Our main internet connection is 100/20 from Comcast. It has been surprisingly reliable - I have seen Alex's anguished tweets to @comcastcares (or whatever it is) and am thankful Comcast here is pretty good.
We back it up with a 20/? connection from AT&T. It's obviously much slower than the Comcast connection, but it is there and does get used on the rare occasions that Comcast goes out. On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]> wrote: > Our main connection is a 100mbps rooftop wifi link and we back it up with > a 20mbps cable service (that also hosts our phones). I'm not sure the > layout of where you are but rooftop service providers are popping up all > over the country as they are pretty easy to implement. Heck you could do > it yourself if you get up there and see a building of someone you know that > has better connectivity. > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Heh, another thing I’ve learned in 8 years of coworking is that most >> people don’t read signs, even when they’re right in front of them ;) >> >> -Alex >> >> ------------------ >> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >> Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Elliott Williams <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Ahhh, thanks for this. Sounds like maybe what I could do in that >>> direction is have some sort of internet connected sign that shows the >>> internet status. At least then no one would think it's just them. >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Alex Hillman < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Internet downtime sucks and we’re in a similar situation, having only >>>> one ISP option. >>>> >>>> We tried an LTE backup and it was actually *worse* than not having >>>> internet when it goes down. At least when it’s down you know it’s down vs. >>>> when the LTE backup kicks in and it’s frustratingly slow but people try to >>>> use it anyway. >>>> >>>> People are upset either way, but we learned that they’re actually less >>>> upset when they know it’s down and they can just find other work to do vs. >>>> wondering “maybe the internet is just slow right now” and getting >>>> frustrated with that. >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------ >>>> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >>>> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >>>> Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Elliott Williams <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> We've had 5-20 minute outages several times on our area over the >>>>> last few months (pittsburgh). I'm pretty sure it's not our internal >>>>> network >>>>> as I live 5 blocks away and my home internet has been spotty as well. >>>>> >>>>> I'm wondering what people do for "backup" internet. We only have one >>>>> ISP piped into our building, so I was thinking of a LTE router. 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