>>>>Al,
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>>>>Thanks for your input. It was very helpful. Just to explain, here is my situation:
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>>>>The server for my client was used to house FoxPro data for a home grown application written back in 2000. Remote users used Remote Desktop connection to access the system while local users accessed the system via the LAN. I have since re-engineered this application in .NET and created a web application hosted on a server in the cloud. I also used the server for file sharing in the office, but now I want to put the users on Google Apps for Business, thereby giving them file sharing in the cloud. Anti-virus is handled at the front door via the SonicWall firewall.
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>>>What do you do when your internet connection is down?
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>>You can use a cellular router. Some of them also have a conventional broadband connection, which is normally used. However, they will automatically failover to the cellular link if the primary link goes down.
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>That does have possibilities if your bandwidth needs are reasonably low and solid cellular service is available.

In major centers, instead of cellular you could have multiple conventional links from independent providers.