If you’ve owned a business, you’ve undoubtedly grappled with interruptions in your internet connection. However, if you’re planning to open a retail or restaurant business, this is certainly an issue you’ll want to plan to deal with.
It’s a nightmare scenario for business owners. Your point of sale system stops working, and you’re forced to inform customers that they must pay in cash. If you choose, you could instruct your staff to manually write down credit card numbers, but this exposes your business to huge liability issues due to non-PCI compliance. From there, the only other option is to regretfully tell customers they need to go elsewhere to make their purchases, costing your business money and running the risk of angering loyal customers.
Luckily, there’s a way to prevent this debacle – it’s called cellular failover.
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