Which provider wins for WV businesses? Our independent analysis.
Cloud CCTV is upload-hungry. For Wolverhampton businesses running Hikvision, Dahua or Avigilon cloud recording, CityFibre FTTP with symmetric upload speeds is essential — avoid asymmetric Virgin Media connections for high-channel CCTV setups.
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Cloud-connected CCTV is becoming the standard for Wolverhampton businesses — eliminating on-site NVR storage, enabling remote monitoring via smartphone and providing insurance-grade secure footage archiving. But cloud CCTV is fundamentally upload-intensive.
A typical Hikvision 4K camera records at approximately 8–15 Mbps when active. A 16-camera system continuously uploading to cloud storage needs 128–240 Mbps of sustained upload bandwidth. This is where many business broadband connections fail — particularly Virgin Media's asymmetric packages, which deliver excellent download but limited upload.
CityFibre FTTP is the recommended solution for most WV CCTV installations — 2.5 Gbps symmetric means upload capacity is never the bottleneck, even for large multi-camera systems. A static IP is essential for remote NVR access.
For 24/7 security-critical operations — logistics warehouses, data centres, financial premises — a leased line provides the guaranteed upload bandwidth and 4-hour fault fix SLA that serious security installations require. We design complete connectivity solutions for CCTV alongside our colleagues at Telexico Security.
Calculate roughly 8–15 Mbps per 4K camera recording to cloud continuously. A 4-camera system needs 30–60 Mbps sustained upload. A 16-camera system needs 130–240 Mbps. CityFibre 1 Gbps symmetric handles all of these comfortably.
You can use DDNS (dynamic DNS) as an alternative to a static IP, but a static IP is simpler and more reliable for remote NVR access. Most business FTTP packages include one static IP.
Without failover, cloud recording stops during outages. With a 4G failover SIM, the router detects the failure and switches to mobile — CCTV continues recording to cloud within 30 seconds. For security-critical premises, we strongly recommend this.
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