Connecting to the web utilizing unlicensed wi-fi connectivity on over-contended connections is very similar to travelling from Sandton to Pretoria on the N1 freeway on a Friday afternoon: you’ll most likely get there finally, but it surely gained’t be an pleasurable trip.
Then again, utilizing a licensed microwave connection devoted to enterprise is like getting in your private lane on a privately owned autobahn. The journey will likely be clean, stress-free and as quick as you need it to be.
This in line with Gary Woolley, chief industrial officer at Comsol, who says many organisations nonetheless don’t perceive the distinction between consumer-grade unlicensed connectivity and devoted, enterprise-grade licensed spectrum.
Woolley explains that the majority service suppliers run last-mile connectivity options over unlicensed 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectrum, the place they’ve little management over high quality of service.
“Final-mile entry options that aren’t licensed can’t assure efficiency and service-level agreements for enterprise. At instances, everybody will likely be caught in a gridlock. As a result of Comsol owns key spectrum and it’s just for enterprise use, it’s like we personal a connectivity freeway – plus the Gautrain for redundancy – and we will select the automobile and drive in any lane,” he says.
“For a lot of organisations, selecting a connectivity service is just about value. However cheaper providers are typically lower than the calls for of companies right now. Utilizing the transport analogy, you’d pay much less to journey to Pretoria on a bus on the crowded freeway than in a supercar on a personal autobahn, however your journey can be rather a lot slower.”
There are additionally misconceptions round what you’re getting while you join a service, Woolley says. “Simply because a automotive is able to going 300km/h, it doesn’t imply you’ll be capable of drive that quick on a gridlocked freeway, whereas on a personal autobahn, you possibly can drive it as quick because it’s able to going.”
Quick and ‘CXy’
Woolley explains that Comsol pioneered wi-fi connectivity for enterprise in South Africa, and has been connecting the nation’s largest enterprises for greater than 25 years. Its Comsol Join CX portfolio of last-mile, fixed-wireless-access options provides fibre-like connections or higher, with built-in redundancy throughout each element. Key to Comsol’s present success is its possession of the most important tranches of 28GHz and three.7GHz spectrum.
He says: “The CX portfolio runs on managed, licensed spectrum, so we now have full management of the connection and we will assure efficiency and SLAs. Once we promote a 100Mbit/s service, that’s what you’ll get.”
The CX suite of merchandise consists of broadband layer-3 connectivity options and premium enterprise layer-2 symmetrical service – together with Comsol’s newest 5G FWA answer designed to satisfy the necessity for business-class broadband for SMEs. 5G FWA additionally provides an economical, dependable and superior redundancy possibility for enterprises that use fibre. All Comsol websites have energy backup, with twin fibre feeds from its base stations.
“We perceive how essential dependable connectivity is for enterprise, so we provide an enterprise-focused backend, with distinctive energy resiliency, and knowledgeable technical groups to ensure the networks don’t go down,” he says.
The CX portfolio additionally consists of CXS (CX Particular), a bespoke answer for distant areas with no fibre connections. CXS makes use of licensed microwave circuits linked to fibre nodes at excessive websites. Woolley says: “With CXS, we will join you in the midst of nowhere, the place there’s no enterprise case for fibre operators to put in cables. We cowl 80% of the enterprise districts in South Africa, however we will additionally join you in locations like Pofadder. CX is enterprise-grade wi-fi which you could get wherever.”
One other advantage of getting linked with Comsol is velocity of deployment, Woolley says. “We get installs achieved in a matter of days, the place fibre might take months to get linked.”
Be taught extra at comsol.co.za.
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