Cable broadband provider

Cable Broadband

For home broadband, the main types are ADSL broadband, which uses the ordinary phone line as transmission media, and Cable broadband, which uses cable to connect PC to the Internet.

Almost all broadband ISP in UK provides ADSL broadband, for example BT Broadband, AOL Broadband, Tiscali Broadband. There are scores, even hundreds of broadband ISPs in UK today. But only a few provides cable broadband, the most famous is Virgin Media Broadband. It came from two companies - Telewest and NTL. They merged into one company two years ago and then rename to Virgin Media.

If you don't have phone line and don't need one (though quite few people don't need one), cable broadband is cheaper because you don't need to pay for the phone line rental fee.

But cable broadband is not available everywhere. You must check the cable broadband availability in advance.

I think most families have a phone line, and are paying line rental already. If so, cable broadband is not so attractive in price. And lots of broadband ISPs offer ADSL broadband with phone bundles for cheaper price. Another advantage of choosing ADSL is that you can have more choices.