Speed Matters: Optimizing Internet Performance for Small Business Operations

Having a fast, reliable internet connection is a necessity for most small businesses. Even businesses that don’t sell products online still need the internet for so many tasks—such as customer service, administrative tasks, office apps, and more. A slow connection makes operating a business slow and that’s just not an option in today’s competitive business climate. 

WOW! Business understands the need for speed and reliability, which is why we offer high-speed internet solutions that you can depend on. Our business internet packages can help improve your internet performance so you and your team can focus on growing the business. 

There are multiple ways that you can improve internet performance for your small business. Let’s look at some of the best options to help you get the most out of your connection.

How Can Small Businesses Improve Internet Performance?

Whether you are running your business alone or you have 100 employees, your need for good internet performance remains the same. You need to know that when you go to perform business-related tasks, there won’t be any frustrating lags or dropped connections. This is true whether you are updating your books, answering customer questions, or sending an email update to employees. 

Fortunately, several potential areas of improvement are available to most entrepreneurs and managers. These include things like upgrading your ISP services with a premier provider like WOW! Business Internet, improving your network solutions, incorporating performance-enhancing technologies, and updating business practices to increase efficiency. 

Let’s examine some of these options and clarify how they can help improve your internet performance. 

Internet Optimization: Best Practices

Here are some of the best practices leading mall businesses use to improve their internet performance. You can try one, some, or all of them to get the most out of your internet and your business. 

Selecting the Right Internet Service Provider

If you want to know how to make an internet connection stable and faster, the first place to start is by picking the right internet service provider (ISP). WOW! Business Internet offers blazing-fast internet speeds—up to 1 Gig—to ensure your company never has to worry about the speed of your connection. Even if your business doesn’t need the fastest connection, you can still get a connection that is economical and “fast enough” to ensure your operation runs smoothly. 

Of all the things that you can do to improve internet performance, choosing the right ISP is arguably the most important. You can purchase the most expensive routers and modems in the world, but they can only deliver as much performance as you get from the ISP. 

If you think about the internet like the water you purchase from the utility company, it can help you understand the limitations of equipment. Even the best high-pressure shower heads are limited by the amount of water that comes through the pipe. If you don’t have enough water coming from the utility company, the shower head will only deliver so much pressure. However, if you have enough water coming through the pipes, the shower head can convert it into a high-pressure stream that’s perfect for cleaning. 

Your modem and router are similar. If you have 1 Gig of speed coming from the ISP, your modem and router can deliver that to your devices. But if you only have 10 Mbps from a slow connection, that’s the limit of what the equipment can provide your devices.

Leveraging Network Solutions

It’s worthwhile to rent or purchase high-quality network solutions like a modem and router. An old modem and router cannot keep up with the kind of speeds you will get from WOW! Business internet. That’s why we offer rentals of high-quality modem/router combos that are guaranteed to deliver the speeds we provide your business. 

Some businesses prefer to purchase their modems, routers, or combination networking solutions. If you choose to go this route, just make sure to do your research to ensure that the products you purchase can handle the speeds WOW! Business Internet delivers to your door. 

Employing Performance-Enhancing Technologies

How do you optimize network performance? Typically, the best way to improve performance is to keep your networking equipment and devices up-to-date and free of viruses and malware. While there are plenty of apps out there that claim to make your internet faster, the vast majority are not useful and many are scams. 

The manufacturers of your networking equipment and devices update their products periodically to keep up with changing protocols and system requirements. As long as you keep them updated, they should work as intended. Often the simplest way to do this is to reboot the modem and router every once in a while to force an update. 

While your main focus should be on keeping your devices updated, we do want to point out that WOW! Business Internet is continually improving our network. We are currently upgrading our entire network to incorporate the latest performance-enhancing tech. That means faster speeds and less downtime for you and your business. 

Implement Efficiency-Improving Practices

Some ways you can improve the efficiency of your internet business practices include proper router placement, control network access, and using a wired connection. 

Routers need to be placed so that they have the clearest path to the devices they are serving. If you have questions about where to put your router, just ask our team at WOW! Business. 

Network administrators can limit the number of devices that can access a connection. If your internet speed is limited or if you just want more control, consider limiting access. We can also help you figure this out if you give us a call! 

If you want to ensure the best speeds, hook your computer up to the router directly using an ethernet cable. That ensures that you always get the maximum speed from your system without the potential interference that can affect wireless connections. 

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