1. Your first day at the new office starts with, "Is the DSL hooked up yet? ... OK, I'll be at Panera if you need me."
2. You have to add a special section to the employee handbook on imprint machines under the section, "What to do in case of an emergency."
3. You had to factor invoices to pay for the last service call from your carrier.
4. You're launching so many new locations this year, your COO has "the phone company" on speed dial.
5. Your last PCI audit revealed that, in fact, using old imprint slips as scrap paper for note-taking is most definitely non-compliant.
6. Your postal address includes the terms "Rural Route" and your mailman looks like Burt Reynolds.
7. A fiber-optic line has been "coming soon" to your area for the last 7 years.
8. A mis-hap at the construction site down the street killed internet to your location for days.
9. The IT department says it's the carrier's fault; the carrier says it's your IT department's fault; and you're willing to pay anyone just to get the POS back online.
10. The last time your contracts with the carrier were re-negotiated, MySpace was still popular.
    

Labels: backup network, Fixed Wireless Broadband, PCI Compliance, POS, Rural Broadband