Food and hospitality trades

Connectivity for food trucks

The whole business runs on a phone signal. Orders, payments and deliveries arrive over the internet. When it drops, the kitchen is busy and nobody can pay.

Internet, wireless and security for food trucks

Each of the three has to be right, and they are usually bought from different companies. We compare them together.

Internet

Ordering platforms and social media are how customers find you.

Wireless

Payments and online orders depend entirely on mobile data at the kerb.

Security

Mobile payment devices must be kept secure.

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No signal, no sale

By the Telecom Agency advisory team

The truck is parked at a festival with ten thousand people, and every phone in the crowd is competing for the same network. The card reader spins and the queue walks away.

What a consultant changes

Telecom Agency equips the truck with a router that can use more than one carrier and switch to whichever is working. Knowing that such a thing exists, and which plan suits it, is the kind of help a consultant gives in a ten-minute call.

How Telecom Agency shops the market for food trucks

The advice
The recommendation is a router that uses more than one carrier and switches to whichever is working, with a plan that suits it.
The price
Multi-carrier plans are priced against single-carrier ones, so you can see what the extra reliability costs.
The service
The advisor helps when the router or plan needs changing, for example before a season of large events.
  • No fee to you: providers pay the advisor
  • Every provider compared, none favoured
  • One contact for every carrier
  • Reviews and support after the install

An illustrative scenario based on situations common among food trucks. It does not describe a specific client.

What we usually put in place

  • Internet with automatic cellular backupService continues when the main line fails.
  • Guest Wi-Fi apart from the registersCustomers online without touching payment systems.
  • Online ordering and phones togetherCalls, orders and delivery apps that do not compete for bandwidth.
  • Protected payment networkCard systems isolated and monitored.

Providers that often fit

The shortlist depends on your addresses. Open a provider to check availability where you work.

The best connection available,at a price you can compare.

Tell us where you work and what you run. An advisor brings back internet, wireless and security options side by side, at no cost to you.

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