Precisas internet veloz. Necesito internet veloz. Todos precisamos Internet veloz. Mas precisamos más que velocidad. Asimismo precisamos fiabilidad. (Y debe ser accesible).
Back in school and at my first job, I connected to the first Internet connection on a VT-XNUMX terminal at an incredible speed of ten megabits per second (Mbps) via Ethernet. Along the way, I got my "net solution at XNUMX bits per second (BPS) using a TI Silent XNUMX paper terminal with its acoustic coupler, or else from a CP/M computer using a Hayes Smartmodem XNUMX". It worked fine when all the apps I ran were text based.
Today I have a 1 gigabit cable connection to my home/office which allows me to video conference all day, dump gigabytes of data onto the internet and watch TV shows. and 4K movies at night.
That by itself wouldn't maximize my connection, but my associate does the same things at the same time and relies heavily on software-as-a-service applications like QuickBooks in his accounting business. On a normal day, only 2 people work at four hundred Mbps, and there are times when we use our bandwidth to the limit. And if you have twelve people online to work with, you can also face slowdowns, even with Gigabit connections.
Remember that hiding in plain sight of many devices consumes bandwidth. Today, there are more than ten Internet-connected devices in the average American home. Aside from the ones we thought of first (computers, streaming devices, and gaming consoles), there are also smartwatches, Internet of Things devices, and even pet tracking devices. If you use these devices all the time, you need enough bandwidth to power them. It comes together quickly.
In addition to this, although we still talk about broadband in terms of download speed, the truth is that in XNUMX, upload speed is also essential. With the exception of fiber Internet connections, most Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer significantly lower uplink speeds than downlink speeds. For example, my Gigabit plan typically doesn't give me more than XNUMX Mbps down, but rather only XNUMX Mbps up. Sure, it always seems fast, but if you take a lot of online classes or video conferences, you'll run into these limits. Your associates, customers of the service, and customers of the service on the other end will not be amused.
Did you appreciate anything else? I just said that my "Gigabit" plan doesn't really give me Gigabit speed. It is common. According to AllConnect, a company that helps users find the best telecommunications deals, "XNUMX% of Internet users, or XNUMX million people, get less than advertised speeds." Of these, “fiber and cable internet have the biggest gap, with most people enjoying, on average, about fifty-five percent of the speeds they pay for. "It is essential to check and see what speeds you are really getting. Ookla is the best way to quickly test your Internet connection. SpeedOf.Me lets you keep a history of your previous tests so that you can tell when your Internet connection starts to slow down. (By the way, this can happen if your ISP has oversubscribed your local service.)
If small businesses and remote workers had a real ISP alternative, it might not be so bad. But most of us don't have that luxury. We must accept what our exclusive local broadband ISP offers us.
With workers more distributed than ever, this is a drawback. The Institute for Local Self-Sufficiency took Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband data for XNUMX and found, for example, “Comcast and Charter hold an absolute monopoly over at least XNUMX million people, and thirty-three million people only have less reliable DSL as a "competitive" choice.
However, there are other alternatives and it is time to consider embracing them. Newer ISP services like Starlink (Near Earth Orbit (NEO) and 5G) are becoming true alternative Internet options for companies. They, especially T-Mobile Home Internet, are little by little more free. In the near future, ISPs may finally have some real competition. This day cannot come soon enough.
Aside from giving you a real alternative option to the monopoly of your local ISP, they are also useful for providing cheap secondary Internet connections. Too many of us rely on a single ISP for connectivity. That's fine until a backhoe pulls out the cable.
If your business can survive without internet for a few hours, that's fine. Can it really? These days, being offline is like a snowy day from hell. People don't want to feel like they can't go to a sales meeting, answer emails, or give out digital-type products.
To keep your business running, you need a fallback ISP connection that is up and ready to go when the backbone fails. For me today it's Verizon LTE Business Internet. Yes, it's extra money. But it's money well spent to avoid business interruption. And that Internet backup doesn't have to be as fast as your main connection; it can be considerably slower. I still have friends who use satellite Internet, Frontier's ADSL line and Viasat Geo Sync as alternative options.
This is enough for them to satisfy their customers of the service.
So read this:
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