10 Benefits of full fibre connectivity

1st March 2019

As Sheffield is now a Gigabit city, powered by City Fibre, the UK's largest alternative network provider in the UK, organisations can now get access to scalable full-fibre connections starting at a guaranteed minimum speed of 500Mbps.

Working in partnership with City fibre, Digital Exchange can now offer this ground-breaking technology, and understanding the positive impact a full-fibre connection can have on your business is not to be ignored. To that end, we have listed 10 benefits of full-fibre connectivity to your business. How many resonate with you? 1. Speed Full-fibre, not to be confused with a standard fibre connection, is many times faster than even the quickest copper internet connections. Options for full-fibre range from 500Mbps to 10Gbps, meaning your business should never against notice the internet slowing down. 2. Cloud Access 88% of businesses in the UK are now using the cloud in some capacity, whether it be to host a CRM, server environment, store & backup data, host a VOIP telephone service and more. Full-fibre means increased reliability and faster access to your data and applications stored in the cloud. 3. Reliability Internet access is the life blood for most businesses in 2019. If an internet connection goes down the impacts can be catastrophic - no access to emails, if you have a VOIP telephony system no calls can be made or received, customers cannot get in touch and this could impact any potential for business to be done during the downtime. Full-fibre is much stronger than copper internet, which is based on old technology and aged infrastructure that is susceptible to failure. 4. Signal Strength With traditional broadband internet using xDSL or ethernet over copper the speed degrades the further the business is away from the local exchange. The signal strength of fibre optic cable does not degrade as quickly over distance.. 5. Bandwith User activities, such as, web conferencing, streaming HD video, VOIP telephony, file sharing and other cloud applications all place high demands on business bandwith. Signs of low bandwith availability can include slow speeds, delays and pixelated video quality. If your current internet connection is not enough to support your company's legitimate bandwith demands, you could significantly benefit from an upgrade to full-fibre internet connectivity. 6. Symmetric Speeds Employees are more likely to simultaneously upload video content, files, make phone calls and download content while they work compared to a decade ago. In this digital age, businesses need to have upload speeds as fast as download speeds, and full-fibre gives you that ability. 7. Latency This refers to the delays that occur while processing data over an internet connection. Full-fibre eliminates many of the latency issues users experience on traditional cable internet, particularly uploading video or HD content. Eliminating latency ensures improved collaboration between employees, businesses have better quality VOIP, ability to move more apps to the cloud and download/upload huge files without disruption. 8. Security Protect your customer, product and commercial data. Security certified cloud services and data centres now make it easy to protect these valuable assets and resources so you can feel confident they are backed-up for easy recovery in an instant. 9. Cost Savings Full-fibre is a productivity tool for businesses. Eliminating speed issues could result in weeks' worth of productivity increases each year, therefore saving cost and creating more time for revenue generation. 10. Support for HD Video Teleconferencing and video conferencing are important tools for employee training. Utilising fibre connectivity, businesses can leverage their investment in these conferencing services without sacrificing available bandwith. For assistance in improving any of the above within your business, get in touch for a free consultation with Digital Exchange today. Website: www.thedigitalgroup.co.uk Email: info@thedigitalgroup.co.uk Tel: 0114 220 3000