Most businesses are heavily reliant on the internet. Everything is cloud-based and streamed. And it’s especially important now we have more people working from home than ever before.
Without the Internet, those Zoom chats wouldn’t work. We’d spend the day with a mobile phone glued to our ear, and probably with chronic neck ache. Ouch.
So how do you cope if one or more of your remote workers has a poor Internet connection? That can quickly become a frustrating experience for everyone.
Your first port of call would be to run a speed test and then shop around. Find out which providers offer the best speed in their area.
And if they need to, switch. You might choose as a business to financially help them with upgrading their home Internet.
If that’s not an option, then we need to get a little more creative. In extreme cases, you can look at alternatives such as satellite Internet, or a Wi-Fi router that uses 4G.
You can also check their Wi-Fi router to see if an upgrade would be beneficial. And there are things called range extenders that boost the Wi-Fi to reach different parts of their home.
If you’re not sure what you’re looking for or could use some advice on helping your staff get more done from home, call us.