Egypt finally restored its Internet service, but the unprecedented outage leaves questions in the minds of many. CNN published an article on Thursday titled, “Could the U.S. shut down the internet?” The report looks at whether the U.S. government could shut down American Internet connections, and if it’s possible for the global Internet to topple.

Internet Outage

Beyond those larger questions, though, the Internet outage should be causing companies of all sizes to ask their dedicated server company serious questions about data security and uptime reliability.

With the Egypt crisis, we saw firsthand how important the Internet is as a communications tool. We also saw the financial implications of the Egyptian Internet shutdown. Blocking the Internet cost the national economy about $18 million a day.  At least $90 million overall. When your dedicated servers go down, it might not cost you that much — but it can be costly. It’s all relative.

ServerPronto Offers

We at ServerPronto offer data security for discount dedicated server customers. Our company’s data centers feature hardened facility entry controls, video camera monitoring, restricted access points, and secure storage, so client servers meet Requirement 9 of the PCI Security Standard Council guidelines about security and physical restrictions to sensitive data.

We also offer a 100% network uptime guarantee to discount dedicated server customers. Our Class data centers feature state-of-the-art hardware, network, and fully redundant connectivity to provide customers with a high-performing, reliable server.

The dust may be settling on the Internet shutdown in Egypt, but now is the time for companies to look more closely at their dedicated server provider and examine issues of data security and uptime. If your company depends on the Internet, even a short outage or a brief security breach could become a crisis.

ServerPronto offers affordable and secure dedicated servers and cloud hosting service packages.