{"id":10074,"date":"2020-07-22T07:48:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/var\/www\/html.zpesystems.com\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2020-12-05T03:12:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T03:12:28","slug":"business-continuity-cellular-failover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zpesystems.com\/business-continuity-cellular-failover\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Business Continuity Plan Needs Cellular Failover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.6.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.6.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

Cellular failover sets a new standard in high availability. When your primary WAN connection goes down, this wireless option keeps you safe from expensive outages. Compared to traditional redundancy strategies, cellular comes with a few very crucial advantages for your business and your network IT staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

But first, let\u2019s see what cellular failover is and why your continuity plan needs to include it.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Cellular Failover?<\/b><\/h4>\n

Cellular failover essentially makes high availability possible through wireless carriers. Traditional redundancy strategies place secondary, tertiary, and other backup connections in the ground using land lines (T1, T3, MPLS, etc.), however these usually offer limited reliability. When your main line suffers an outage or disruption, it\u2019s likely that your wired backups will, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using cellular failover, your backup connection is provided over 3G, 4G LTE, and even 5G networks, instead of through physical connections in the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why Do You Need Cellular Failover?<\/b><\/h4>\n

Wired connections are expensive to add, and most of the time they follow the same path as your main line. This means that when something disrupts your primary connection \u2014 such as a nearby construction crew that accidentally digs through your line \u2014 your wired backups go down as well. Cellular failover offers backup connectivity wirelessly, so issues like this won\u2019t affect your network.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gartner estimates that downtime costs an average of<\/span> $300K per hour<\/span><\/a>. This can cripple your organization while you wait for a temporary or permanent fix to your wired solutions, which can take hours or days at a minimum. Most wireless carriers, on the other hand, provide network uptime of 99.5% or more, which means you don\u2019t have to wait for cable repair or new lines to be trenched. The right cellular failover solution keeps you covered automatically and seamlessly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your business continuity plan should include cellular failover, because it:<\/span><\/p>\n