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Broadband Providers

As soon as you start looking at broadband packages you'll notice immediately all of the different broadband providers. Currently broadband providers fall into three categories:

• Home broadband providers only such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Tiscali.
  
• Mobile broadband providers only which is provided by the existing mobile phone networks: Vodafone, T-Mobile and 3.
  
• Home and Mobile broadband providers which are O2 and Orange.
  

Our website allows you to compare deals from all of the most competitive and popular home broadband providers and mobile broadband providers. It is important to remember that broadband providers do not all offer the same service with prices and service levels varying quite dramatically.

There are a handful of broadband providers who are currently the most prominent and these include broadband providers such as TalkTalk, Orange, BT, O2, Virgin, AOL, Sky, 3 and Vodafone. With the industry being so competitive these broadband providers are constantly battling it out to bring you new and exciting deals and establish themselves as the leading home and mobile broadband providers so make sure you thoroughly check out what each is offering and which broadband provider's service most suits your requirements. It is worth noting that there are currently several home broadband providers but only five mobile broadband providers; T-Mobile, Vodafone, 3, Orange and O2.

All of the home broadband providers deliver different variations of service and the first thing to do is check which broadband providers are available in your area, which you can do by clicking here.

If you are comparing the different speeds from the home broadband providers then use ourpostcode checker to find out the highest speed your line supports because there is no point in subscribing to a broadband provider with download speeds off up to 24Mb if your line only supports 5Mb.u>

Out of all of the broadband providers, Virgin Media is the only service that uses dedicated cable - all of the other broadband providers use your existing BT line - and you can check whether this is available in your area when you start to order broadband from Virgin. This is important as this service can provide you with a high speed connection that is not affected by your distance from the telephone exchange, a fact that adversely affects the service of ADSL based broadband providers.

As well as the major broadband providers there are several other smaller broadband providers, who you shouldn't discount from the equation, including broadband providers such as Plus.net, UKOnline, DST and Madasafish. All of these broadband providers have their own unique attributes such as the way they package their services with additional extras such as unlimited free telephone calls or digital TV packages through technologies such as IPTV (Tiscali is the leading broadband provider offering this service) and you may well find that these broadband providers offer the highest download speeds and most suitable deals out of all of the broadband providers in your area. So make sure that when it comes to choosing the best broadband you check out all of the broadband providers' deals that are available in your area very carefully.


26/05/2008
Author: CompareBroadbandUK staff writer

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