Re: [Coworking] How to manage Internet Bandwidth Usage for Power Users

[Alex Hillman]

+1 to James' approach, we've been down this road as well and having a
conversation has always worked better than any kind of "prevention" based
approach.

Another option we haven't taken (but would consider if it came down to it)
would be to add a dedicated "high usage" connection that people can plug
into using ethernet instead of wifi to ensure they're connected to the
right system during specific high bandwidth needs operations.

Personally, I'd look for ways to tie usage of that service to other
behaviors, similar to how placing a kitchen or bathrooms can influence how
people move through the space, or how mixing full time and flex desks can
encourage more mixing and meeting new people. Turn a problem into a
solution :)

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On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 12:39 PM, James Gifford 
wrote:

> What i’ve done (similar scenario) is to politely ask the people who are
> video editing to do it after peak hours, or over lunch. They’ve all been
> super nice and understanding, and complaints more or less stopped.
>
> The other thing you can do (I believe) is bandwidth limit specific users
> in the Unifi, so most people won’t notice. But in general, you need to
> solve this people problem with people, not tech.
>
> - James
>
>
> On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:30 PM, JE J  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I'd be interested in hearing how others manage Internet Bandwidth usage
> for power users. Specifically users who do heavy downloading and uploading
> of large files, or video editing that takes up a significant amount of
> bandwidth. We have a number of users who fall into this category and can
> use almost 100% of the 20M of upload bandwidth available as an example. We
> currently use Unifi and have bandwidth limits in place, however there are
> complaints about slow internet speeds as a result. I'd be interested in any
> feedback.
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Re: [Coworking] How to manage Internet Bandwidth Usage for Power Users

[James Gifford]

What i’ve done (similar scenario) is to politely ask the people who are video 
editing to do it after peak hours, or over lunch. They’ve all been super nice 
and understanding, and complaints more or less stopped.

The other thing you can do (I believe) is bandwidth limit specific users in the 
Unifi, so most people won’t notice. But in general, you need to solve this 
people problem with people, not tech.

- James

> On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:30 PM, JE J  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I'd be interested in hearing how others manage Internet Bandwidth usage for 
> power users. Specifically users who do heavy downloading and uploading of 
> large files, or video editing that takes up a significant amount of 
> bandwidth. We have a number of users who fall into this category and can use 
> almost 100% of the 20M of upload bandwidth available as an example. We 
> currently use Unifi and have bandwidth limits in place, however there are 
> complaints about slow internet speeds as a result. I'd be interested in any 
> feedback. 
> 
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[Coworking] How to manage Internet Bandwidth Usage for Power Users

[JE J]

Hi all,
I'd be interested in hearing how others manage Internet Bandwidth usage for 
power users. Specifically users who do heavy downloading and uploading of 
large files, or video editing that takes up a significant amount of 
bandwidth. We have a number of users who fall into this category and can 
use almost 100% of the 20M of upload bandwidth available as an example. We 
currently use Unifi and have bandwidth limits in place, however there are 
complaints about slow internet speeds as a result. I'd be interested in any 
feedback. 

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Missoula, Montana

[Jenn Ellington]

Hi Steve-  

My name is Jennifer Ellington.  I work for Steelcase, an office furniture 
manufacturing company.  I moved to Missoula around 2 years ago and am now a 
distributed worker.  I am struggling with finding appropriate places in 
Missoula to work.  Coffee shops, though there are many, are very loud and 
it is difficult to conduct meetings.  I have also explore the thinking 
around creating a WorkCafe here in Missoula.  Steelcase has done a lot of 
research around creating great spaces for wherever work happens.  Employee 
engagement is tied very closely to the environments which people work in. 
 People need choice and control over how and where they work.  Working from 
home works well at times, but there is a need to find a local location 
where one could go to be amongst their community in an environment that 
supports the Corporate worker.  A WorkCafe could offer a place where people 
could come that offered different settings supporting different modes of 
work.  There are excellent examples of these types of places in Seattle, 
Chicago, NY, San Fran, LA and Grand Rapids, Michigan.  What are your 
thoughts?

Very Interested-
Jenn

On Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 10:07:53 PM UTC-7, SteveJ wrote:
>
> Hello, my name is SteveJ and I live in Missoula, MT.  I am a P/C Agent 
> in California and work from home.  I am currently very interested in 
> the coworking concept and potentially have a building that will work 
> to establish a coworking location in Missoula.  Any ideas?  Any 
> thoughts? 
>
> SteveJ

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[Coworking] Re: Any Feedback from People Who Use Nexudus Coworking Software?

[Cynthia Dailey]

We love NEXUDUS at ScribbleSpace.CO



On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 9:57:13 AM UTC-4, Ender Baykal wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, 
>
> We're still in progress of seeking a platform which meets all our needs at 
> once. However, it's kind of hard to find a platform like that, because we 
> would like to:
>
> *1.* manage all the membership payment transactions (charge users, 
> accepting new members(coworkers), canceling memberships etc.)
>
> *2.* track their check-ins to our space (we don't want to check them in 
> manually, we already have a HID card reader system that allows people to 
> check-in at the front desk, however this card reader application is 
> integrated with Cobot and if we use another platform instead of Cobot, we 
> are not sure that we will be able to use our current HID system with the 
> new platform)
>
> *3.* We would like to see our members can interact each other on a single 
> platform by posting events, chatting each other, posting something that 
> they find interesting, or even posting job ads etc.
>
> *4.* manage our printer system (may be by giving our members some credits 
> in order to use the printers in our coworking space)
>
> *5.* we want our coworkers(members) can easily book our meeting rooms as 
> well as other resources like phone booths.
>
>
> Besides all these, the user interface of the platform/software should be 
> extremely simple. It shouldn't be complicated, it needs to look really 
> simple to people to encourage them to use it. 
>
> As I mentioned above, we're still in progress of finding a platform like 
> this. We came up with Nexudus, but I am not sure if it's going to be 
> helpful and meet our needs. If anyone who already uses Nexudus can give us 
> a feedback, we would appreciate that. In addition, we also appreciate if 
> you suggest us other softwares.
>
> *P.S.: We think Project Management softwares (Basecamp, Podio etc.) can't 
> help us since they're quiet expensive and kind of complicated and not very 
> user friendly. They have a lot of apps to allow you to customize it based 
> on your needs, but these are not as simple as other softwares.*
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> *Indiegrove Team*
>
> * *
> *http://indiegrovejc.com/ *
>

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Re: [Coworking] How to Staff the Door During Business Hours

[Amy King]

Thanks Alex! The 2 floor building is approx 55k sf, which includes retail
and 12 residential lofts. The coworking footprint is about 60% of the first
floor, around 12-14k sf. We have two entrances for members - a front
reception entrance and the rear entrance that accesses the parking lot.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> Amy - I'm curious, can you get a little more specific than "very large"?
>
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> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Amy King  wrote:
>
>> We are opening a very large coworking space this fall and I want to
>> create a very welcoming environment for visitors/ guests / members without
>> staffing a dedicated receptionist or requiring our community ambassadors to
>> sit at the front desk full-time.
>> What are different models out there for this? Have some kind of technical
>> fix where our ambassadors and other staff get a text or other prompt when
>> there's a visitor at the front desk, so they can go greet them? We will
>> have keyless entry of some kind for members, so this is more to let
>> visitors in, accept packages etc .Looking for very candid advice,
>> suggestions etc. Thanks!
>>
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