SD-WAN Vendors with 4G (or 5G) Backup Internet

One of the benefits of SD-WAN is the ability to automatically failover or load-balance between multiple, different ISP connections.

But is 4G a good backup Internet connection, to use in conjunction with SD-WAN?

In this video, AeroCom President, Mike Smith, explains the best way to use 4G or 5G wireless Internet, with your SD-WAN solution.

Which SD-WAN vendors should your company quote? Click below and ask Mike… it won’t cost your company a dime!

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About Mike
Mike Smith is the Founder and President of AeroCom and has been helping companies with telecom and cloud services since 1999. He has been the recipient of numerous business telecommunications industry awards and in 2011, he was honored as one of the top 40 business people in Orange County, CA., under 40 years old. You can also hear him as the host of the popular Information Technology podcast, ITsmiths with Mike Smith. Follow Mike on LinkedIn, Twitter or SpiceWorks.

Transcript

SD-WAN is the big buzzword out there and your company is looking into it, so maybe you’re getting off an MPLS network or maybe you’re just looking into SD-WAN to improve some of your applications, but one of the things that’s come up is 4G.

Can you use 4G backup in conjunction with SD-WAN and will it improve what you guys are doing in terms of business continuity?

So yes, you can use 4G in conjunction with your SD-WAN service. So you can plug a 4G internet connection into your SD-WAN appliance with most SD-WAN vendors and it can load-balance between multiple internet connections, but you want to be careful about that because 4G is a subscription-based service where you’re going to pay for data usage.

So even though, yes, you can use 4G for an SD-WAN service, it can get really pricey if you’re using a lot of internet at that side and it’s pulling from the 4G quite a bit.

So I’d recommend using 4G as a passive standby and using maybe a primary fiber connection, maybe a secondary cable broadband connection and have it load-balanced between those two and then program the SD-WAN to keep that 4G as an inactive standby in case those first two connections go down, use the 4G connection or 5G connection as the go to at that point. That way, you’re not eating up tons of data usage and driving that 4G or 5G bill up quite a bit, unnecessarily.

So I hope that helps a little bit about 4G and SD-WAN. If you have any questions on SD-WAN vendors, please reach out. I’ve been a broker for SD-WAN, MPLS, all these ISPs for 20 years. So, instead of trying to research this stuff on your own and figure out which SD-WAN vendors you should quote, just call me (714-593-0011), or email me, I’m happy to give you some recommendations based on your company’s requirements.

Don’t Google all day long, just call me. We don’t charge your company a dime for recommendations. So just call me, I’ll tell you which vendors I recommend, I’ll introduce you to those vendors, make sure you have great connections there who are honest and give you very low pricing with their company and will give you a demo of any service that they have. I hope that helps. Have a great day.