Business Solutions for Winter 2020

WINTER 2020 3 SOLUTIONS If fiber is available to your business location, you’ll want to strongly consider taking advantage of it. Fiber connectivity offers important advantages to companies of all sizes, including: 5 Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Fiber 1. Much Faster Internet Speeds Today, carriers with fiber networks are commonly delivering speeds of 1 Gigabit per second—equal to 1,000 Mbps—and those same fibers could easily be used to deliver 100 Gigabits per second or more to large enterprises. Remember, employees waiting on slow internet inhibits productivity, so make sure the speeds at your business are fast enough for current demand. 2. More Effective Cloud Access Most businesses use the cloud in some capacity, from customer relationship management (CRM) tools to data storage. Fiber inter- net’s speed and bandwidth capabilities provide faster access to your data and applications stored in the cloud. For example, you’ll be able to quickly access cloud-hosted information via your software- as-a-service (SaaS) tools and provide better service to customers. 3. Higher Reliability Because it’s an inert substance, fiber is impervious to weather conditions, electrical surges, radio waves, and other environmental conditions that can result in signal loss and failure. In addition, the newest networks are being built with fiber, and fiber networks are therefore less apt to suffer the adverse impacts of age. Given the fact that downtime can bring your communications and productivity to a halt, doesn’t your business need the higher reliability of fiber? 4. Symmetrical Bandwidth Fiber provides symmetrical bandwidth, meaning the upload and download speeds are equal. With fiber internet, your employees can send data out just as fast as they can download it, which is particularly vital if your business routinely uploads large files. 5. Minimal Latency Latency is a term used to describe delays that occur while processing data over an internet connection. Fiber internet eliminates many of the latency issues, particularly when downloading or uploading video or high-definition content. The business benefits of lowering your latency could include better voice quality for Voice over Internet Pro- tocol (VoIP) users and the ability to move more apps to the cloud. Call Panora Telco at (641) 755-2424 or Guthrie Center Communications at (641) 332-2000 for details on our FiberFast services.