David Donnelly

Mobile phones are getting more expensive As anyone who’s ever invested in a state-of-the-art piece, high-spec tech will tell you, the alarmingly swift drop in value that ensues as soon as your shiny new toy is unboxed. Is the price you’ll inevitably pay for being an early adopter. Except, it seems, when it comes to…

Category 5 enhanced (CAT5e) ethernet cabling is an extremely popular solution for local area networks (LANs). It’s a thoroughly proven technology, it’s robust, and it’s cost-effective. While it has been around since 2001, it remains the best choice for many. We still install miles of CAT5e in office and SOHO environments every year. For some…

Providing Wi-Fi for your restaurant guests may seem counter to your desire for quality conversation and the enjoyment of your outstanding food.  But, you may be missing an opportunity to know your customers better and the chance to provide them with valuable information that could make their experience in your restaurant even more fulfilling. Our…

Business telephony is essential but can be costly if things are not kept in check. Of course, you want technology that’s going to help you get ahead and run your business both efficiently and effectively. You don’t want to have to pay the earth for this. If you’re smart, there are ways of getting great…

Many businesses are now choosing to go for a hosted telephone system, rather than an on-premises option. This fits in with the growth in adoption of cloud services, which tend to be regarded as both more cost-effective and more beneficial than their in-house counterparts. If you’re looking for a new phone system for your business,…

NEC telephone systems are well-known for their durability and reliability. But every once in a while, something can go wrong with any telephone system regardless of the brand or age of the system. It’s in the nature of technology to let us down from time to time and usually at just the moment when it’s…

So, you are looking to buy a new telephone system for your business. Perhaps you have already narrowed down your search exclusively to NEC telephone systems; you may have used an NEC phone system in the past and want something similar or, perhaps, you have simply heard positive reviews and recommendations for these phones. Maybe…

Cheap cables negatively affect network performance Cheap cables are false economy. They may bring the cost down in the short-term, but will cause problems and need to be replaced much sooner than good quality cables. Cheap, low-quality cables tend to have cores that are narrower than the standard diameter, which results in signal loss. Cheap…

BT was given a £1.2 billion subsidy to boost rural broadband and create superfast broadband, with speeds of 24 mbps across Britain. The subsidy was worked out using forecasts that assumed around 1 in 5 households would take the new fibre optic broadband services on offer. Take up of the services far exceeded expectations with…

In this day and age, we are increasingly internet dependent. Almost all of us own at least a smartphone, if not tablets and laptops too, and we carry these devices with us everywhere we go. We have a desire to be constantly connected with other people and flows of information. As such, internet availability is…