What Faster Broadband Has Done For Me

Living in Rutland we were one of the first counties to get fibre to the cabinet. So working from home was great until I needed to connect to the office. Despite all my campaigning, Fengate in Peterborough was one of the last cabinets to go live with fibre.

We now have fibre to the cabinet – the difference is fantastic! I can connect to the office without losing speed. The engineers can be downloading software and updates from Microsoft and I can still work on line without being affected.

Best of all we now have a VOIP phone system – all running on the same fibre broadband line! So what – you may say! Well I no longer need to come into the office! Gone is my 45 minute trudge up and down the A1. I now have a phone extension at home that allows me to make & pick up any phone calls coming into the office as if I was sat at my desk. The line quality is as good as ISDN.

What about the savings:

I intend now just to come into Peterborough one day per week – so our savings are as follows:

My travel time is 1.5 hours on a good day X 4 = 6 hours (nearly an extra day per week). So 6 hours X 46 weeks (taking into account holidays) = 276 hours which relates to 39.5 days. Nearly 8 weeks of my life back per year!

Previous Costs	No	Amount	Total tal		New Costs	No.	Amount
Broadband Lines	2	£23.00	£46.00		Fibre to thecabinet	1	£35.00
ISDN Lines	2	£24.00	£48.00		SIP Lines	4	£24.00
Total Costs Exc. Calls			£94.00		New phone system on 5 year lease		£45.00
					Total New Cost ex Calls		£104.00
Savings
Travel Costs inc fuel, servicing & tyres	16	£6.425	£102.80

YOU Systems offer analogue, ISDN, Fibre, phone & broadband lines. We can also maintain or upgrade your present phone system.

So if you want to explore getting a chunk of your life back, potential savings or both then please contact june@yousystems.co.uk