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What does an outage cost?

A major outage like this can have significant financial implications. For businesses relying on these services, lost productivity from employees unable to work can quickly amount to millions of pounds. Beyond direct costs, there's also the potential damage to reputation and customer trust, which can be harder to quantify but equally impactful.

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