The future of fast and reliable business Internet

Broadband diversity can keep your business up and running during outages

In “Futureproofing Your Internet Connectivity” (Forbes), Skywire Networks co-founder & CEO Alan Levy says that, while fibre Internet is fast and can be crucial for the kind of performance enterprises need, major weather events and human interventions, such as construction or driving accidents, can temporarily take it down. And when a business’s Internet goes down, business activities come to a standstill.

Adopting broadband diversity can avoid such disruptions, says Levy; and pairing fibre with a backup solution like Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) or satellite broadband, can ensure 100% uptime. 100% may be overly optimistic, given both weather and human unpredictability—but regardless of how seemingly secure your fibre Internet is, it makes good business sense to diversify your connectivity. Continue reading to find out why.