Today, almost all businesses depend on an internet connection that’s “always on” to service customers and keep revenue flowing. Even a brief disruption can impact simple tasks like the ability to receive payment, or to more serious issues concerning patient care. In a 2025 study, 91% of enterprises now say network resilience is a C-suite or board-level issue (C1 & Hanover Research). They know a consistent internet connection is a requirement for businesses to thrive. 

Let’s explore what network redundancy is and why it’s crucial to implement for your business. 

What is network redundancy?  

Having a redundancy plan in place means implementing at least one independent, ready-to-use alternative for each critical part of your connectivity—therefore removing all single points of failure. Elements typically include multi-carrier coverage, power resilience, and session-preserving failover. The right mix depends on site risk and budget.

  • Diverse links: Can be a combination of fiber, cable, and fixed wireless to avoid shared failure points 
  • Provider & path diversity: The use of separate routes and different providers to limit common-cause outages 
  • Topology fit: Can have an active/standby profile for simplicity, or active/active profile when continuous sessions are essential 
  • Resilient edge: Employing dual routers, high-availability firewalls, redundant tunnels, and a separate management connection to fix issues even if the main link is down 

Why demand for failover is rising 

Business is more connected than ever, and the tolerance for downtime keeps shrinking. Core apps have moved to the cloud, card payments and EHRs need instant authorization, and customers expect fast, seamless service at any hour. Multiple industry snapshots estimate downtime at six figures per hour for many organizations, which makes a clear ROI case for a secondary path.  

At the same time, cellular capacity has increased. Fixed-wireless (5G/FWA) has exploded into a true business-grade option: the U.S. market reached ~12 million FWA subscribers by the end of 2024, and continues to climb in 2025.  

A backup link that used to be considered a “nice to have” now delivers real throughput and coverage—fast to deploy, easy to manage, and ready to support today’s business.  

Exploring redundancy options 

When it comes to implementing a network failover strategy for your business, there are a host of options to consider. 

  • Dual wired providers (fiber + cable, or diverse fiber): 
    This strategy pairs two different ISPs together, which ideally enter the building from different sides and run along separate routes. It offers high capacity and low latency with familiar hardware as long as the paths are truly diverse so a single street cut or maintenance window can’t take down both.

  • Satellite backup (modern low-earth orbit): 
    LEO satellite offers real physical independence from local construction and utility issues, with speeds that are more than adequate for backup. It requires roof/sky access and has higher latency than terrestrial links, but works well as a safety net for remote or outage-prone areas. 

Wireless (cellular) redundancy features and benefits 

Cellular (LTE/5G) is a great option for business, boasting an independent path that can be deployed quickly. It’s ideal as a safety net or as part of an active/active design. Many teams also use it as a co-primary link for sites with unpredictable traffic, pop-ups, or seasonal locations where long provider contracts are cost prohibitive. With multi-carrier options and embedded SIMs (eSIMs), the IT staff can steer each site to the best available signal and adjust as conditions change. 

Here are some of the primary benefits of rolling out a cellular redundancy strategy: 

  • Automatic failover when wired links degrade or drop. Smart health checks catch brownouts—not just blackouts—so traffic moves before users notice. When the primary recovers, seamless failback keeps transactions intact. 
  • True path diversity—not tied to local cable/fiber construction. Because cellular uses a different physical infrastructure, problems such as cut lines or local equipment failures are avoided. For the most critical sites, the system can be designed to diversify across wireless carriers to reduce single-provider risk. 
  • Fast to deploy, easy to scale from a pilot to thousands of sites. Preconfigured kits, zero-touch setup, and centralized policies allow standardization that’s easy to repeat. As the company scales up, integration keeps management consistent across mixed link types and vendors. 

What to look for in a solution 

These capabilities are key to implementing a solid backup/failover solution.  

  • Centralized visibility: Clear insight into signal quality, session health, and usage—plus device lifecycle control at scale 
  • Security that travels: Threat and malware detection, content and policy controls, and strong reporting 
  • Carrier flexibility: Multi-carrier coverage, eSIM options, and smart steering per site 
  • Session continuity: Bonding, error correction, and smooth failback to prevent dropped transactions 
  • Operational fit: Transparent data plan terms, a separate path for remote troubleshooting, zero-touch provisioning, and standardized kits 

Consider Kajeet SmartFailover 

Kajeet can design a failover solution that seamlessly integrates with your current internet platform and provides these features: 

  • Multi-carrier SIM/eSIM: Secure, reliable cellular connectivity to ensure business functions aren’t disrupted    
  • Enterprise-grade security: The Kajeet Sentinel platform provides threat/malware detection, content and policy enforcement, and robust reporting to keep the network and connected devices protected from cyber threats 
  • SIM Protect: Pairs each SIM to an approved device identity that provides alerts on movement and locks access in the event of theft or tampering 
  • End-to-end control: From protected access to managed backhaul—define who connects, what they reach, and what leaves the network 
  • Deploy & scale rapidly: Standardized kits, white-glove logistics, flexible data plans, and multi-carrier coverage 
Ready to explore network redundancy for your business? 
Talk to a Kajeet Solution Architect who can tailor a redundancy blueprint and cellular failover plan for you.