Mobile offers broadband alternative for small firms
Tue, 01 Sep 2009
Mobile broadband users can view the service as their main means of gaining access to the internet rather than as an add-on to a fixed-line connection, it has been claimed.
According to Jon Ingram, operations director at BroadbandChoices.co.uk, the majority of businesses and individuals consumers still tend to seek the latter from internet service providers.
He proposed that of the 12 per cent of homes that have mobile broadband, three quarters also have standard fixed line broadband service as well.
However, Mr Ingram said mobile broadband can quite often be an 'instead of' purchase rather than an additional selection, as this can provide greater flexibility the whole of the time.
Commenting on mobile, he stated: "It's getting better – the reliability is certainly getting better and the 3G coverage, if you look at the various operators, is improving a lot, but the speed that you're likely to get from a standard mobile broadband services...in terms of performance it is not a direct replacement."
Nearly three-quarters of people with broadband at home say they could not live without it, according to a recent report from the Communications Consumer Panel.
Some 84 per cent of the 2,000 adults surveyed agreed it should be possible to have broadband access at home, regardless of where people live.
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