We're running comcast business at 50/10, with hardware to support going up to 100 down (can't recall the up on that level)
John Wilker Founder, 360|Conferences | Partner, Uncubed (720) 381-2370 twitter: jwilker (http://twitter.com/jwilker) johnwilker.com (http://johnwilker.com) | 360|MacDev (http://360macdev.com) | 360|Stack (http://360stack.com) | 360|iDev (http://360idev.com) On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Jerome Chang wrote: > I keep hearing about this Comcast 50mbps connection from those who have > Comcast...is it 50/50???? > We have a 15/1 DSL from Megapath and if more than 2 people download > intensively, it might as well be 1/1. > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > www.blankspaces.com (http://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 2:55 PM, Tom Brandt <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > We have a Comcast 50mbps connection which is our main connection, and an > > AT&T 18mbps u-verse connection for our backup. We have a router, the > > brand/model of which I have forgotten, which handles failover. Like > > IndyHall, it's more upstream latency that's an issue rather than the > > connection speed. > > > > The Comcast connection has been surprisingly reliable and Comcast's > > customer service shockingly responsive. AT&T customer service is > > characteristically sucky. Fortunately we don't need them very much. > > > > I can look at the failover router we use if people are interested in the > > brand and model. > > > > --- > > twb > > Sent from my aye phone > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:37 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > > Truthfully, I can't say that Clear is much of a solution for anything and > > > I'd consider it as an experiment largely a failure. > > > > > > When we fail over to it everybody still knows it. In order to even send > > > an email to our list to let people know about the outage, I usually end > > > up tethering to my iPhone. > > > > > > We don't have other broadband ISP options. DSL options are in the same > > > speed territory as Clear, and FiOS can't get here soon enough. > > > > > > I've been negotiating with some local fiber providers to do a deal with > > > us, but even when I get them into "reasonable" territory it's still an > > > order of magnitude more expensive than we're currently paying. > > > > > > Comcast business class is fast as hell…when it's up. Which is most of the > > > time, depending on the season :) > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > -- > > > /ah > > > indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org/) > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > 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 (http://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] > > > > (mailto:[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 (http://indyhall.org/) > > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Mojo <[email protected] > > > > > (mailto:[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 (http://indyhall.org/) > > > > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Jerome Chang > > > > > > > <[email protected] (javascript:)> 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 (http://www.blankspaces.com/) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Tom Brandt <[email protected] > > > > > > > > (javascript:)> 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] (javascript:)> 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 (http://indyhall.org/) > > > > > > > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Melissa Saubers > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected] (javascript:)> 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! 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