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# What is Automatic Failover? — How to Prevent Network Downtime

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Maintaining always-on wide-area network connectivity is available through automatic failover solutions — the strongest of which are built to include wireless broadband links.

[Video (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhuYpnqFNoA)