Unleashing the Power of Fiber: Transformative Benefits for Businesses

With the vast data usage increase among businesses, even local mom-and-pop shops are looking for better internet options. Fiber technology provides the solution your business is searching for, delivering superior speeds, reliability, and much more—all at more than justified prices given the benefits fiber offers. 

WOW! Business is upgrading our network to provide even better internet for business customers throughout the region. We are excited to offer the best in business connectivity solutions for businesses large and small. Please contact us to learn more about fiber internet from WOW! Business today! 

Is Fiber Internet Good for Business?

Yes, fiber technology is perfect for businesses because it offers so many advantages over older internet technologies. What are the benefits of a fiber connection? They include the following: 

High-speed connectivity

Today’s businesses need fast internet to handle a wide variety of phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, and other devices on a single network. All of those devices are using the internet which can quickly drag down a slow internet connection. But with fiber technology, you can get significantly higher connection speeds than other technologies—which translates into faster speeds for every device on your network. 

Reliability

Fiber technology is typically more reliable than cable and DSL internet options. Fiber can deliver symmetrical speeds and is more resistant to interference than other tech. While fiber networks can experience outages, they are less common which makes them a better choice for businesses. 

Symmetrical speeds

A huge benefit of fiber internet for business is its capability of delivering symmetrical speeds—which means both uploads and downloads can be completed in record time. With other internet technologies, typically download speeds are much faster than upload speeds. That’s not a problem if you don’t upload much to the cloud, but many businesses need to upload large files often. Symmetrical speeds mean you can keep your data in the cloud without any speed issues. 

Scalability

Most businesses have a goal to grow and reach wider markets. With that kind of growth comes a need to scale up the businesses which requires greater bandwidth. More employees, more devices, more data usage—fortunately, fiber is ideal for this kind of situation. It can easily handle as many devices and data transfers as you require no matter how big your business grows. 

Security

Information thieves can tap into cable internet lines and phone lines to steal information from businesses. That’s much harder to do with fiber technology. To penetrate the cable they would have to cut it, which would cut the internet to your business as well. 

Future-proofing

New technologies and devices are being developed constantly to further accelerate the transfer of information and the growth of business. By investing in fiber, you are future-proofing your business by preparing for what is bound to come. Fiber will be sufficient to handle new tech for years to come so you can adopt whatever technology you want without worrying about your internet keeping up. 

Improved latency

Latency is a regular problem with older internet technologies, particularly when you are downloading or uploading large amounts of data such as with video conferencing. If you have ever seen the picture freeze on a video call, you have experienced latency. Fiber is much less prone to latency than cable internet and DSL. It can handle significantly more data going back and forth over the network which means you are less likely to experience frustrating latency issues. 

Cost-efficiency

Fiber is a little more expensive than cable or DSL internet, but the advantages it offers more than makeup for that cost increase. Considering the increases in productivity and connectivity fiber offers, it’s reasonable to view the increased expense as an investment in your business. You can rely on fiber to keep you connected when it matters most, which means less time trying to communicate and more time doing things that improve your bottom line. 

Enhanced productivity

Slow and laggy internet is a drag to productivity. Even if the lags are relatively short, they add up to plenty of lost time for employees and management over the long term. If it takes employees an extra five minutes each day to complete a task, that adds up to 25 minutes per week and 100 minutes per month—over an hour and a half—of wasted time. And that’s just for one employee. 

Fiber internet ensures that slow internet never gets in the way of completing work tasks and keeps everyone moving along toward the goals of the company. 

How Does a Fiber Optic Network Work?

Fiber technology far surpasses older DSL and cable internet options—being both faster and providing a more stable connection. Older internet technologies used copper cables like old dial-up phone lines. Fiber technology uses fiber optic cables instead, which are made up of many glass filaments that transmit lasers and light signals. The technology is complex, but it’s easy to understand that more information can be transmitted at a higher speed using light than using electricity over copper wires.

What Sets WOW! Business Apart?

We are upgrading our network using state-of-the-art Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) between our headend, hubs, and nodes. This allows us to enable multiple “light” channels on a single fiber, which makes it possible to transport many channels in a single strand of fiber. That means higher capacity at a lower cost. We use DWDM not just at the core of the network but also at the edge for full coverage throughout our network. 

We couple DWDM tech with the latest Passive Optic Network (PON) technology—XGS-PON. It can support higher speed 10 Gbps symmetrical data transfer which translates to lightning-fast speeds for our customers. 

Contact Us Today to Upgrade Your Business Internet!

Your business deserves the many advantages of using a fiber network or your internet needs. Experience the transformative power of fiber technology. Contact us to learn if fiber internet is a good fit for your company