What is Fiber Optic Internet?

Fiber broadband, or Fiber optic Internet is a type of high-speed broadband that utilizes fiber optic cables to allow data to travel faster. In comparison to traditional copper cables, fiber optic cables are significantly more agile and robust when transferring data. One of the primary technical advantages of fiber broadband is the ability to increase bandwidth as your business requires it which enables you to run at optimal performance. There is an abundance of advantages that fiber broadband offers to businesses. Here are Voiped Telecom's 8 most significant benefits of fiber broadband.

8 Key advantages of Fiber Broadband for businesses in Europe

Speed

Fiber-optic Internet is much faster than even the highest-speed copper Internet Connections, with available options ranging from 5 Mbps to 100 Gbps. During periods of high demand for Internet access, your business should not notice the Internet slowing down.

Research indicates that slow Internet connections cost employees "one week per year of productivity." While the time your teams spend waiting on a slow Internet connection can seem minor, it adds up significantly over time. Your Internet connectivity should never inhibit productivity. It should be a tool that supports your employees' desire to work productively.

Cloud Access

From customer relationship management (CRM) tools to data storage, the cloud is an important business tool for apps, hosting, and more. 96% of organizations are now using the cloud in some capacity. The speed and bandwidth capabilities of fiber Internet mean faster access to your data and applications stored in the cloud.

Your business can benefit from fewer delays in accessing cloud-hosted information via your software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools and other platforms. This means your sales and customer service representatives will no longer face delays in communicating with prospects or customers. As businesses move more and more services to the cloud, fiber-optic Internet is becoming critical.

Reliability

Fiber Internet connectivity is more reliable than copper because fiber is much stronger than copper. Fiber-optic Internet is not susceptible to inclement weather conditions, which can damage or stall data transmission via copper cabling. Fiber is also resistant to human or electrical interference unless fibers are physically cut.

Unreliable Internet connections can have real costs to businesses. Any amount of unplanned downtime can bring business communications and productivity to a complete stop. Reliability is necessary if your company requires an Internet connection to make phone calls or access applications.

Signal Strength

With traditional broadband Internet using DSL or Ethernet over Copper, the signal degrades as the user moves away from the switch. The signal strength of fiber-optic internet does not degrade as quickly over distance. Organizations in relatively large spaces could benefit from better signal strength throughout the facility.

This could be particularly true for employees in workspaces located far away from a telecommunications room, which may be negatively impacted by distance with broadband Internet.

Bandwidth

For businesses with a high need for data transmission, it's relatively easy to hit the cap on your cable Internet bandwidth. While fiber-optic Internet for business is not necessarily truly unlimited, the bandwidth availability is significantly higher, and speed does not decrease as bandwidth demands increase. The following user activities can place particularly high demands on business bandwidth:

SIP trunking
Web Conferencing
Streaming high-definition video
File sharing
Cloud Applications

When your current Internet connection is insufficient to support your company's bandwidth demands, online tools such as IP telephony services, video conferencing, or accessing cloud applications, can show signs of low bandwidth availability. Low Bandwidth signs can include slow speeds, delays, and pixelated video quality. In that case, you could significantly benefit from an upgrade to fiber-optic Internet connectivity.

Symmetric Speed

"Symmetric speed" is a term used to refer to equal upload and download times on a Dedicated Internet connection. With fiber Internet, your employees can benefit from equal upload and download times.

Today's employees are more likely to upload video content and files or make phone calls while downloading content while they work than they were a decade ago. Symmetric speed enables users to simultaneously accommodate heavy demands on downloads and uploads via their data connection.

Latency

Latency is a term used to describe delays that occur while processing data over an Internet connection. Fiber-optic Internet eliminates many of the latency issues users experience on cable Internet, particularly when downloading or uploading video or high-definition content. The business benefits of lowering your latency could include:

Better voice quality for VoIP users
Ability to move more apps to the cloud
Downloads and uploads of huge files without disruption
Improved collaboration between employees

Security

Would-be hackers and information thieves can gain access to business cable Internet with relative ease, due to cable tapping or other relatively simple methodologies.

The only way to penetrate fiber-optic Internet is to physically cut the fibers, which will cause the signal to disappear. Fiber-optic Internet is one powerful way to increase your company's protection against cyber crime.

The average cost of an information security breach is $3.8 million. Companies that leak protected information can face stiff financial penalties and customer defection.

While media coverage of high-profile security breaches often focuses on large organizations, companies of all sizes are at significant risk of an attack.

While upgrading to fiber-optic Internet connectivity won't mitigate all of your organization's risks, it's certainly an important means of protection.

Voiped Telecom

Headquartered in the Netherlands, Voiped Telecom is a European Internet service provider offering businesses Fiber Broadband in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Slovenia, Italy, Portugal, and, Ukraine. With some of the highest maximum speeds on the market, Voiped Telecom provides diversity in connection as well as endless configurations according to your company's specification requirements.