SME businesses (single computer)	500Kbps	£119.97 a quarter (ex VAT)	£150 (ex VAT)	Now
BTopenworld	SME businesses (multi-computer)	500Kbps	£299.97 a quarter (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Claranet	SME businesses (single computer)	512Kbps	£49.99 a month (inc VAT)	£150 (ex VAT)	End of September
Claranet	SME businesses (multi-computers)	512Kbps	£100 a month (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Claranet	Businesses	1Mbps	£150 a month (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Claranet	Businesses	2Mbps	£200 a month (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Colt	Businesses	500Kbps	£127 a month (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Colt	Businesses	1Mbps	£150 a month (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Colt	Businesses	2Mbps	£173 a month (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Digital Exchange	Small Businesses (single computer)	500Kbps	£50 a month (ex VAT)	£150 (ex VAT)	Now
Digital Exchange	Businesses (multi-computer)	500Kbps	£100 a month (ex VAT)	£300 (ex VAT)	Now
Digital Exchange	Businesses (multi-computer)	1Mbps	£150 a month (ex VAT)	£300 (ex VAT)	Now
Digital Exchange	Businesses (multi-computer)	2Mbps	£200 a month (ex VAT)	£300 (ex VAT)	Now
Direct Connection	Businesses (multi-computer)	500Kbps	£100 a month (ex VAT)	£270 (ex VAT)	Now
Direct Connection	Businesses (multi-computer)	1Mbps	£160 a month (ex VAT)	£270 (ex VAT)	Now
Direct Connection	Businesses (multi-computer)	2Mbps	£210 a month (ex VAT)	£270 (ex VAT)	Now
Easynet	Businesses	500Kbps	£79 a month (ex VAT)	£275 (ex VAT)	Now
Easynet	Businesses	1Mbps	£99 a month (ex VAT)	£275 (ex VAT)	Now
Easynet	Businesses	2Mbps	£119 a month(ex VAT)	£275 (ex VAT)	Now
Madasafish	Businesses	512Kbps	£125 a month (inc VAT)	£317.25 (inc VAT)	Now
Madasafish	Businesses	1024Kbps	£170 a month (inc VAT)	£317.25 (inc VAT)	Now
Madasafish	Businesses	2048Kbps	£225 a month (inc VAT)	£317.25 (inc VAT)	Now
Mistral	Businesses	500kbps	£1,264 a year	£260	Now
Mistral	Businesses	1Mbps	£1,854 a year	£260	Now
Mistral	Businesses	2Mbps	£2,344 a year	£260	Now
PlusNet	Businesses (with ecommerce applications)	500kbps	£100 a month (ex VAT) or £380 per quarter with no installation fee	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Supanet	Businesses	512Kbps	£98 a month (ex VAT)	£260	Now
Supanet	Businesses	2Mbps	£148 a month (ex VAT)	£260 (ex VAT)	Now
Thus/ Demon Internet	SMEs	512Kbps	£95 a month (ex VAT)	£250 (ex VAT)	Now
Thus/ Demon Internet	Businesses	2Mbps	£175 a month (ex VAT)	£250 (ex VAT)	Now

Note: To receive ADSL your local phone exchange must be upgraded. In its first phase of upgrades, BT is ADSL-enabling exchanges in Hastings, Birmingham, Belfast, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Brighton, Aberdeen, Basingstoke, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Liverpool, Oxford, Portsmouth, Nottingham, York, Swindon, Tunbridge Wells, Winchester and Ashford.

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