Very good points, Alex.. adding this to my list of questions for vendors! I should probably start a new thread, but I am playing around with multiple ideas for phone systems. I want to offer phone service and vm that is easily set up on the fly like Cisco Call Manager and Unity - only because i expect more business clients that will need it (and plus it is something I already know how to maintain lol). The Media market is like that. It's a pretty large expense initially, but I am thinking that it will save me money in the long run.
Who is doing what with their phone systems? On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alex Hillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FIOS is AMAZING, there's only two potential issues: > 1) make sure that the license allows commercial use. It may be an issue, > it may not. I do know that they usually block port 80 to make sure you're > not web-serving over fios. But "reselling bandwidth", which to some degree > you are doing, MAY be against TOS. > > 2) if it's not available. If it is available, I'm ridiculously jealous of > you because we can't get it in center city philadelphia yet. Bugger. > > Other than those issues, FIOS is excruciatingly fast and can handle a pile > of people hammering on it pretty hard. > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Lisa Thompson < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was planning on using Verizon's FIOS. Has the speed and it's 40 a > > month. Anyone think thats a bad idea? > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Alex Hillman < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > We also have a speakeasy commercial line as well that's stood up quite > > > nicely even at 5pm on a friday when everyone's watching hulu. > > > Our router situation is still in flux as we find something that's > > > stable and can handle the load better wirelessly. (knock on wood) it's > > > been > > > good this month. We're currently running on the Belkin 54g, but have > > > tried a > > > DD-WRT in the past as well and have had generally fickle responses from > > > both. > > > > > > Hard-wired to the DSL, though...even when we're packed it's snappy. > > > And for $130/month you can't touch it. > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Jacob Sayles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure you'll need maximum bandwidth for downloading all those > > > > unicorn videos.... > > > > > > > > At Office Nomads we have a T1 with speakeasy that goes for about > > > > $350. > > > > It's 1.5Mbits up and down and is guaranteed and solid as a rock. > > > > When you go to officenomads.com you are going over this pipe. We > > > > are > > > > looking to expand for heavy traffic days by load balancing over a > > > > direct wifi link to our friend's server rack downtown (3Mbit) and > > > > maybe even a fat DSL or cable line (6-10Mbit). Speed isn't > > > > everything > > > > and your router/firewall has a lot to do with quality of service. > > > > We > > > > use a fun little box that has no moving parts, 6 interfaces, and > > > > runs > > > > PFSense. It was about $400 and it makes me smile. > > > > > > > > Jacob Sayles > > > > Co-founder & Janitor > > > > http://officenomads.com > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > We use Speakeasy in SF. I don't know where they cover. We don't > > > > have a > > > > > dedicated line, but it's pretty reliable and quick, even when 35+ > > > > geeks are > > > > > gathered. > > > > > > > > > > Tara > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Matthew Wettergreen > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hiya, > > > > > > > > > > > > I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on the best options for > > > > internet > > > > > > access for coworking spaces. > > > > > > > > > > > > What type of plan does everyone have? Speed? Price? Has anyone > > > > gotten > > > > > > ISPs to sponsor? > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > > > > coFounder > > > > > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > > > > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > > > > > phone: 415-694-1951 > > > > > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > ----- > > > -- > > > ----- > > > Alex Hillman > > > round(3)media new! ask me about it > > > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > visual: www.round3media.com | www.dangerouslyawesome.com > > > local: www.indyhall.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > Alex Hillman > round(3)media new! ask me about it > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > visual: www.round3media.com | www.dangerouslyawesome.com > local: www.indyhall.org > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
