{"id":536,"date":"2012-10-12T18:41:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2024-01-15T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:06:00","slug":"its-your-move-part-two-the-bandwidth-blues-diversity-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/blog\/its-your-move-part-two-the-bandwidth-blues-diversity-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bandwidth Blues & Diversity Planning | It’s Your Move | Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second installment in the ‘It’s\u00a0Your<\/em> Move’ series is dedicated to bandwidth considerations. To recap, you’re an office manager\u2014the Decider\u2014and you have to relocate your head\u00a0office. Last week we explored phone considerations. Today’s all about bandwidth.<\/p>\n

The Bandwidth Blues<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bandwidth is one of those Internet terms that everyone intuitively understands but few can define.\u00a0 So what is it then?\u00a0 For our purposes we\u2019ll just say that bandwidth is the volume of information, or data, per unit of time that a transmission medium\u2014like an Internet connection, say\u2014can handle.\u00a0 And it seems there\u2019s never enough for constantly changing, critical business applications.<\/p>\n

Got Fibre?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first thing you must consider prior to acquiring your new facility is whether or not it has fibre\u2014meaning, has fibre-optic service been run by a major carrier (Bell, Telus, Rogers, etcetera)?\u00a0 If not, then you need to determine whether a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), basically Internet connectivity over a public telephone network, is enough for your office\u2019s applications.<\/p>\n

Bandwidth Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1) Size Matters<\/span>: Configuring your system for adequate bandwidth and for future growth is critical.\u00a0 Inadequate bandwidth will result in frustrating outages and substandard performance.\u00a0 Do you have remote users?\u00a0 Lots of VPN connections\u2014Virtual Private Network that\u2019s part of your Local Area Network (LAN)\u2014for remote-networking team members?\u00a0 Determine if your operation can sustain outages.<\/p>\n

(2) Special Applications<\/span>: In terms of business-continuity planning, you need to consider whether your operation requires special applications, like SAP<\/a> for example, for business applications, accounting, order-entries and tracking, and general logistics.\u00a0 Do you have a remote data centre?\u00a0 Other managed solutions?\u00a0 Then you\u2019ll need significant bandwidth.<\/p>\n

(3) Multiple Sites<\/span>: Networking all of your satellite offices together for all of your applications, using extension dialing not over a phone network, requires a Wide Area Network (WAN) and therefore serious bandwidth.\u00a0 If you have multiple national sites\u2014like Activo does\u2014then you\u2019ll want enough bandwidth to sustain you through the necessary multiple network-hops before achieving contact: insufficient bandwidth causes call-latency, delays, and break-up.<\/p>\n

(4) Diversity Planning<\/span>: If you simply cannot afford call-latency or choppy video-conferencing or any Internet outages at all, then Activo can provision you with two<\/em> redundant Internet access points, so that you have two major Internet carriers, just in case one goes down.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re entirely Internet-dedicated then this is something to think about.\u00a0 It\u2019s your business.\u00a0 Your bandwidth supports all of your mission-critical applications.\u00a0 You need to ensure that you have enough bandwidth to support them, so these applications can support your continued growth.<\/p>\n

>> Contact a trained and certified bandwidth expert today for a complimentary assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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