Note: This article is informational only. For official rules, always check authoritative sources and contracts.
Decision factors that matter
- Time to install (permitting, civil work vs antenna alignment).
- Consistency under load (busy-hour contention, spectrum constraints).
- SLA structure (MTTR, credits, escalation, maintenance windows).
When fiber is the obvious choice
- High upstream demands (content creation, CCTV upload, data replication).
- Stable performance requirements for critical apps.
- Long-term tenancy where civil work amortizes well.
When fixed wireless shines
- Quick deployment for new branches, temporary sites, and events.
- As a resilient secondary link with automatic failover.
- Where fiber build-out is slow or cost-prohibitive.
Hybrid architecture
- Primary fiber + wireless backup is common for uptime targets.
- Use SD-WAN or dynamic routing to steer traffic by latency and loss.
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