3. Broadband Providers Available In My Area
Sky
UPC
Imagine WiMax
Mobile Broadband:
O2
Three
Meteor
Vodafone
4. Sky
Sky Broadband Unlimited & Talk Freetime
Speed: Up to 24mb
Download: Unlimited
Contract: 12 Months
Monthly Cost: € 30 a month (for first 4 months, then € 40 a month after)
Extras: Includes Sky Hub, Sky’s new wireless router, free set-up and technical
support based in Dublin
30 day guarantee: customer can cancel subscription for free within the first
30 days
All you will need: Active compatible Eircom phone line and UAN (Universal
Account Number)
(“Uswitch,” n.d.)
5. UPC
UPC Fibre Power 120 – Limited + Anywhere 150
Broadband speed: Up to 50mb Download / 5mb Upload
Downloads: 30GB
Contract 12 months
Monthly Cost: € 37
Extras: Free wireless modem (new customers only)
Set-up cost: € 45 (once off charge)
No telephone line require and no line rental fee
(“Uswitch,” n.d.)
6. UPC
UPC Horizon Max Bundle
Broadband Speed: up to 200mb Download / 15mb Upload
Downloads: Unlimited
Contract: 12 months
Monthly Cost: € 50 (for first 6 months, € 80 a month after)
Extras: Free set-up & installation
TV & Television: Free calls anytime; Local and National
400 minutes of selected international calls
Over 100 Channels
Can record 4 channels at one time and watch a fifth
(“Uswitch,” n.d.)
7. What is WiMax and How it Works?
Video by Andy Abramson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2MAtRRfx8&list=PL6D14AD2104D5BE40
(AriZoldanWimax, 2008)
8. Imagine
Imagine 10mb WiMax & Calls
Broadband Speed: Up to 10mb Download / 512kb Upload
Download: Unlimited (Subject to fair usage policy WIFI enabled)
Contract: 12 months
Monthly cost: € 19
Extras: 4G WiMax Broadband, € 25 discount connection for all students and no
line rental charge
Set-up cost: € 100 (once off charge)
Phone: Unlimited Local and National calls and Calls to 30 top international
destinations for 3c a minute
(“Uswitch,” n.d.)
9. Fixed (Wired) Broadband
UPC Fibre Power and Horizon Max Bundle
UPC’s main product: Cable Television Service
Broadband connection is established through the use of a cable modem
Fibre to the home: The fibre cable is piped directly into your home.
Fibre to the building or cabinet: Fibre cable installed from exchange
neighbourhood/apartment telecoms cabinet, rolling out fibre close to home and
reducing length improves speeds
April 2013: Horizon TV service – able to watch a selection of TV channels from internet
enabled devices using UPC broadband connection
August 2013: Horizon HD+ - HD as standard and consolidates all services
(TV, Broadband & Home Phone) into one device, also allows to record 4 programmes at
once and watch a 5th
(“UPC Ireland,” 2013)
10. Wireless Broadband
Imagine 10mb WiMax & Calls
Main product: Telecoms company
WiMax is a 4G wireless technology
Operates over radio waves and transmits a signal from their high site to your
WiMax device
Imagine can access remote locations, cable and phone companies can’t afford
to run wires to these locations
WiMax is replacing DSL and cable services because it can be rolled out
anywhere
First telecoms company to bring you an alternative phone service to Eircom
(“Imagine,” 2010)
11. ADSL Broadband
Sky Broadband Unlimited & Talk Freetime
Main business: Digital terrestrial television
Sky is facing increasing competition from telecommunications providers delivering pay
television services over existing telephone lines using ADSL
Offer triple-play package: Satellite television, Landline telephone and broadband
services
1st March 2013: BSkyB would buy O2’s and Be’s broadband service from Telefonica for
£180 million up front plus £ 20 million once the customers have been transferred.
