From floods to fires, natural disasters are becoming more common by the season. These emergencies often create internet service outages in an already stressful time, limiting your pharmacy’s ability to serve the community.

In the event of an internet disruption or worst-case scenario, a complete outage, your business risks losing sales if a backup plan is not established. Many times, these types of outages sometimes cannot be prevented and when it happens, it is critical to have instantaneous redundancy to operate your essential business functions.

Protect your pharmacy with a high speed 4G LTE wireless network allowing all your essential business functions to operate: point of sale systems, dispensary insurance claims, email and cloud data backups, to mention a few.

Several pharmacies across the country are evidence of this valuable service. From widespread internet connectivity issues to natural disasters, the imact of outages on each of these businesses could have been astronomical if cellular backup wasn't already in place:

• Severe flooding of the Ottawa River caused Mattawa Pharmacy to experience a complete internet outage while the town declared a state of emergency. The outage continued for several days, during which time the pharmacy was able to operate without interruption, providing essential services to the community during the state of emergency.
• A record-breaking rainfall in parts of southern B.C. caused landslides which damaged fibre optic cables resulting in several hundred businesses to be inoperable. But not Queen Charlotte Islands Pharmacy - it was business as usual when the store's internet service seamlessly flipped over to the cellular backup.
• Intermittent outages over a nine-day span in Sarnia, Ontario allowed Winston’s The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy to continue operating without a hiccup. In fact, the celluar backup speed was faster than the existing internet service.

Outages can happen anytime and anywhere. Internet connectivity is critical for any business. Losing connection, even shortly, can be disruptive and costly. Businesses need a redundant backup solution to help stay connected and provide greater peace of mind in the event of a power or internet outage.

Make sure your business is always protected.

When connectivity fails, business doesn’t have to. PTS keeps you online during outages with automatic LTE wireless backup. Explore our Business Continuity solutions to ensure your operations are always protected.