The Top 10 UK Business Broadband SME offers

And the winner is....

There's no clear choice when it comes to business broadband offers since none of them cover all bases. We are currently using 4 separate broadband lines in the office - the main broadband line, the secondary backup line, the VoIP line and the wireless broadband one.

Prices have dropped slightly but there is now little leeway for service providers to cut prices any further, which is why they are now offering more features like free calls or free laptops to differentiate themselves from their competitors.

That said, there are a few features that ISPs listed here should either modify or discard all together, if that means shaving a few pounds off the monthly costs.

They do not make any profit out of web hosting, email or providing security software and handling emails has been a major source of problems for ISPs in the past.

This is why, it would probably make more sense for them to partner with Google to offer a slew of services including Gmail, Google Talk and more.

Google has a Google Apps Partner Edition which is geared towards ISPs and aims specifically at decreasing their operational costs.

Similarly, they could even earn some money by throwing in Google Pack which comes with Norton and offers a £1 commission per download.

Overall the number of Internet service providers has been slashed significantly with a number of acquisitions and others simply closing down; consolidation means that only the biggest companies will survive. Tags: BT, Broadband, O2, Telecoms, t-mobile, talktalk