These are the Negative Impacts of Slow Internet Networks for Companies

Impact of slow internet network – Internet network is crucial nowadays. Because, many activities including businesses rely heavily on the internet to keep their business processes running. Therefore, both large and small companies are now slowly improving their internet networks to support the operational activities of employees.

So, what if the quality of the internet network in a company is still relatively slow and sometimes often Request Time Out (RTO)? That’s what we will discuss regarding the impact of a slow internet network for companies. However, before that we would like to recommend an article about 5 Factors that Affect Network Quality so that you can get a more detailed picture of the network.

Causes of Slow Internet

Before going into the main discussion, we should find out what things can cause the internet to be slow so that it interferes with daily activities, here is a list of the causes:

1. Poor Network Management
   Slow internet speed may be due to trying to do too many things at once on an internet connection. Poor network management will make what we want to open when browsing slow down. Try to focus on one page at a time so that the network can complete its request.
2. Your Network Provider is Overloaded
   Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is also susceptible to network congestion. It’s a similar situation to traffic congestion, but on a much larger scale. If congestion gets really bad, your ISP may throttle your internet speed in your area to reduce network traffic. Unfortunately, you can’t control when or how often people in your area are using the internet.
3. High Latency
   According to highspeedinternet.com, latency is the time it takes for data to travel back and forth from your device to its destination and back. High latency creates delays, such as an extended duration between an action and the result being displayed on the screen, or simply put, delays.

This can be especially frustrating when conducting video conferences with clients, for example. High latency is difficult to resolve. It depends in part on the distance of the device to the internet server, network and server traffic congestion, and the ISP’s infrastructure.

Impact of Slow Internet Network

After knowing the three common causes of slow internet, here are some impacts on companies or businesses caused by slow internet:

1. Economic Losses
   According to an article written by Miriam Quick on BBC.com (06/19/2017), one of the big challenges of the 21st century is to make internet speeds faster because based on the data that has been collected, slow connections affect income more than we realize and some countries are lagging behind. Even the scale is bigger than the company, namely the country’s economy.
2. Reduces Worker Productivity
   Slow internet can be detrimental to business. Although some tasks can be done without the need for internet, we still need to store files in the cloud, add information to databases, and send emails regularly.

Research results from WhistleOut show that 83% of employees say they can only be productive without internet for less than half a day. It was also found that 65% of employees reported that their video calls were interrupted or cut off altogether.

3. Operational Failure
   Accessing applications today relies heavily on the internet. Without it, users often cannot perform tasks or retrieve data. Slow connections can disrupt daily work.

Users currently access websites using multiple devices, including tablets and smartphones. Well, it would be annoying if a business website cannot be accessed due to a slow network because it also affects profits. Research conducted by neilpatel.com revealed that 38% of mobile users reported finding sites that were unavailable while 51% experienced crashes or freezes when opening them.

How to Minimize Slow Internet

So, what should be done to minimize the occurrence of slow internet from the user’s side, not from the internet service provider? We have an article that discusses this in depth here: Tips for Improving Network Performance. However, in general, what can be done is to recognize the internet network used, carry out routine monitoring, limit network users if necessary.

Tips to Prevent Sudden Internet Slowdown

In addition to the methods mentioned earlier, business or company owners, both general and IT teams, can recommend using network monitoring services. By using this tool, the network used by the company can be monitored in real-time, even when there is a sudden down or slowdown, there will be a warning beforehand.

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