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s your current internet speed keeping up with the
demands of your employees and customers? Ask
yourself these questions:
• Does it take too much time for your staff to do online research
or receive large files?
• Are your employees frustrated with the internet speeds at
your business?
• Do your customers have to wait on the phone while their
account information is being loaded or transactions are
being processed?
• Is your staff unable to effectively use video conferencing
for collaboration?
• Does it take hours to back up your computers and files?
The bottom line is this: An increasing amount of business activity
is now done online, and data-intensive applications require faster
data speeds. If you want to stay ahead of your competition, you need
to be traveling as fast as, or faster than they are. By equipping your
business with more bandwidth, your employees can move data more
quickly and efficiently, resulting in a better overall experience for
your customers.
What exactly is bandwidth? The term refers to how much data you
can send through a network or modem connection. Bandwidth is
usually measured in bits per second, such as 10 Mbps (10 million
bits per second). You can think of bandwidth as a highway with cars
traveling on it; the highway is the network connection and the cars
are the data. The wider the highway, the more cars can travel on it
at one time and the faster they get to their destinations. The same
principle applies to computer data—the more bandwidth, the more
information that can be transferred within a given amount of time.
Many different businesses can reap rewards by upgrading to a
higher-speed internet connection. This is particularly true for
businesses that fit these criteria:
• Conduct business at multiple locations
• Leverage the internet for 60 percent or more of
business operations
• Want to deploy more computers to the existing network
• Employ three or more workers
RTC Network Manager Dan Schilla says, “No matter what speed
a company currently uses, RTC offers several speed options to get
themwhere they need to be. In addition, many businesses now need
quicker upload speeds, in addition to fast download speeds, for
things like sending large files and performing Cloud backups. We
offer symmetrical upload and download speeds of 100, 250, and 500
Mbps, as well as our Gigabit Internet (1,000 Mbps), to ensure our
customers spend less time waiting and more time being productive.”
To find out more about the internet options
available from RTC, call 888.862.3115 or visit
RTC.coop.
Bandwidth is vital for small business
growth and competitiveness
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