Ugh. Clear works all around our office, but not immediately on this block. Same goes near my house. Sorry everyone. Clear could've solved a bunch of things for me but I had to search elsewhere.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > We currently pay $50/month for a Clear 4g modem that we fail over to. > > It gets swallowed up really fast, and I might argue that no internet is worse > than internet that barely works. > > We actually have more issues with upstream latency than actual > download/upload speeds. The end effect for our members is "the internet is > slow or intermittent", but for the most part our pfsense configuration has > addressed most of it and helps us address additional issues as they happen. > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Mojo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is a very timely post - as our area of the city experienced a >> system-wide outage for about 15 minutes the other day with Charter. We have >> a Charter Business service with 50Mbps ... and no usage cap. We have a >> wireless router on each floor to complement the 24 ethernet ports >> distributed throughout the space. I agree with Alex - at coworking space >> should NEVER be without easy/uncomplicated connection to awesome quality >> Internet service. >> >> So, after the outage the other day, we're looking at a back up. Some >> members suggested that we look at a 4G connection just to activate during >> emergency outages. We also have another really great local ISP here called >> Skyrunner. Does anyone have a true "back up" system in place? If so, I'd >> love to hear more. >> >> I also would like to explore further the idea of throttling bandwidth hogs. >> I don't think we have many ... but is there a way to see which connections >> are using the most? >> >> On password changes ... we only changed passwords once in the past 2 years. >> We moved locations and it was like starting new again. We felt like it made >> sense to have a new passwork ;-) >> >> Cheers, >> Craig >> >> >> On Monday, January 14, 2013 11:28:05 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: >> +1 to everything Jerome said. >> >> There's plenty of pain within a network of people who are SUPPOSED to be >> able to get on the network. You don't also want to make it hard for people >> to connect in the first place. >> >> -- >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We haven't changed our password in 2+ years either, however...our issues >>> are everything after that initial authentication. One of the biggest >>> problems we have is someone's hogging our bandwidth. Drop a 500mb movie >>> file in Dropbox midday and then, it's like rush hour heading into the >>> Lincoln Tunnel. So we have to throttle each user, etc. >>> >>> OR, one side of the office somehow has way more devices on it so we need >>> the other AP's to help balance the load. >>> >>> OR, one Internet feed drops so the 2nd/back-up needs to kick in >>> immediately, and likely with different throttling settings since it has >>> less bandwidth. >>> >>> OR there are too many other AP's nearby and their channels or whatever >>> cause enough interference. >>> >>> Etc >>> >>> Jerome (not from an EvilBerry) >>> www.BLANKSPACES.com >>> >>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Tom Brandt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> We've changed ours once in three years, and it is a pain both to inform >>>> the members and for members with older machines to change it. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> twb >>>> Sent from my aye phone >>>> >>>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> We've changed ours twice in 6 years. The inconvenience of constantly >>>>> changing passwords is a killer for the members. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a particular thing that you're concerned about that has you >>>>> wanting to change the password daily? >>>>> >>>>> -Alex >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> /ah >>>>> indyhall.org >>>>> coworking in philadelphia >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Melissa Saubers <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Do you change them on a daily basis? >>>>>> Or do you use a similar system that a hotel would use where the user has >>>>>> to sign in each day and it's good for 24 hours (not sure what it's >>>>>> called)? >>>>>> Or something else? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Coworking" group. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Coworking" group. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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