Shops, production and community trades

Connectivity for machine shops

Customer models in, finished parts out, with machines networked in between. A workshop, a yard or a front counter, each with machines, cameras and customers on the same network.

Internet, wireless and security for machine shops

Each of the three has to be right, and they are usually bought from different companies. We compare them together.

Internet

Design files and quoting portals need reliable transfer.

Wireless

Machine monitoring and tablets need wireless across the floor.

Security

Customer designs can fall under defence or export rules.

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The contract asked how the drawings were protected

By the Telecom Agency advisory team

A new customer sends a questionnaire with the purchase order. It asks how the shop secures technical data, and whether the network meets requirements the owner has never heard of.

What a consultant changes

Telecom Agency helps the shop understand what is being asked, and sources the network separation and security that answer it. The advisor compares providers without a stake in which is chosen. For a small manufacturer, that guidance can be the difference between winning the work and declining it.

How Telecom Agency shops the market for machine shops

The advice
An advisor helps interpret customers' security questionnaires and compares the network separation and protection that answer them, with connectivity for design files.
The price
Security is priced from several providers at the level contracts require. The advisor has no stake in which is chosen.
The service
As requirements tighten, the advisor helps you keep pace and documents what is in place.
  • No fee to you: providers pay the advisor
  • Every provider compared, none favoured
  • One contact for every carrier
  • Reviews and support after the install

An illustrative scenario based on situations common among machine shops. It does not describe a specific client.

What we usually put in place

  • A connection sized for the workEnough capacity for files, cameras and cloud software.
  • Wi-Fi across the floor and yardCoverage designed for the space, indoors and out.
  • Cameras and access on their own networkBuilding systems kept away from business data.
  • Device securityProtection on every computer and tablet.

Providers that often fit

The shortlist depends on your addresses. Open a provider to check availability where you work.

The best connection available,at a price you can compare.

Tell us where you work and what you run. An advisor brings back internet, wireless and security options side by side, at no cost to you.

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