While every business is unique, one thing they all have in common is the need to embrace the ongoing digital revolution.
From e-commerce to in-store POS, new platforms that drive greater efficiency and reduce costs, and tools to build customer engagement and advocacy, businesses of all sizes need the right internet to support their digital evolution.
Internet plans where download speeds are significantly faster than upload speeds, simply won’t cut it any longer. Businesses now need upload speeds just as fast as download speeds.
Why has your internet upload speed become so important?
Cloud Applications
The need for a fast and reliable upload speed from your business Internet plan is being driven by the growing shift to cloud-based applications.
Using the cloud means that rather than software or data being stored on your local PC it is located and accessed remotely (most likely in a data centre) which means you need a fast upload speed to make your link to your software run smoothly.
A recent example of this is something like Office365, where every employee can use cloud storage, chat, video calling, and collaborative content creation tools from their own home or office.
Another is the adoption of platforms like Xero or MYOB for quoting, invoicing, and other accounting functions where you are both receiving and sending information to the cloud.
As businesses increasingly use the cloud to access these applications then a fast and reliable upload speed becomes critical because without it the always-on symmetrical nature of the data exchange is compromised.
Online Back-Up
There was a time when a business would store all its customer data on-site on their work PCs and back-it up onto a physical hard-drive for safe-keeping.
Now global tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others are diligently backing up your business data all day and night long, copying files from your PC and taking them across the Internet to the cloud where they are safely stored.
This process involves transferring tens of thousands of files per day for a corporate customer which means that a fast and reliable upload speed on your Internet connection is crucial to complete the uploading process quickly and securely.
Communicating and Collaborating
Many experts are saying post-pandemic the era of mass-scale business travel, domestically and internationally, is likely to be curtailed as people replace flying from Sydney to Melbourne for meetings conducted over MS Teams or Zoom.
However, plenty of these calls are impacted by poor quality video with inadequate upload speeds being a primary reason for this, and let’s be honest, you really don’t want a critical meeting getting impacted by buffering problems just as you may be about to
"seal the deal".
Video conference participants can’t be productive with grainy SD video quality. They need Ultra-HD and even 4K quality that is going to need fast, consistent, and reliable upload speeds.
Remote Working
Data from the National Broadband Network (NBN) shows that the boom in working from home during the pandemic resulted in a massive spike in data uploads by Australians, fuelled by millions of Zoom calls and new remote working applications that rely on cloud-based technologies.
Although predictions vary on when and how we will return to the office full time, it seems certain that more Australians than ever before will be working from home for at least some of their working week.
That means that home-workers will need fast and reliable upload speeds that allow them to work from home with the same efficacy and efficiency that they can at their desk in the work location.
They will also need to be able to do this while others in the home are on their devices learning, gaming, streaming, and doing all the things they need to do online.
A New Choice for Australian SMEs
In many cases ultra-fast upload speeds have simply been unavailable.
The good news for Australian businesses is that when it comes to fast and reliable upload speeds, GigaComm's got you covered.
We’re an Australian company that has designed, built and run our own ultra-fast network, which incorporates the latest technology and is independent from the NBN.
Our entry-level Small Business plan offers symmetrical 100Mbps/100Mbps speeds whilst our premium Business 1000 plan offers stunning 1Gbps/1Gbps symmetrical speeds.
After signing up to our top-speed plan, one of our GigaComm business customers described their new connectivity as “game changing", providing the ability for them to “set and forget” so that they can focus on growing their business not on tech problems.
The symmetrical nature of our high speed business plans means that regardless of whether you are sending or receiving content or information your business productivity won't be affected by slow speeds in either direction.
Providing Real Value to SMEs
At GigaComm we also understand that in addition to really fast download and uploads speeds businesses need the confidence of knowing that when they do have questions or need help that you can reach the right person quickly and easily.
That's why our business grade services are supported with a dedicated team who are there when you need them.
Find out more about our great-value business plans that start at only $145 p/m (excl. GST).
Or check your speeds with your current provider with a speed test.
GigaComm provides great value Gigabit Internet, delivered over our revolutionary network.
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