Covid-19 only accelerated what was happening already. According to one calculation, over 101,000Gb of data crisscrosses the internet every second, and that astonishing figure is only going to rise.
While it can be tempting to sign up to the first broadband contract that comes along, there are good reasons why you shouldn’t. And if your current broadband isn’t up to the task, you shouldn’t cling to it either.
In 2025 legacy ISDN and PSTN telephony networks will be switched off for good. The transition to an all-IP network means that, from December 2025, all voice data will need to travel over an internet connection, as it already does if you make a TeamsLink call. There will no longer be an analogue option.
Organisations of all kinds were already busy implementing digital transformation policies before the COVID-19 pandemic, and they will be accelerating those processes now.
That’s certainly true with connectivity, as more and more businesses are beginning to find out. When even startups and small businesses are turning to cloud storage, SaaS solutions and HD video conferencing, internet connections are bound to start feeling the pressure. And as we get ready for an all-IP future with the switch off of PSTN in 2025, the demand for bandwidth is bound to accelerate.
Covid-19 only accelerated what was happening already. According to one calculation, over 101,000Gb of data criss-crosses the internet every second, and that astonishing figure is only going to rise.
In a survey of business leaders by BT Wholesale and Cisco, respondents ranked agility, flexibility and customer experience as critical to future business success.
You might think that all data networks are the same, or that it’s not the infrastructure that counts when it comes to connectivity, it’s what you do with it. You might have heard that your internet is like your gas supply: the only difference between one supplier and the next is price.
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