Many small businesses get internet connectivity in what might be called the “traditional” way. That means they order a public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephone line (also known as a “landline”), and then order a broadband service on top of it.
Covid-19 only accelerated what was happening already. According to one calculation, over 101,000Gb of data crisscrosses the internet every second, and that astonishing figure is only going to rise.
While it can be tempting to sign up to the first broadband contract that comes along, there are good reasons why you shouldn’t. And if your current broadband isn’t up to the task, you shouldn’t cling to it either.
In 2025 legacy ISDN and PSTN telephony networks will be switched off for good.
That’s the message from a recent blizzard of statistics. A survey by Cisco Systems found that 53% of larger organisations plan to reduce the size of their offices, and three quarters will increase flexible work options.
You might think that all data networks are the same, or that it’s not the infrastructure that counts when it comes to connectivity, it’s what you do with it. You might have heard that your internet is like your gas supply: the only difference between one supplier and the next is price.
In an unpredictable world, reliable connectivity has never been so important.
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