symmetrical internet
Powering Your Passion
The speed you need to run your business and the local team to make it happen.
You deserve connectivity that delivers consistency, quality, and reliability. And we’re right here with you – bringing you closer to your data, systems, and customers like never before. REV is committed to providing service that goes the extra mile, with a team who will do whatever it takes to keep your business up and running.
What is Symmetric Speed?
“Symmetric speed” is a term used to refer to equal upload and download times on an Internet connection. With Fiber Internet, your employees can benefit from equal upload and download times.
Is symmetric speed necessary? In today’s landscape, it’s certainly needed. Employees are more likely to upload video content, files, or make phone calls while downloading content while they work than they were a decade ago. Symmetric speed enables users to accommodate heavy demands on downloads and uploads simultaneously via their data connection. The business benefits of symmetrical speeds could include:
- Better voice quality for VoIP users
- Increased efficiency when using POS systems & apps
- Downloads and uploads of huge files without disruption
- Improved collaboration between employees
Same upload and download speeds, get Symmetrical.
Here are just a few reasons why making the switch to REV Business Internet could be the best business decision you’ve ever made.
- For nearly 90 years, REV, still family owned and operated, has been an important part of 11 parishes in Louisiana.
- REV Business’s support teams, product experts and core operations are locally grown, right here in South Louisiana. We employ nearly 400 people in Louisiana and over 70% are in the field providing support.
- With an extensive geographical footprint and a 100-gig fiber pipe to Atlanta and Dallas, our carrier backbone is one of the most robust in the region.
- We operate a 24 x 7 x 365 Network Operations Center (NOC) right here in Louisiana, which is tasked with the sole responsibility of monitoring the uptime and performance of our network.
Fiber-optic Internet is many times faster than even the highest-speed copper Internet connections.
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 slow Internet 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.
- Fiber Internet connectivity is more reliable than copper due to the fact that Fiber is much stronger than copper
- Fiber-optic Internet is not as susceptible to inclement weather conditions, compared to copper cabling
- Fiber is also more resistant to human or electrical interference
Unreliable Internet connections can have real costs to businesses. Any amount of unplanned downtime can bring business communications and productivity to a complete stop. If your company requires an Internet connection to make phone calls or access applications, reliability is a necessity.
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.
- Cloud apps respond faster when accessed over a Fiber Internet connection
- A Fiber-optic network keeps your cloud data more secure; copper cabling is more vulnerable to breaches
- Optical fibers provide the right amount of scalability to keep up with expanding cloud environments, as your business grows
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 truly unlimited, the bandwidth availability is significantly higher, and speed does not decrease as high demands are put on the network. The following user activities can place particularly high demands on business bandwidth:
- Web Conferencing
- Streaming high definition video (example… training video)
- File sharing
- Cloud Applications
Signs of low bandwidth availability can include slow speeds, delays, and pixelated video quality. If your current Internet connection is not sufficient to support your company’s legitimate bandwidth demands for telephone service via SIP trunking, video conferencing or accessing cloud applications, you could significantly benefit from an upgrade to fiber-optic Internet connectivity.