Business Telecoms & IT in Thurrock

Two independent paths with automatic failover, so an outage becomes a known interruption rather than an open-ended one. A leased line with a guaranteed fix time as primary, 4G or 5G as backup. On a site where a stopped shift cannot scan or dispatch, the backup circuit costs a fraction of what the outage does.

Yes, and it is a design problem rather than a hardware one. Racking, steel and stock absorb wireless signal in ways no floor plan predicts, so access points are positioned for the racking layout and cabled back properly. It usually takes more of them than people expect, and it is surveyed rather than estimated.

Almost always failover, because this is an area where an outage stops the operation rather than inconveniencing it. A mobile backup built into the router detects the fixed line failing and takes over within seconds, so scanning, dispatch, phones and payments keep running at reduced speed. For a distribution business that turns an open-ended stoppage into a slower afternoon.