Five reasons why your business needs full fibre

For most businesses, an internet connection is an absolute must. From communicating with customers to staying in touch with colleagues or accessing files and applications in the cloud, being online is more important than ever.

But if you’re currently using an old-fashioned copper connection or fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), you might be wondering what all the fuss around full fibre is about and whether you need to bother upgrading.

Here are five good reasons why your business might need full fibre.

1) Reliability

Full fibre connections are generally much more reliable than those that depend on the old copper telephone network. With fibre optic cable running all the way from the exchange to your home or office, you won’t suffer from the same signal loss that blights copper and you should expect your service to work flawlessly for the vast majority of the time.

When being connected is vital – and it usually is – you need a connection you can rely on.

2) Better bandwidth

The world has moved on. That 50Mb connection that gave your business everything it needed ten years ago is probably no longer up to the task.

As businesses, we’re uploading and downloading more data than ever, our people need a fast, reliable connection, we’re video calling throughout the working day and we need access to our cloud-based office applications.

For a single user, an FTTC connection might suffice, but for busy or growing offices – or those that need the best speed available – full fibre presents a more compelling choice.

3) Communications

If you’re not sure why a full fibre connection is so important for voice communications, we’ve covered that in more detail here.

As the Great British Switch Off takes effect, businesses will need to replace traditional PSTN and ISDN connections. Thankfully, the Digital Voice and CloudComms solutions that full fibre will carry provide better quality and a host of additional features to take business communications to another level.

You can find out more about Digital Voice and CloudComms here.

4) Better than leased lines?

Full fibre connections provide a good deal of the reliability and bandwidth of dedicated leased line connections. Often, the only difference is the lack of a 99.999% uptime SLA which would make little to no difference for many businesses.

With all the speed you need, and great reliability to boot, full fibre also comes with the advantage of lower cost and much shorter (and more convenient) installation times.

5) Future proof

As the UK relentlessly marches toward full fibre connectivity, simultaneously switching off copper connections, a full fibre connection is a great investment for the future.

It’s coming to us all at some point but getting on board now can make the transition over the next couple of years (as traditional connections are withdrawn) much easier.

Are you ready to make the leap to full fibre? Check out our available packages here.