How fast is your computer network? When you run a business, you are likely to rely on your computer network to allow your staff to communicate with each other and with your customers. Your computer network will be at the heart of almost every activity that your company carries out, and if it starts to become sluggish because of network congestion, then it will inevitably start to affect how productive your team can be. If only a few people need to use your company network at one time, and your work is primarily text-based with documents and emails flying around the network, then you may not have a serious problem. If you have a large staff who all need to access the network simultaneously, or if you do a lot of work which involves video files or extremely high-quality images being shared between users, then available network bandwidth could be a more pressing issue.
Is a fibre-optic cabling installation the answer?
Traditionally, copper-based networks have formed the basis of most office networks, but as both the number of users and file sizes have increased, they have often found themselves coming under strain and suffering from a lack of available bandwidth. As an alternative, a fibre-optic cabling installation has a lot to commend it.
Why choose a fibre-optic cabling installation?
The primary reason that many businesses are embracing the idea of a fibre-optic cabling installation is speed. Using fibre-optic cables allows data to transfer more rapidly than is possible with copper, which therefore allows work to be completed without any annoying IT delays. However, speed can never be the only consideration. A company network carries vital data to support your business, and that data could make a tempting target for commercial rivals or anyone seeking to exploit your business for financial gain. Protecting your network has to be a key priority of any business, and a fibre-optic cabling installation will often make a better job of that than a copper network. A copper network emits signals which can be located and identified by cyber-criminals. If you have a fibre-optic cabling installation, there are no detectable signals. The only way for a criminal to identify the data being passed through a fibre-optic cable is for them to cut the cable, which will stop the data transmission and make their actions obvious to everyone.
Contact a fibre-optic cabling installation contractor to learn more.
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