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Failover Internet Solutions in the UK
When your primary internet goes down, every minute costs money. Cloudswitched provides managed failover connections that activate automatically, keeping your business online while the primary circuit is restored.
Automatic Switchover
Failover activates in seconds without manual intervention — your team continues working without even noticing the switch.
Diverse Technology
We use a different carrier and technology for your backup connection, eliminating single points of failure entirely.
Always Monitored
Both primary and failover circuits are monitored 24/7, so we know the moment either one has an issue.
Why Failover Internet Is Essential
Internet outages are not a question of if but when. Even the most reliable circuits experience faults due to carrier issues, construction damage, or equipment failure. A managed failover connection ensures your email, VoIP, cloud applications, and customer-facing services remain operational during any disruption. Cloudswitched designs failover solutions using diverse carriers and technologies for maximum resilience.
Failover Done Properly
True Diversity
We ensure your primary and backup connections use different carriers, different technologies, and where possible different physical routes into your building to eliminate common failure points.
Intelligent Failover Logic
Our equipment does not just check if a cable is connected — it actively tests internet reachability and application availability, triggering failover only when genuine connectivity loss occurs.
Seamless Failback
When the primary circuit recovers, traffic is automatically returned to it without disruption. We verify stability before completing the failback to avoid flapping.
What Our Failover Service Delivers
Secondary internet connection on a diverse carrier
Automatic failover and failback configuration
Managed dual-WAN router or SD-WAN appliance
24/7 monitoring of both primary and backup circuits
Regular failover testing and verification
Incident reporting with root cause analysis
Frequently Asked Questions
Our managed failover typically activates within 10 to 30 seconds of detecting a primary circuit failure. The exact time depends on the failover technology and detection method configured for your setup.
We recommend a technology different from your primary circuit to ensure true diversity. Common options include 4G/5G mobile broadband, a secondary fibre from a different provider, or bonded broadband. The right choice depends on your location and requirements.
By default, your public IP address will change to that of the backup circuit. For businesses requiring a fixed IP, we can configure VPN tunnels or SD-WAN to maintain a consistent address across both connections.
Yes, we conduct scheduled failover tests to verify the backup connection and switchover mechanism work correctly. Testing frequency depends on your requirements but is typically monthly or quarterly.
Yes, with SD-WAN or dual-WAN load balancing, the backup circuit can carry non-critical traffic during normal operation. This provides additional bandwidth day-to-day while maintaining failover capability.
Free On Boarding worth up to £2,000!
Limited time offer - valid until 31/05/2026
Protect Your Business from Downtime
Tell us about your current connectivity and we will design a failover solution that keeps you online.
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