Carrier, route, building entry, equipment, power and coverage risks are considered together.
02
Protect priority traffic
Failover policy preserves the applications needed to keep the site operating.
03
Test the outcome
Monitoring and regular exercises provide evidence that the alternate path remains usable.
Business continuity by design
A backup connection only works when it avoids the same failure.
Liberty-i designs primary and alternate paths together, considering carriers, ducts, building entry, equipment, power and mobile coverage. Automatic failover then protects the applications that matter most.
Automatic failover
Priority traffic policy
Regular resilience testing
Resilient connectivity architectureTwo usable paths, one managed service edge
01Business networkPriority users, voice, payments and cloud applications
02Failover edgeHealth checks, traffic policy, automatic path selection and monitoring
03Primary pathLeased line, FTTP or other fixed access
04Alternate pathDiverse fixed carrier, 4G or 5G with suitable coverage
Final architecture depends on address-level availability, survey findings and agreed service scope.
Make the product meaningful
Remove the common failure points
A second service is not automatically resilient. The design must identify what the two paths still share.
01
Carrier
Provider independence
Two brands may still use the same underlying wholesale network or handover.
We identify the actual access and carrier dependencies.02
Route
Physical diversity
Two circuits entering through the same duct or building point can fail together.
We use available route information and site survey evidence.03
Equipment
No single edge failure
A second circuit cannot help if both paths depend on one unprotected device or power source.
Router, switch, firewall and power design form part of the review.04
Capacity
A backup that can carry priorities
The alternate path may be smaller, but it must sustain agreed critical applications.
Traffic policy protects voice, payments and essential cloud services first.
Compare the decision
Resilience options compared
The best option balances independence, usable capacity, availability and cost at each site.
Backup option
Strength
Design consideration
Diverse leased line
High capacity and service assurance
Confirm carrier, route, entry and equipment diversity.
Alternate fixed broadband
Cost-effective fixed backup
Capacity and shared infrastructure may differ from the primary.
Managed 4G/5G
Avoids many local fixed-line faults
Coverage, indoor signal, data policy and congestion must be assessed.
Multi-path estate design
Supports continuity across several sites
Applications, DNS, VPNs and cloud services must support the routing plan.
Clear delivery path
Design, prove and keep proving continuity
A named Liberty-i team coordinates the technical and carrier work, then remains the escalation point for the managed service.
01
Impact
Identify essential applications, users and acceptable degraded operation.
02
Diversity
Map carrier, route, entry, equipment, power and coverage risks.
03
Failover
Configure detection, priority traffic, addressing and return-to-primary behaviour.
04
Exercise
Test the alternate path and record the result as the environment changes.
Resilience must remove shared failure points
A second service only protects the business when its carrier, route, entry point, power and equipment risks are understood.
Automatic failover
Diverse fixed access where available
Managed LTE and 5G backup
Regular resilience testing
Continuity you can demonstrate
Monitoring and alerting confirm which path is active and provide evidence for service reviews and continuity planning.
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