{"id":178252,"date":"2016-09-05T08:02:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T06:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=178252"},"modified":"2016-09-05T09:37:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T07:37:47","slug":"how-much-data-is-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/industrynews\/178252-how-much-data-is-enough.html","title":{"rendered":"How much data is enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBandwidth is addictive\u201d is a well-established IT mantra. How much bandwidth should employees have, and how much data should they be allowed to use?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis answer changes,\u201d says <a href=\"http:\/\/tracker.mybroadband.co.za\/\/track.php?page=aHR0cDovL3RlbGVtYXN0ZXJzLmNvLnphLw?source=Article 4 of 6\" target=\"_blank\">TeleMasters<\/a> CEO Mario Pretorius, \u201cbut changes in the same direction: more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continues: \u201cThe fasters the data speed at the desk, the more data can be consumed in a given time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first hurdle is then whether a business should opt for an unrestricted, uncapped data plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUncapped, yes. Unrestricted, no,\u201d says Pretorius.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople and business need constantly changing amounts of data. Dropbox files arrive from regions. Bulk emails must be sent. Software updates are requested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe list of data requirement grows exponentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions, he says, should be on the non-essential use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IT policy must contain restrictions that cover TOR downloads, unvetted programmes installation and abusive personal use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDownloading IOS updates via the WiFi may be ok but uploading holiday videos to iCloud is not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The greatest effect of the speed and capacity decisions is on employee time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople cost us R1 per minute per R10,000 salary. Fast data at the desk saves waiting time that interrupts concentration,\u201d Pretorius continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recommend choosing a data partner that supplies uncapped and unshaped access, this allows the business to access cloud services, cloud back-ups and virtual machines in their IT progression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor speed we recommend at least 500 kbps per person &#8211; a cost of a few cents per minute. We find a tremendous surge in productivity where the restrictions on the future is lifted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pretorius listed his 10 reasons for empowering users with unlimited data and fast access:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Fast data at the desk increases the speed at which employees can use the cloud, the web, mail and apps.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data makes an enterprise WiFi feasible as the WiFi speed remains fast.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data makes it feasible to run cloud hosted services like Pastel and a quality voice service.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data makes it possible to run Windows 365 and files from the cloud at no lag time.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data makes cloud based back-up and recovery economic and time-feasible.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data makes the use of virtual machines economic and powerful.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data unlocks collaboration between sites on shared files real and useful.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data makes video conferencing a real-time pleasure.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data prepared the platform for virtual reality applications.<\/li>\n<li>Fast data makes the update of mobile and web apps and storage quick and efficient.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Fast data speed and limitless data size is your FutureProof guarantee from <a href=\"http:\/\/tracker.mybroadband.co.za\/\/track.php?page=aHR0cDovL3RlbGVtYXN0ZXJzLmNvLnphLw?source=Article 4 of 6\" target=\"_blank\">TeleMasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBandwidth is addictive\u201d is a well-established IT mantra. 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