Points to Keep in Mind for Broadband Connection for Effective WFH

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In the meantime, as the outbreak of corona has hit the whole world, amid the lockdown all over the world where people are advised to stay home, economic referendum can’t be ignored. Every single person is compelled to stay home, and people are advised to switch to work from their homes. In that case, one needs to fulfill all the minimum requirements to set up the work environment in your home.

There are a few things that have to be kept in mind to make sure your workspace is required for effective work from home i.e. broadband connection and broadband speed.

Moreover, it is hard to match the office environment set-up but to fulfill the requirements here we are going to discuss, why the high-speed broadband connection would make your work from home experience smooth.

Broadband speed Requirements

First of all, one should know his internet requirements, for this, you should know what broadband speed your ISP is offering. There are various internet tools available to check. You can check your broadband speed using Speedtest by Ookla.

I tell you why it is important because there are different broadband speed requirements for a different type of work such as for those who need a broadband connection for email, social media and audio conference calls, a 2Mbps download and upload speed enough.

For remote work that requires video conferencing or uploading or downloading large files such as videos and audios, average speed of 10 Mbps would solve this for you.

For the services like multiple people working from home or using streaming services at the same time may require a downloading speed of 25Mbps or more.

Plans for work from home

Considering the seriousness of the situation, Internet Service providers across the country have tied their shoes to offer you the broadband plan for work from home.

ISPs such as Airtel, Jio and BSNL, etc. are offering a wide range of work from home plans. You need to consider tall the speed needs when it comes to choosing the broadband connection for your home.

Bharti Airtel, also known as Airtel Xstream Fibre Broadband offers a base plan of 100Mbps in just Rs.799 for 150Gb, which will be more than enough to carry out all you work from home tasks. Additionally, Airtel broadband is offering a wide range of plans up to 1 Gbps speed with no FUP at just Rs.3,999/- with added Airtel Thanks Benefits. Also, with the Airtel wifi plan, Airtel offers the wifi router absolutely free.

Even Mobile data can be helpful in carrying out small works such as emailing and browsing using wifi hotspots for tethering the internet to your devices.

Type of broadband connection

When it comes to home internet, we’ll investigate the various possible and affordable options nearby –

Satellite and DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) are comparatively slower but they are widely available. Cable wire broadband connections are relatively affordable and fast also widely available. Fiber optic internet connections are the future of high-speed internet connections.

To carry out the operations one needs to upgrade some hardware needs too to improve the internet speed.

Make sure your modem and router support the broadband speed you need. If your answer is no, then the high speed coming in modem would be congested by the slower router.
Make sure your working spot is near to the router, you can use signal boosters to get internet at your marked working spot. To fix the connection glitch you can restart the router.
Identify the slow rooms or spots in your home when the downloading speed is low and try to ignore that thing.

For effective work from home, one needs to make sure the above-mentioned points to satisfactorily do your work. After all, the environment makes the work efficient.