Team Partners Telecommunications

How much is a slow connection costing you?

Posted on Feb 28, 2024  | Tags: broadband

Most of us have suffered what we now call ‘an outage’, one of those worrying times when it feels as if we become incapacitated and life has ground to a halt, and all because our internet connection has been interrupted. The minute it happens we’re up in arms, not least because we have no real idea why it’s happened or, worse, how long it might last.

If this happens at home, even if you’re working from home, an outage can be anything from an irritant to a disaster. You’re halfway through a great film? Well, you’ll live, at worst that’s a serious infringement on your playtime. You’re uploading your tax return at 11.30pm on the 31^st January? That’s another thing entirely...but here’s the point: What are you going to do about it?

We doubt if there’s anyone reading this who hasn’t tried to get through to their internet supplier at some point, usually because their internet was down. How long did it take to get through? Were they helpful? Did they sort out your problem? We’re prompted to ask by a recent report from Ofcom, the telecoms regulator that showed Virgin Media as being the most complained about service provider, with NOW Broadband not far behind.

So far, in this blog, we’ve been talking about the pain of experiencing an outage at home. Having an outage at work can take you into a completely different league of pain. We’ve written in the past about the hidden cost to a business of having a slow broadband, (think here in terms of maybe 20 employees a week uploading a big data file taking 30 minutes instead of a quick 10, that’s nearly 7 hours wasted), but how much worse if you lose all connectivity, if everything just stops. How much will that cost you? It’s too painful to think about, isn’t it?

Happily, we can help you with that. Have a play with our Slow Broadband Cost Calculator and try out some figures, you’ll soon get an idea of how much a slow connection is costing you. Then give us a ring to talk about the internet connectivity your business needs. We’ll be able to help ensure that you’re receiving the fastest connection at the lowest risk of outage.