Leased line: Protect your business operations with a backup connection

Redundant leased line – which backups are possible? A dedicated line failure to the Internet is a disaster for most companies. Short-term outages cannot be completely avoided, even in redundant carrier networks. As a company, you can assess the risk via the availability guaranteed by the provider. An availability of 99.5 percent allows downtimes of 43 hours per year (for 24/7 operation). Genuine high availability starts at 99.99 percent, where 52 minutes of downtime is the maximum. Where such a high-availability connection is not possible, you can minimize the risk by renting a backup line. The costs for such a backup solution are determined by the following factors: Bandwidth, runtime and availability of the solution as well as the effort required to implement it.

Continue working thanks to a dedicated backup line

With backup Internet connections, you can prepare for problems and prevent your business from being paralyzed. Rely on redundancy. In the event of a failure, a backup connection automatically takes over data transport, both incoming and outgoing. Its bandwidth and the choice of backup medium, i.e. copper, leased line or glass, depends on the budget. This should be determined by the cost of an outage of the main line. If your company is particularly hard hit by a line failure, the backup solution should also be of a correspondingly high quality. We at Savecall will be happy to assist you in answering the questions that arise:

What bandwidth and quality must my backup connection have? A suitable backup solution and the required bandwidth will vary depending on the business-critical applications, company and location. It’s not just about the speed itself, the connection quality also counts, for example if VoIP or video calls are essential.

What alternative carrier media and connection options are available at my location and at what price? Ideally, backup systems use other line media, nodes, house feeds and separate hardware to ensure a “no single point of failure”. This minimizes the risk of most causes of failure. In terms of connection media, you can choose between fiber optics, radio relay, (copper) SDSL or – in exceptional cases – Mobile communications such as LTE. We will be happy to work with you to find out which provider offers which price for which medium.

Which provider should I choose? It can be advantageous to choose different providers in order to minimize the risk of failure of the carrier or its network or its network sections (with separate routing). Take advantage of the practical experience of our Savecall experts in designing redundant network and Internet connections. We are familiar with a wide variety of solutions and will find the one that best suits your budget.

Talk to us. We will help you select the right backup strategy independently of any specific manufacturer.