When your business has grown to the point where you need to connect multiple locations, customer sites or remote workers to your network, it's probably time to explore installing a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
As the name implies, a VPN is private. You are not sharing the badwidth with all the companies in your building or neighborhood. This fact insures that you have reliable access to the speed you need to conduct business.
Since you control who has access to your VPN it is much more secure than a public network. You don't have to worry about foreign hackers or criminals trying to steal data or extort money.
A VPN is cost effective because you pay only for the speed you need. No need to pay for a faster speed because you expect the network to be slow during certain hours or expect your ISP to throttle the throughput in order to put more people online.
When considering a VPN, you may also want to consider combining your voice communication with your data communication over a private network. You can increase the reliability and features of your phone system by running it over your own network.
