Fiber optic, no than
Perhaps the title of this entry may seem shocking, especially when the main operators repeatedly crush their potential customers with offers of Internet connections at speeds unthinkable a short time ago. Even many business associations have made public their complaints about the impossibility of accessing fiber optic in many areas of Navarra. We detected an obsession with speed, which has spread to many companies, and the truth is that most companies do not need connections of 50, 100 or 300 Mb at all. To access the Internet, browse, send and receive emails even to use VoIP, telecommuting or access servers in the company does not need fiber optic.
Private users surely can take advantage of these speeds, since they are consumers of multimedia content, which often requires high bandwidth (although probably not as high). Thanks to the popularization of broadband in residential areas, we have seen services such as Netflix, Wuaki TV and others arriving in Spain that were unthinkable a short time ago due to the speed of most Internet accesses. What do I consider ideal for Internet connection in a company? 1) A reliable connection: the optical fiber that many companies hire is a domestic product. This means that if a fault occurs, the repair times and the means to contact the operator will not be what a company needs when their work needs the Internet.
2) Professional support: a connection for companies must be permanently monitored to allow measures to be taken even before a breakdown occurs. 3) Speed guarantee: the domestic connections are contracted with a speed up to x Mb, with a maximum speed, but in reality our speed can be affected by the use of the Internet by other users of the same telephone exchange.
To make a simile, fiber optic is like a 50-lane highway. Of those 50 lanes, our company will use, in most cases, two or three. But in times of intensive use, that 50-lane highway can be seen collapsed by the data traffic of thousands of simultaneous users, causing the communications and the work of the company to be affected: we will not be able to do on-line negotiations, use email, working remotely and many other options that are available today.
What will be preferable: a 50-lane highway that can collapse or a four-lane highway (like the one at the top) that is exclusively for our company? From my point of view, for a company it is much more interesting a professional Internet connection, which provides the bandwidth that the company really needs, preferably with symmetry in the download and upload speeds, and that guarantees us that we will have connection at all times. And these connections are now available to most companies. They have a cost a bit higher than domestic Internet connections, but in return provide the assurance that the company will have the means you need so that your activity is not interrupted.
Private users surely can take advantage of these speeds, since they are consumers of multimedia content, which often requires high bandwidth (although probably not as high). Thanks to the popularization of broadband in residential areas, we have seen services such as Netflix, Wuaki TV and others arriving in Spain that were unthinkable a short time ago due to the speed of most Internet accesses. What do I consider ideal for Internet connection in a company? 1) A reliable connection: the optical fiber that many companies hire is a domestic product. This means that if a fault occurs, the repair times and the means to contact the operator will not be what a company needs when their work needs the Internet.
2) Professional support: a connection for companies must be permanently monitored to allow measures to be taken even before a breakdown occurs. 3) Speed guarantee: the domestic connections are contracted with a speed up to x Mb, with a maximum speed, but in reality our speed can be affected by the use of the Internet by other users of the same telephone exchange.
To make a simile, fiber optic is like a 50-lane highway. Of those 50 lanes, our company will use, in most cases, two or three. But in times of intensive use, that 50-lane highway can be seen collapsed by the data traffic of thousands of simultaneous users, causing the communications and the work of the company to be affected: we will not be able to do on-line negotiations, use email, working remotely and many other options that are available today.
What will be preferable: a 50-lane highway that can collapse or a four-lane highway (like the one at the top) that is exclusively for our company? From my point of view, for a company it is much more interesting a professional Internet connection, which provides the bandwidth that the company really needs, preferably with symmetry in the download and upload speeds, and that guarantees us that we will have connection at all times. And these connections are now available to most companies. They have a cost a bit higher than domestic Internet connections, but in return provide the assurance that the company will have the means you need so that your activity is not interrupted.
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