Internet Backup for Small Businesses from Bradenton to Naples
No doubt you were affected by or heard about the recent Verizon Wireless outage on January 14, 2026. Verizon customers across the U.S. were left without voice and data service, and many phones were stuck in SOS mode. Verizon announced that service was restored later that night and credited $20 into affected customers’ accounts.
If you run a brick-and-mortar business, you rely on your internet provider to run transactions. When their service stops, so does your revenue. Money left on the table.
One Connection = One Point of Failure
Most businesses still rely on a cable, fiber, or cellular internet service provider and maybe a backup hotspot that nobody really know how to use and hasn’t been tested since it came out of the box.
If you have a POS system, the outage hurts quicker and harder. You might still be able to ring up orders and sales, but card approvals, online orders, and remote access will fail. It’s important to ask yourself: if your internet went out at 7:00 pm tonight, what’s the procedure your staff would follow? Do you have a procedure at all?
What Internet Backup Does for Your Business
A secondary connection that takes over on its own.
The best internet backup setups detect drops in internet service and automatically shift your local network to a secondary connection. No messing with cables. No rebooting equipment. No “Cash Only” sign. We further break down how backup internet keeps terminals and POS tools online during outages.
How Card Systems Changes the Game with Dual Sim
If one provider goes down, the other takes over.
Most backups still are not a complete solution. They usually use just a single provider. So when that provider has an outage, your “backup” is also down.
We provide a dual SIM option for backup internet. You get a single device with 2 provider connections available. If provider A drops, it will automatically switch to provider B. This is the optimal setup to reduce any chance of a provider issue taking you offline, according to Ericsson.
Pays for Itself by Saving Just 1 Transaction
Think of the cost of just one table that walks because the terminal can’t take a payment. Or one retail customer abandons their cart. Or one patient who says they’ll call back but never does. Saving just one of your transactions will make an internet backup well worth it. Imagine if it saves transactions over an hour or two.
What We Look For During a Site Check
During a site check, we focus on the weak spots that can cause downtime:
- What needs to always be online (POS, terminals, receipt printers, tablets)
- Where the points of failure are
- Whether your current failover is automatic (if you have one)
- Whether your backup uses the same provider as your staff phones
- If a dual SIM setup makes sense
The goal is to ensure business continuity in the event of an outage, and completing this site check is essential to achieving that.
Get a Site Check Done for Your Business
Card Systems has been in business for over 30 years. If you’re in the SWFL region from Bradenton to Naples and you want to stop outages from killing sales, call (239) 549-5055 for a site check today.
