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Quick Bytes
Lunchtime learning for busy professionals
Our "Quick Bytes" are a series of short videos to help you digitally improve your business
Quick Bytes
Our "Quick Bytes" are a series of short videos to help you digitally improve your business
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
30th November 2025 in Business, Internet
Internet connectivity now underpins almost everything a modern business does - so what happens when it goes down?
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?
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
18th November 2025 in Cloud, Data centres
Rising costs, performance issues, and loss of control are pushing some businesses to rethink cloud-first infrastructure.
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.
