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What is a VPN — and when should your business use one?

15th December 2025 in VPN, Tools, Internet

A VPN encrypts data and enables secure access over the public internet, but it doesn't guarantee speed or reliability. This guide explains what VPNs do well, where their limits are, and when other connectivity options make more sense.

What is Traceroute? Traceroute explained in plain English

11th December 2025 in Tools, Internet

When you ping a server, it only tells you how long it took to get a reply — not the route your data actually took to get there. To see the journey your packets make across the internet, you need a network diagnostic tool called Traceroute.

What is Ping? Ping explained in plain English

7th December 2025 in Tools, Internet

If you've ever had slow internet or wondered whether a website was down, chances are someone told you to "try pinging it". But what does ping actually mean, and what is it really measuring?

How to run a speed test properly (and why results often mislead)

4th December 2025 in Tools, Speed

Most people run a speed test when their internet feels slow or when they want to check if they're getting the performance they were promised. It's quick, simple, and gives you an instant number, but that number doesn't always tell the full story.

4 reasons your business needs a leased line for reliable connectivity

1st December 2025 in Business, Internet, Leased lines

Even in an era where full-fibre broadband offers speeds in the hundreds, or even thousands, of megabits per second, many businesses are discovering that raw speed isn't the full story.

How an Internet outage can disrupt your business (and how to prepare)

30th November 2025 in Business, Internet

Internet connectivity now underpins almost everything a modern business does - so what happens when it goes down?

"Five Nines" uptime explained: What 99.999% reliability really means

27th November 2025 in Hosting, Infrastructure

Reliability is one of the most important measures of any digital service. Whether it's an Internet connection, a cloud platform, or a piece of critical infrastructure, the question is the same: how often does it stay online?

Was the UK lied to about fibre broadband? FTTC vs FTTP explained

23rd November 2025 in Business, Internet

For more than a decade, broadband adverts across the UK have promised "fibre-fast" speeds, but the truth behind those claims has often been less straightforward

6 reasons businesses are leaving the cloud (and what they’re doing instead)

18th November 2025 in Cloud, Data centres

Rising costs, performance issues, and loss of control are pushing some businesses to rethink cloud-first infrastructure.

How the Internet actually works (and what is an ASN?)

14th November 2025 in Infrastructure

The Internet is not a single system owned or run by any one organisation. Instead, it is made up of tens of thousands of separate networks, each operated independently.