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What is Failover Internet? A Plain English Guide for UK Businesses

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Failover internet is a backup connection that automatically activates when your main broadband or leased line stops working. Think of it like a generator for your internet β€” when the primary supply fails, the backup cuts in automatically, keeping your business running.

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Assure X uses a dual-WAN router that monitors your primary connection continuously. When it detects a fault β€” whether it's a fibre cut, cabinet fault, router issue or Openreach maintenance window β€” it automatically switches all your business traffic to a 4G or 5G backup connection in under 60 seconds. When the primary connection recovers, traffic switches back automatically. No manual intervention at any point.

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Ten years ago, most business operations could tolerate a few hours offline. Today, almost no UK business can function without internet access. Cloud-based accounting, hosted phone systems, card payments, booking systems, email, Teams calls β€” all of it stops when the internet goes down. The average UK broadband outage lasts 4–8 hours. For a business processing Β£500/hour in revenue, that's a Β£2,000–£4,000 event. Assure X costs from Β£29/month.

The Simple Explanation

Failover internet is a backup connection that automatically activates when your main broadband or leased line stops working. Think of it like a generator for your internet β€” when the primary supply fails, the backup cuts in automatically, keeping your business running.

How Telexico's Assure X Failover Works

Assure X uses a dual-WAN router that monitors your primary connection continuously. When it detects a fault β€” whether it's a fibre cut, cabinet fault, router issue or Openreach maintenance window β€” it automatically switches all your business traffic to a 4G or 5G backup connection in under 60 seconds. When the primary connection recovers, traffic switches back automatically. No manual intervention at any point.

Why This Matters More Than It Used To

Ten years ago, most business operations could tolerate a few hours offline. Today, almost no UK business can function without internet access. Cloud-based accounting, hosted phone systems, card payments, booking systems, email, Teams calls β€” all of it stops when the internet goes down. The average UK broadband outage lasts 4–8 hours. For a business processing Β£500/hour in revenue, that's a Β£2,000–£4,000 event. Assure X costs from Β£29/month.

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Mobile data on your phone only helps you personally β€” your office systems, card machines and VoIP phones are still offline. Assure X connects at the router level, so every device in your office continues working through the failover connection.

The Assure X router arrives pre-configured. Self-installation takes under 30 minutes. On-site installation by a Telexico engineer is also available across the Midlands.

There may be a brief 60-second pause as the router switches connections. After that, everything continues normally. Telexico sends you an SMS and email alert immediately so you know what's happening.

❓ FAQs

Common questions

How is failover different from mobile data on my phone? ++

Mobile data on your phone only helps you personally β€” your office systems, card machines and VoIP phones are still offline. Assure X connects at the router level, so every device in your office continues working through the failover connection.

Does failover internet need professional installation? ++

The Assure X router arrives pre-configured. Self-installation takes under 30 minutes. On-site installation by a Telexico engineer is also available across the Midlands.

Will my staff notice when failover activates? ++

There may be a brief 60-second pause as the router switches connections. After that, everything continues normally. Telexico sends you an SMS and email alert immediately so you know what's happening.

Can failover be added to a leased line as well as broadband? ++

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"Had failover installed after losing internet for a whole day. Assure X kicks in within seconds. Our team didn't even notice when the main line dropped last week."

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