Imagine your business without internet. I don’t mean the way it was back in the 1990s. I mean imagine trying to do business today without internet. The simple fact is, it can’t be done. You would lose pretty much all communication with the outside world. Your phone system probably travels through an internet connection. So does all of your written messaging. You’d lose the ability to process credit cards, your customers couldn’t reach you, and simply put, you’d be back to the stone age.
A strong business can weather that kind of blow for a couple of hours, but can you imagine what would happen if an internet outage lasted several days? It could take months or years for business to recover, based on people being unable to reach you.
Yet, it’s not some made-up doomsday scenario. Here’s something that will keep you up at night. As important as your internet connection is, the entire thing travels through a strand of fiber about the thickness of a guitar string, with nothing but a rubber sheath between it and total destruction. A road crew digging in the wrong place could break it. A tree falling could snap it. There are so many ways that such a delicate line could be destroyed. And then you’d have nothing left but the hope that the internet company could fix it quickly.
That’s why you need failover protection
Failover protection is the industry term for a second internet provider at your location. If your main internet goes out, this second source can jump in to save the day. Usually it’s a slower connection than your regular one. You might have to tell your staff to stop watching cat videos, but it will be enough to keep your email and credit card processing going indefinitely.
Depending on your specific need, something like this can be automatic, or it can be as simple as moving a cable from one device to another. In minutes your business is safe and you don’t need to worry about when the cable company will get around to fixing things.
How does it work?
Most people use a cellular connection for something like this. There’s a special router like the RevGen Networks IQMC series that has a SIM card. It acts much like tethering on your cell phone, but it provides wired and wireless internet to your whole operation. It’s easy to set up and it will work as long as there’s a good cell connection where you put it.
Internet service can come from prepaid SIM cards, but most people prefer to get a data plan straight from Signal Connect. We can help you choose the right capacity, all the way up to unlimited data. We can even help you increase your plan if you’re in a tight spot. These routers are built to use eSIM technology that automatically chooses the right carrier for you based on speed and reliability. This is incredibly important in an emergency situation. Most cell towers have battery backups that let them function for up to a day without power. However, imagine a situation where weather knocks out not only power but actual cell towers. Your router will constantly find the best, fastest connection even as conditions change.
A good add-on: a cellular signal booster
Do your employees complain that there’s no cell service at the office? Do you always have to put your customers on your guest Wi-Fi? There’s a simple solution for this. A cellular signal booster takes signal from outside, amplifies it up to 10,000,000 times, and blasts it throughout the office for great service indoors. It will keep your employees and customers happy. More importantly, it will give your cellular router a great, strong signal. Cell boosters have no monthly fee and can be installed by anyone with basic skills. Honestly I don’t know why everyone doesn’t have one.
But here’s the question: how do you get all this stuff installed? Who can you trust?
Trust the enterprise team at Signal Connect. We can help you choose the right equipment and the right service. We’ll ship you a router ready to go on day one. If you have an IT team or facilities manager, we’ll help them get everything installed and configured. If you need an installer in your area, you’re in luck! We have a network of certified installers all throughout the country.
Best of all, you can get what you need with one phone call to a caring, knowledgeable engineer in our Detroit-area sales offices. We don’t believe in overseas call centers or script readers. When you call us, you’ll get someone who knows what they’re doing. They’ll be your one point of contact throughout the process!
Call us at 888-233-7563 and we’ll get things started for you. You don’t need to face the nightmare scenario of down internet. We’ll make sure you stay in business no matter what’s going on outside! Call during East Coast business hours or, if it’s after hours simply fill out the form below.
