If you’re considering business internet service providers, there are several options for your Texas business. However, you should choose your business-class internet carefully because it can impact your ability to run your company effectively.
What Should You Consider When Choosing Business-Class Internet?
There are pros and cons of working with each company, but here are five key things you should compare when looking at different business internet service providers:
- The services you need.
- Reliability (uptime).
- Speeds
- Synchronous upload and download (symmetrical).
- Local customer service.
It’s important to ask these questions about any of the business internet service providers you’re considering, because you won’t find a lot of this criteria on their websites. So ask before you sign up.
Texas Business Internet Service Providers
Here is a list of business internet service providers in Texas to help you compare business-class internet options for your organization.
AT&T Business
AT&T Business is a nationwide business internet service provider that can provide speeds up to 1 Gbps. AT&T connects businesses using copper, copper/fiber combinations and all-fiber connections. Fiber connections can handle symmetrical speeds and dynamic/static Internet Protocol address options. Business customers can bundle internet, voice and TV through AT&T.
CenturyLink Business
CenturyLink Business is another national business internet service provider that offers business-class internet in Texas. It has 450,000 route miles of fiber spread across 60 countries worldwide and offers point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint connectivity.
Comcast Business
Comcast Business is a nationwide company with 150,000 miles of fiber and offers bandwidths configurable from 25 Mbps to 10 Gbps. It also provides Ethernet-dedicated internet access to connect your local area network directly using a private Ethernet virtual connection.
Cogent Business
Cogent Business Internet offers business-class internet for enterprise customers ranging from 10 Mbps to 1Gbps. Cogent provides dedicated fiber access to more than 2,800 networked buildings or off-network properties using shared or leased telecommunication tail circuits. Cogent provides network service-level agreements, but its notification, latency and packet delivery guarantees do not apply to off-net basic customers.
LOGIX Fiber Networks
LOGIX Fiber Networks covers more than 300,000 fiber miles. With connections to more than 3,000 enterprise buildings and 105 data centers, it is the preferred choice for more than 10,000 Texas businesses. LOGIX provides symmetrical bandwidth from 100 Mbps to 10 Gbps and higher, along with a dedicated network operations center and Texas-based service and support. It boasts 99.999% reliability.
Spectrum Business
Spectrum Enterprise offers business bundles that include internet and phone service starting at 10 Mbps up to 10 Gbps. Spectrum has a nationwide footprint of 240,000 fiber route miles. Its symmetrical bandwidth is rated at 99.9% network reliability, which is on the lower end of reliability guarantees.
When Comparing Internet Service Providers
As a business owner, you want fast, reliable service at an affordable price. You need assurances that your mission-critical business applications will be available when you need them, and you want to avoid slowdowns, frustrating response times, and downtime that frustrates customers and employees.
When it comes to customer service, you can’t afford to be a number or lost in a sea of customers. You need personal attention that’s highly responsive to your needs.
National Internet Service Providers
Some national internet service providers can be slow to respond when there are problems. They often host customer call centers overseas or halfway across the country. If there is an outage, you may face wait times to get a response. It may even be difficult to reach an actual person on the phone. These carriers often lease lines that can make it more time-consuming to track down and resolve problems.
Cable Company Internet Service Providers
Cable company providers often share lines among subscribers. Your connection may depend on how many of your neighbors are using the service at the same time. That can put your business internet at risk during peak times. Some companies will also cap or throttle speeds when demand is high.
Why You Should Choose LOGIX for Your Business-Class Internet
Internet, phone and data center downtime put your business at risk. That’s why
LOGIX built the most reliable and fast fiber network for businesses across Texas. When you work with LOGIX, you get business-class internet on a dedicated fiber network.
LOGIX is a Texas-based company with corporate and customer service in Texas and provides a level of service you can’t get with the big-box providers. You’ll have a dedicated account manager and a team of local Texas professionals that monitor and manage the network 24/7 year-round.
Contact LOGIX today for a quote on internet service that is built for business.