What is the difference between home and business broadband?

The primary differences are reliability, support, and contention ratios. Consumer broadband is shared with dozens of other houses in your street (a high contention ratio), which is why speeds drop in the evenings. Business broadband offers much lower contention ratios—or even fully uncontended leased lines—meaning your bandwidth is prioritized. Additionally, business lines come with Static IP addresses for secure remote working and strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that guarantee an engineer will fix any faults within a specified timeframe.