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Don’t Let an Internet Outage Negatively Impact Your Business | POND IoT

Written by Alex Kotler | October 12, 2020

Natural disasters, infrastructure overload, and human error leave your business at risk of an internet outage. It’s critical to have a plan ensuring uninterrupted internet connectivity to prevent your operations from coming to a screeching to a halt during an outage event. An internet failover solution will keep your business online.

A study by the US Energy Information Administration found that in 2018 the average electric power interruption duration was 5.8 hours per customer. One in four companies experiences a power outage at least once a month at the cost of about $150 billion a year in lost revenue. Without a plan in place, you risk the loss of revenue in the following ways:

Productivity decreases: Employees can’t perform their duties while getting paid to wait for the internet to come back online.

Online sales stop: Customers are unable to access your site to place orders for goods and services. They will find alternative places to acquire the product.

Business-critical applications are inaccessible: Cloud delivered applications and information are not available and stall customer service operations.

Reputational damage: Customers who have a negative experience are likely to post about it on social media; that will, in turn, affect future sales.

A network failover is only as good as the network it’s on. To give your business the internet redundancy and flexibility it needs, utilize the power of our multi-network Smart SIM. Our reliable technology allows for Multi-IMSI support covering nearly 600 carriers worldwide. Whether you are powering an SD-WAN solution, an IoT sensor in the US, need temporary internet in a remote location, or a failover solution for your business, POND IoT has you covered. Learn more or contact a customer support representative to get started.