Active Internet Failover With LTE Backup
Keep your business online even when your ISP goes down. No downtime, no manual switching, no lost revenue.
- Primary ISP for everyday performance
- LTE backup ready on standby
- Automatic failover & failback
- Designed and monitored by DistrictConnects
For most modern businesses, a stable internet connection is as important as electricity. Your phones, point-of-sale systems, CRM, email, cloud apps, and remote workers all depend on it.
The problem? Traditional “single-connection” setups create a single point of failure. If your primary internet goes down, everything goes down with it. Employees become idle, customers get frustrated, and critical work grinds to a halt.
That’s why DistrictConnects designs and deploys active internet failover with LTE backup — a resilient architecture that keeps your business online even when your main ISP has an outage.
In Simple Terms, Here’s How It Works
- Your primary internet connection (fiber/cable) handles all day-to-day traffic.
- LTE backup devices sit on standby with a separate 4G/5G connection.
- If the primary connection fails, traffic automatically shifts to LTE with no manual steps.
- When the primary ISP is restored, traffic automatically moves back.
The result: Your business stays connected, staff continue working, cloud apps remain reachable, and customers never notice an outage.
Your Primary Connection: Performance & Everyday Use
The primary circuit supports:
- High bandwidth for daily operations
- Stable VoIP and video meetings
- Fast access to cloud apps and file sharing
We configure your firewall so all regular traffic uses this connection under normal conditions.
LTE Backup: Lower Speed, But Always-On Protection
LTE is not about speed — it’s about continuity:
- Independent 4G/5G path
- Protection from ISP or last-mile failures
- Enough bandwidth to keep essential operations online
Systems may run slightly slower during failover, but they will continue running — and that’s what keeps your business moving.
How Automatic Failover & Failback Work Behind the Scenes
The intelligence of this setup lives in your network edge — usually a business-grade firewall or router. We configure it to continuously monitor your primary connection using health checks (pings or HTTPS checks to known reliable endpoints).
Step 1: Monitoring the Primary Connection
As long as the primary connection responds, all outbound traffic uses it. The LTE backup remains on standby.
Step 2: Detecting an Outage
If multiple health checks fail, the system treats the primary as “down.” This may be caused by regional ISP outages, local line damage, or upstream routing issues.
Step 3: Failing Over to LTE
The firewall automatically shifts traffic to LTE. No user action is needed.
Step 4: Failing Back When Service Returns
Once the primary internet is stable again, traffic moves back. LTE returns to standby mode.
Why This Matters for Your Business
- No downtime from ISP outages.
- Protects revenue & customer trust.
- Employees stay productive.
- Reliable operations, even during disruptions.
In many industries — retail, manufacturing, logistics, and professional services — even a single 60-minute outage can cost more than the entire annual investment in a proper failover system.
Ongoing Monitoring: Not Just Set-and-Forget
As part of our managed IT services, we:
- Monitor the health of primary & LTE connections
- Review all failover events for accuracy
- Fine-tune thresholds as your network grows
- Coordinate with your ISP when issues repeat
Your network becomes not only resilient in design — but proven in real-world conditions.
Need a Reliable Failover Solution?
DistrictConnects builds, deploys, and monitors fully automated failover systems.