What’s the Internet equivalent of loadshedding?

We like to call it downtime.

You know the drill. Web page doesn’t load, YouTube vid (on company time) freezes, Emails sit in the Outbox section. The whole office stares at each other’s faces like it’s the countdown to Y2K. Feel familiar? It happens a lot (especially with our competitors). Well, that’s the price you pay for not having an LTE failover, I guess.

Let’s cut the fluff. Your main line WILL occasionally fail. It’s not an if, but rather a definitive when (and that’s coming from a brand that LOVES reliable uptime. Maybe the network glitches. Maybe a SIM card gets dusty. Maybe someone sneezes near your datacentre. Point is, your business will probably grind to a humiliating halt at some point – especially without sufficient backup.

Like an airbag, or a parachute, or a Cindy Lauper song, LTE Failover is there to catch you when you fall. Fibre line out? LTE steps in like the world’s greatest sidekick. No downtime, no drama, no angry emails to IT while they log a ticket (they’ll get to it… eventually).

The hard truth? Downtime is costly.

Many businesses underestimate the exact cost of a network downtime. It’s not just a jumping dinosaur and a few late emails; but rather:

  • Lost sales, because your online comms are six feet under.
  • A potential client trust breakdown (they can’t even respond to me – why do they deserve my money?).
  • Bored staff + the chaos that ensues.

When combined, even a small outage can rapidly grow to a major bleed – one that ultimately costs more than the backup solution you swore you didn’t need.  

Why LTE, and not just a… generator? Or something.

We used the Batman and Robin analogy before.

We meant it.

We like to think of Fibre as being our version of the Caped Crusader. After all, it’s a living testament to what a lot of ingenuity (and plenty of money) can achieve (plus, our rivals are all Jokers). But, just as Batman needs his Robin, LTE and Fibre combine like the ultimate dynamic duo.

  • With automatic switching, LTE kicks in almost seamlessly.
  • Because it runs via mobile tower, it’s not affected by the same Fibre trench as your main line.
  • Although it’s an emergency only solution, it’s always on standby, ready to jump in.

So it’s kind of like a generator, just better. Because we’ve all learned to survive without power, just don’t take our Wi-Fi (we beg you).

So, who needs it?

Simply put – anyone with an aversion to open-mouthed gaping when their Wi-Fi drops. The long answer, though, is a tad more comprehensive:

  • Retailers, because “offline” doesn’t count as a form of payment.
  • SMEs, who really can’t afford another business challenge.
  • Those working remotely without an affinity for unpaid leave.
  • Your organisation, where every unproductive worker is a waste of company wages.

Enjoy Business Continuity – not Buzzwords.

Sure, there’s a lot of fancy tech terms involving resilience and redundancy. Your IT Department would probably have a field day. But we’re all about simplified excellence – and there’s nothing simpler than keeping your business connected, always.

Forget future-forward and foolproof – we prefer just staying online and avoiding buggy Teams calls halfway through a client meeting. Connectivity that works isn’t a luxury, it’s a must-have. So, do you take your chances with downtime or get yourself an LTE failover? (Trick question – downtime ALWAYS wins).

Say goodbye to chaos and frustration and wave ciao to frustrated customers. Get the parachute. Get a Vox LTE Failover.