Speedify Uses Starlink and 5G Together as One Business Internet Connection, and Switches to the Other When One Drops

Starlink vs 5G for Business: Where Each Internet Connection Wins

• Coverage: Starlink reaches sites where 5G has no usable signal. 5G needs a nearby tower with room for more users, which limits it at rural and remote sites.
• Delay: 5G usually has less delay, and it’s steadier. Starlink says its delay is 25 to 60 milliseconds on land, but it jumps when the Starlink dish switches satellites, about every 15 seconds, and internet phone calls and live apps feel those jumps.
• Cost and busy times: 5G business plans often cost less per month. On Starlink, Priority plans are served first when the network is busy, at a higher price than Residential plans.
• Where each fits: 5G suits fixed sites with good coverage. Starlink suits field teams, ships, vehicles, and any site that has to be online before wired or cellular service arrives.

How Speedify Uses Starlink and 5G Together for Business

Most business routers can switch to a backup internet connection, but when the router switches from one internet connection to the other, everything that was open starts over. Internet phone calls drop and have to be redialed, video meetings disconnect, remote desktop sessions close, and VPNs have to reconnect. Staff notice every switch.

Speedify works differently. Speedify splits your traffic in small pieces across Starlink and 5G, and sends all of it through one encrypted connection, so open calls and sessions carry on when one internet connection changes. Speedify spreads your traffic across every internet connection for close to their combined speed, and for the most important traffic, Speedify can send the same data over both internet connections at once and use whichever arrives first. When Starlink weakens in bad weather, or 5G slows at busy times, Speedify moves the load to the stronger internet connection without dropping anything.

Speedify needs both internet connections to do this. With Starlink alone or 5G alone, Speedify can’t add speed or stop the drops.

How to Set Up Starlink and 5G Together with Speedify

Speedify runs as software on your existing devices, or on Powered by Speedify routers, so a business can use Starlink and 5G together without replacing its hardware. Set a priority for each internet connection in Speedify: 5G on Always and Starlink on Backup if you want 5G for calls and Starlink only when 5G drops, or both on Always for the most speed. The same setup works for a single office or a whole fleet of remote sites.

Which Businesses Need Starlink and 5G Together

• Stores with several locations: Checkouts, card payments and inventory systems that can’t stop when one internet connection drops.
• Field operations: Construction, mining, oil and gas, and survey sites that need internet before wired service arrives.
• Managed service providers: MSPs, the IT companies that run networks for other businesses, delivering reliable internet to client sites with patchy coverage.
• Events and broadcasts: Pop-up venues where two internet connections together give the extra speed one can’t.
• Remote doctor visits: Clinics where a dropped video call interrupts patient care.

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Speedify and Starlink: Business Internet Without Choosing Between Starlink and 5G

Starlink vs 5G assumes a business has to pick one internet connection and live with its bad days. Speedify removes that choice by using Starlink, 5G and any other internet connection you have together, as one internet connection that’s faster, more reliable, and more secure than any of them alone. Each one covers the other’s weak spots, and switching between them doesn’t restart anything. For a home instead of a business, see Starlink vs 5G home internet.

To see how it works, see how Speedify combines internet connections for business, or read how Speedify keeps a business online when Starlink goes down.

To plan Starlink and 5G together for your business sites, Contact Us.

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