We’ve all experienced the frustration when home broadband goes down. Whether it’s interrupting your ability to stream TV, working from home, or simply staying connected, it can feel like the end of the world. But imagine if this happened to your business.
When your business connectivity is interrupted, you can’t process payments, communicate with clients, or keep operations running smoothly. It’s not just about lost time; it’s about lost revenue and the impact on your reputation.
Why Failover Connectivity Matters for Businesses
A reliable failover solution is essential to ensure that if your primary connection fails, your business can keep running smoothly. Think of it like a generator kicking in when power is lost in a hospital, keeping critical systems online. Failover connectivity works the same way, allowing your business to stay operational even when your main service goes down.
The Risk of Single Points of Failure
Most failover solutions rely on cellular networks to provide backup connectivity, but this introduces a potential risk: the single point of failure. If your failover service uses one cellular network, you may encounter issues like network outages, congestion, or no coverage in certain areas. This means your business connectivity could still be at risk.
The Solution: Multi-Network SIMs for Enhanced Resilience
To address this, many service providers now offer multi-network SIMs. These SIMs switch between multiple UK networks, ensuring that if one network goes down or experiences congestion, your service seamlessly connects to another network. This greatly enhances the reliability of your failover solution.
But Is It Really Foolproof?
Some multi-network SIMs are sourced from non-UK providers, allowing them to roam across UK networks. For instance, some services from Dutch networks offer non-steered solutions, but what happens if their network faces issues? Just as the UK experiences outages, so do other countries. For example, KPN’s outage in the Netherlands once caused significant disruption to emergency services.
Zest4 IoT’s 5G Failover Solution
To provide the highest level of resilience, Zest4 IoT has launched a 5G failover solution that includes multi-network SIMs with added layers of protection. Our service uses all four major UK networks in a non-steered 5G configuration, with the ability to add a second IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) to the SIM. This second IMSI connects to an entirely different EU network, providing even more failover protection.
For our partners, this means access to four UK networks supplied by a leading EU network as the primary service, backed by a second EU network with no shared infrastructure or affiliations. This setup ensures a level of redundancy that offers ultimate reliability and resilience for critical business connectivity.
Tailored Solutions to Fit Every Need
To make our 5G failover service easier for you to offer, we provide a range of tariffs and flexible solutions—including options with backup routers—that can be customized to meet the unique needs of your customers.
