| | SEPTEMBER 20249CIOReviewTo put it simply, fiber-optic internet is the gold standard of internet, offering a far more reliable network than cable or DSLcalls. It also means an entire household can connect multiple devices with less lag even during peak times. By anticipating consumer needs and social trends, ISPs like Ziply Fiber were able to build new networks with greater capacity, allowing businesses to have high-functioning capabilities, and entire families to simultaneously work, stream, game, order takeout, chat and much more without any lag or congestion. So why stop there?Building for a more connected tomorrowWe have to keep thinking about content consumption and creation in an increasingly online and connected world.Today, Ziply Fiber customer households are starting to approach one terabit/month of usage already and other ISPs are reporting similar growth. With more and more events and services moving online, it is crucial for ISPs to prepare for these upcoming higher bandwidth needs now or risk congestion in the near future.Ziply Fiber is doing just that. We're building a network with more capacity, made for a world where the average person owns more than 15 IoT devices, and the average business operations are 75% online. We've built networks capable of terabits per second between our offices and are constantly upgrading our core and aggregation networks to operate at 40% peak load, ensuring that even during peak usage hours our network will support your use at full speed. A consistently fast connection 24/7 is our design goal. Moreover, our network upgrades feature rigorous route diversity and a redundant core backbone that is operated by us for our customers and is capable of 20+ terabits per second on all major inter-city fiber paths. We utilize fully redundant local aggregation networks and multiple fiber connections so that we can keep your service up even when someone's errant backhoe digging miles away accidentally tries to slow you down. This allows us the capacity to support not just at-home 5-gig connections, but much more for both our residential and business customer-base well into the future. It also protects against single-location incidents or disasters that might break a customer's connection.The internet is going to continue to evolve and grow, and how people and businesses use it will evolve as well. Networks must evolve with it, and we must choose to innovate today to provide for the needs of consumers and businesses tomorrow.
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