Symmetrical Bandwidth: Helping Your Business Grow
The internet is filled with informative articles about all the best secrets for a successful business, but one important secret is often left off the list: symmetrical bandwidth. Yes, the name is highly technical and doesn't stand out right away as anything special. However, symmetrical upload and download speeds, a standard feature with Dobson Fiber, can truly help your business grow every day.
Difference Between Upload & Download
Simply put, upload refers to the process of sending files, web pages, or any kind of saved data to a web server. When you save your company information to a service like Dropbox or OneDrive, you are uploading information via the internet to the cloud, which is actually a physical web server in another location.
Downloading refers to the act of bringing information from a web server to your computer or smartphone. Most people are familiar with downloads, as it's a common action when receiving email or saving music files to your iPhone.
Symmetrical Bandwidth Explained
Many residential internet service providers have popularized the sales pitch "download speeds of up to [insert cryptic number]". While good download speeds are important for home users who want to browse social media and watch online videos, businesses have different critical demands.
In terms of internet service, bandwidth refers to the maximum amount of information that can be transmitted over a connection in a specific amount of time. While bandwidth is technically different than internet speed, the two terms are closely related. From the standpoint of a business owner, having high levels of bandwidth and speed offers essentially the same benefits.
Symmetrical bandwidth means the information you upload to the internet will travel just as fast as the files you download. For a business, this means the data you send to customers or save to the cloud will get there just as quickly and efficiently as the files you bring in. Maximum efficiency leads to maximum productivity.
Symmetrical vs. Asymmetrical
As mentioned, the most obvious benefit of symmetrical internet speeds is faster and larger internet uploads. In the world of business today, this means clearer video conferencing, quicker file sharing, and the ability to respond to internet messages from customers in record time.
For many years, residential internet providers used asymmetrical speeds to make connections less expensive. Older internet technology, such as twisted copper telephone lines, also had inherently lower bandwidth, which meant ISPs couldn't offer anything faster. Today's fiber-optic connections, though, have the capacity to deliver more. Therefore, asymmetrical speeds are something businesses should never be forced to deal with again.
“Traditionally, symmetrical Internet connections have always been considered a much higher quality Internet connection than asymmetrical connections, “ explained Drake S. Smith, Director of Sales here at Dobson Fiber. “In the age of IP cloud-based phone systems, most trouble tickets are opened by customers using asymmetrical Internet connections. In these scenarios, IP cloud-based voice users, by having several people on calls simultaneously, will max-out their upload speed as the upload speed is generally a fraction of the download speed relative to an asymmetrical Internet connection.”
Dobson Fiber's data platform is built upon a 100% symmetrical format. Simply put, Dobson Fiber offers the best speeds for the best customer experience.
What is Symmetrical Fiber?
Networks built with copper and coaxial cable were designed to offer faster download speeds than upload speeds. That is to say, the engineers never intended to deliver symmetrical bandwidth. Today, as businesses shift toward remote officing, cloud storage, and video conferencing, significant upload bandwidth is essential for revenue growth. Fortunately, Dobson Fiber customers enjoy the same upload and download speeds, never having to worry about asymmetrical copper wiring.
Helping Your Business Grow
From high-speed business internet to critical point-to-point cloud-based data sharing, Dobson's symmetrical bandwidth will help your business grow. We help you consolidate your connections onto one secure, reliable, state-of-the-art fiber-optic network. If you are ready to let Dobson redefine the way you access data with easy, fast, and symmetrical connectivity, contact us today.