We have been sold a narrative by the big internet service providers that fibre broadband is the be-all and end-all of connectivity. They tell us that if we just have enough gigabits, our home office problems will disappear. Smartsat connect is here to challenge that assumption. Speed is great, but reliability is king. And if you are relying 100% on a cable coming through your wall for your livelihood, you are taking a massive risk. The most robust home office setup isn't built on faster Wi-Fi; it is built on mobile signal redundancy.
Consider the architecture of your home internet. It is a single point of failure. One tree falling on a line down the road, one mistake by an engineer in a street cabinet, or one hardware failure in your router, and you are completely cut off. You cannot send emails, you cannot join Teams calls, and you cannot access the cloud. In a professional environment, this downtime is unacceptable. Yet, we accept it in our home offices because we think we have no choice.
But you do have a choice. The mobile network is a decentralized, resilient infrastructure that surrounds your home. It doesn't care if the fibre cable is cut. It is always there, waiting to be used. The problem is that most people cannot access it reliably indoors because of thick walls and insulation. By installing a mobile phone signal booster, you bring that resilient infrastructure inside. You create a completely independent backup line that has nothing to do with your broadband provider.
There is also the issue of latency and network congestion within the home. When the school day ends and the gaming consoles fire up, your fibre connection—no matter how fast—can suffer from "bufferbloat" or jitter. Your video calls start to lag and stutter. A dedicated mobile connection is yours alone. You can hotspot your laptop to a boosted 5G signal and bypass the congested home network entirely. It is like having a private VIP lane on the motorway while everyone else is stuck in traffic.
Stop putting all your eggs in one basket. If you are serious about remote work, you need to diversify your connectivity. Don't wait for the internet to crash during a client pitch to realise you need a Plan B. Make your mobile signal your fortress.
Challenge the status quo of home networking. Contact Smartsat connect to install a dedicated mobile signal system and bulletproof your home office.
For more information, visit: https://www.smartsatconnect.ie/