Fiber has been in the news in recent years as a new, high-speed, and increasingly more available option for businesses. And while it is talked about as a new tech innovation, it has actually been around for a long time. Fiber optic lines connecting cities and countries have formed the backbone of the internet and have been operating for decades.
For business, however, cable technology has supported the bulk of communication demands. It has been widely available, fairly inexpensive, and generally reliable.
So why switch to fiber?
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are making fiber service available as customers demand even faster and more reliable service. While the backbone of technology carrying the service is fiber optic, that last stretch of connection – the connection to your business – has not. That connection, historically, has been made up of some combination of phone lines, coaxial cable, and aging copper cable.
So, the lighting speed vanishes just a few yards from—you.
Fiber fixes that.
Here are just a few reasons that SMBs are moving to fiber:
- It is future proof: Fiber transmits data as a pulse of light at high frequencies. It is less subject to electromagnetic interference and it can scale. That means that as internet speeds increase, fiber can handle it – copper lines cannot.
- It is good insurance: A significant amount of work — including remote work — relies on the cloud. For this reason, the reliability of your internet connection is critical in minimizing or eliminating downtime.
- It has better capacity: Because fiber uses light signals to carry internet data, it performs better over long distances and carries more bandwidth that similarly sized cable.
- It is symmetrical: Notice that your cable download and upload speeds, while fluctuating based on your provider, are also very different. Most cable upload speeds are quite slow. With fiber, if your download speed is 200 Mbps, then your upload speed is the same. For businesses transferring large files or putting up with low-quality and buffering conference calls, symmetry solves your problems.
The final reason you should consider changing is that it is available. Fiber has, for years, been an offering unavailable to many who want and need it. Now that the technology is widely available through companies like 123Net, more businesses are seeing that faster and more reliable options are available today.
Please contact me for more on how PSN Technology can help your business.
Philipp Emma | philipp@psntech.com | 313-792-8082 x 202
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