Concentrate on better mobile services using 4G
Uses existing Eircom telephone lines, they switch you over to Sky Broadband and send
out a Sky Hub. Simply plug the included micro filters into your telephone sockets and
then plug the Hub in
Speeds will depend on how far you are from your exchange, the closer you are the faster
your broadband will be
(“Sky Broadband,” 2013)
12. Technological Options Available to me
Production Technologies
Laptop – personal computer device
Iphone
Ipad
Distribution Technologies
Home Internet
3G & 4G mobile internet
Satellite Communications
13. Technical Specification
Personal computer devices: replaces human workers as everything is saved on
file on the laptop or in the Cloud.
Easily accessible
Iphone and Ipad: Audio and video recording.
Internet at home or 3G/4G internet makes publishing information instant
Can upload videos/ info on the spot
Increases the possibility of working from home or being mobile as equipment
can be brought with you
There is both benefits and negatives to having constant access to the internet
14. Benefits and Negatives to internet Access
Benefits:
Negatives:
Being able to work from any
location
Individual privacy is threatened
due to everything being online
Having all files accessible when
you need them
People can find anything they want
to know on the internet
Finding information that you need
on the spot
Can upload anything instantly using
your mobile internet
Can be negative for arts events as
reviews can be accessed
online, could either make people
not want to go
Could benefit arts events as tickets
can be booked online
People download everything on
their devices, less people going to
watch films or buying music
15. New Technology can be Expensive for
SOHO Business
All prices are approx. as devices can vary in price due to quality:
Laptop: € 500 - € 1500
Iphone: € 600 - € 900
Ipad: € 299 - € 500
Mobile packages: € 20 (All texts, free weekend calls and unlimited
internet) - € 80
Price plan of home internet on the previously explained packages
16. Best Package Available to me
UPC Horizon Max Bundle Package: Internet, TV and Home Phone. Speed up to
200mb, downloads unlimited, monthly cost € 50 (first 6 months, € 80 per
month after). Free calls anytime: Local and National and 400 minutes
selected International calls. Over 100 channels and can record 4 channels at
one time while watching a 5th.
For SOHO scenario: Imagine 10mb Wimax and Calls. Speed up to
10mb, downloads unlimited, monthly cost € 19. Unlimited Local and National
calls and calls to top 30 International destinations for 3c per minute. This
broadband package provides WIFI with strong download speeds and several
computer and internal devices can be used at one time.
Mobile Business scenario: O2 Hotspot Huawei E5332 package. € 0 up
front, monthly cost € 20.32, 15gb per month and can connect up to 8 devices
at one time. This would be useful as it will wirelessly connect to O2’s mobile
broadband network around Ireland.
(“Uswitch,” n.d.) (“Bill Pay Mobile Broadband,”n.d.)
17. Option that Suits my Businesses Needs
Arts festival organiser working from home
Imagine Wimax package best suits my businesses needs
Provides high speed internet with unlimited downloads
Therefore, uploading videos of upcoming events and watching videos and
listening to podcasts won’t affect monthly cost.
Also includes unlimited local and national calls for home office phone.
Allows me to make calls involving my business at no extra cost.
Multiple devices can connect to the internet at one time.
This package is also the cheapest out of the providers that are in my area.
18. References
1.
AriZoldanWimax (2008, Dec 15). What is Wimax?. Retrieved on October
29th, 2013, from
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2MAtRRfx8&list=PL6D14AD2104D5BE40&ind
ex=1&noredirect=1]
2.
Bill Pay Mobile Broadband. (n.d.). Retrieved on October 29th, 2013, from
[http://www.o2online.ie/o2/shop/broadband-and-internet-bill-pay/]
3.
Imagine. (2010). Retrieved from [http://www.imagine.ie/about_imagine.html]
4.
Sky Broadband. (2013). Retrieved on October 25th, 2013, from Wikipedia:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Broadband]
5.
UPC Ireland. (2013). Retrieved on October 25th, 2013, from Wikipedia:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPC_Ireland]
6.
Uswitch. (n.d.). Broadband Packages. Retrieved on October 23rd, 2013, from
[www.Uswitch.ie/broadband/packages]
