Keep Toast POS online during ISP outages with instant cellular failover. Prevent failed orders, lost payments, and service disruption. Designed for restaurants using Toast.
This FAQ is specific to restaurants using Toast POS. Our system was designed to work with Toast Specifically. Our system allows you to back up either your whole network, or just your Toast network. If you work with our Networking Partner, they can set you up to have our system back up any of your networks, specifically.
Keep Toast Running Even When Your Internet Goes Down
Instant Cellular Failover keeps your Toast POS, KDS screens, online orders, and payments working during any ISP outage.
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Toast Is Powerful — But It Needs a Reliable Internet Connection
Toast is built for speed, accuracy, and modern restaurant operations. But like every cloud-based POS, it depends on your internet connection to keep orders flowing, payments processing, and tickets moving to the kitchen. When your ISP fails—even for a minute—your entire service can grind to a halt.
Backup Internet Solutions ensures that never happens.
What Happens to Toast During an ISP Outage?
Our service eliminates these problems by keeping Toast online, even when your ISP isn’t.
- Payments can’t process
- Checks can’t be opened or closed
- KDS screens freeze or stop updating
- Online orders from Toast TakeOut & Delivery disappear
- DoorDash, UberEats, Grubhub, and others can’t send orders through
- Previously paid-for orders never reach the kitchen
- Guests wait longer or walk out
- Your team is forced into manual workarounds
- Negative reviews follow because orders weren’t fulfilled
- Revenue drops during your busiest hours
Designed with Toast Restaurants in Mind
Whether you’re running handhelds, receipts, KDS screens, online ordering, or loyalty programs, our backup system keeps all of Toast’s features working during an internet outage.
- Instant Cellular Failover
- Automatic recovery
- Works with Toast handhelds, printers, and terminals
- Supports KDS and expo screens
- Protects online & delivery platform integrations
- Works for single or multi-location Toast setups
- Supports food trucks using Toast Mobile
Nothing about your staff workflow changes. Toast simply stays online.
Set Up in Minutes — No Technician Required
Your preconfigured router arrives ready to plug in. Connect it to your Toast devices or place it behind your existing router for full-network coverage.
Two Mode Boxes:
Direct to Toast Devices
Protects POS, KDS, and payment hardware.
Behind Your Restaurant’s Router
Protects Toast + printers + WiFi + more.
MULTI-LOCATION OPERATORS
If you operate multiple Toast locations, you can enable an optional secure VPN to link stores together. This helps standardize operations, reporting, and shared systems.
- Consistent connectivity
- Shared management tools
- Centralized oversight
- Reliable cross-location communication
FOOD TRUCKS USING TOAST
Stay Connected Wherever You Park
Food trucks and mobile kitchens running Toast rely heavily on stable connectivity. Our backup system keeps payments and orders working no matter where you’re set up—even if local internet is unreliable.
Simple, Affordable Protection for Toast Users
Single plan preview:
$39.99/month
—or—
$34.99/month preferred pricing
Multi-location discounts:
- 5% off for 2–9 locations
- 10% off for 10+ locations
Automatic Backup Internet
Backup Internet Is Automatic
When your ISP goes down, the modem sends your traffic to the cellular network instead of yoru wired network. When your ISP comes back up, the modem switches back.
Keep Toast Online. Protect Every Order.
When your internet fails, your restaurant doesn’t have time to stop. With Backup Internet Solutions, your Toast system stays connected and your team keeps serving guests without interruption.
Thinking About Joining Toast?
Toast has become one of the most trusted restaurant POS systems in the world. If you’re considering switching—or you’re opening a new location—you can explore options and speak with a consultant at: SelfManagedNetwork.com/?aff=backupinternet.solutions.