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How to Plan Internet and Network Connectivity for Multiple Business Locations
Opening a second business location creates a new connectivity challenge: you’re no longer managing one internet connection.
As organizations expand across offices, stores, properties or facilities, they need to think about how each location connects employees, applications, communications and business systems.
A multi-location connectivity strategy can help bring those requirements together.
What Is Multi-Location Business Connectivity?
Multi-location connectivity is the planning and management of network services across two or more business locations.
The objective is not necessarily to give every site an identical internet connection. It is to create a connectivity strategy that supports what each location does while considering the organization as a whole.
Why Is Multi-Site Connectivity More Complicated?
Different locations may have different:
- Numbers of employees
- Internet availability
- Bandwidth requirements
- Cloud applications
- Wi-Fi requirements
- Voice requirements
- Connected equipment
- Building layouts
- Operational priorities
A headquarters with dozens of employees may require significantly more capacity than a small satellite office.
Treating both locations identically can result in either too little capacity at one site or unnecessary expense at another.
Should Every Business Location Have the Same Internet Speed?
Not necessarily.
A better approach is to evaluate each site’s workload.
Consider:
Users: How many employees and customers connect?
Applications: Which cloud platforms and business systems are used?
Traffic: Are employees downloading information, uploading large files or both?
Criticality: What happens operationally if connectivity is interrupted?
Growth: Is the location expected to add employees, devices or services?
This creates a more useful picture than choosing one speed for every location.
What About Connectivity Between Locations?
Some organizations also need systems or data to move between facilities.
Depending on operational requirements, businesses may evaluate Ethernet or other networking solutions in addition to ordinary internet access.
The appropriate architecture depends on what locations need to communicate, the applications being used and the network infrastructure available.
Why Scalability Matters
A network designed only around today’s requirements can quickly become limiting.
Businesses planning new locations should consider whether their connectivity strategy can accommodate:
- Additional employees
- New cloud applications
- More connected devices
- Increased video usage
- Additional locations
- Higher data-transfer requirements
Planning for reasonable growth can reduce the need to repeatedly redesign connectivity.
Multi-Location Connectivity with Anthem Connect
Anthem Connect provides scalable commercial connectivity planning for organizations with different operational requirements.
Available solutions can be designed around individual locations, infrastructure and network availability rather than forcing every business site into the same configuration.
Planning Connectivity for Multiple Locations?
Talk with Anthem Connect about your locations, applications and performance requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is multi-location business connectivity?
It is a network strategy for organizations operating more than one office, store, property or facility. It considers connectivity requirements across all locations rather than treating each site independently.
Does every office need the same internet speed?
No. Requirements should be based on users, applications, devices and operational needs at each location.
How do businesses connect multiple offices?
Businesses can use several networking technologies depending on their requirements and available infrastructure, including internet-based solutions and Ethernet connectivity.
Can Anthem Connect work with businesses that have multiple locations?
Anthem Connect offers scalable commercial connectivity planning, with specific services and configurations determined by each location and available network infrastructure.