Difference between standard ADSL, uncontended DSL, and leased lines

[Mort]

Hi all

Just wondering what the difference is between ADSL, uncontended DSL, and leased lines.

Reason being is at work we are on standard ADSL, and its rubbish. We are on 'up to 8mb' when in reality we are getting less than 1.5mb. Now as we are a design / web agency it is a total pain in the arse when deploying a site, or uploading grpahics to clients etc.

Was looking to try and get a better service, but as I only really have experience with home cable / ADSL connections what would my best bet be?

We are right out in the sticks in a converted barn, and the village which we reside is basically a road with said farm, a pub, and a handful of houses. Pretty much sure on our current connection we share the pipe with all the other businesses in the courtyard, plus all the home users of the village too.

Now I know leased lines are very expensive, and that would only be for a 2mb line which isnt that much greater than we have now (except the upload difference). But am I right in saying an uncontended DSL line is basically middle ground?

Would be looking at between 4mb - as high as we can get speeds. We dont really want to pay leased line prices, but we cant carry on as we are.

Any ideas? Cheers

 

[Mort]

yo thanks for all the posts / advice

turns out we are 15km from the nearest exchange, which pretty much rules out everything except a leased line. the downer being we have to sign up to a 3 year contract, and what with the upcoming recession thats about £22k worth of contract

For a years leased line we could pretty much cover the costs of moving to a more suitable location (not including buying the property of course) which we have been considering anyways, and if that was the case we wouldnt even need a leased line.

guess its a case of wait and see =/ bloody annoying tbh