Re: [Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

2015-01-08 Thread Glen Ferguson
> > Bandwidth and coffee beans - the two things that coworking spaces should > pay for the best you can afford to provide. Now there's a quote destined for the wiki. --- Glen Ferguson Cowork Frederick 122 E Patrick St Frederick, MD 21701-5630 +1 (301) 732-5165 www.coworkfrederick.com @CoworkFred

Re: [Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

2015-01-08 Thread Alex Hillman
Ouch. ADSL. *Shudders*.  :) Bandwidth and coffee beans - the two things that coworking spaces should pay for the best you can afford to provide. -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Liste

Re: [Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

2015-01-08 Thread Aaron Cruikshank
At the HiVE, we have a 100/100 Fibre connection. We upgraded to that from ADSL and the main reason why was the poor upload speed we were getting before (5 mb/s up max). When we'd get 2-3 people trying to make Skype or Google Hangout video calls, the whole network would brown out due to the upload b

Re: [Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

2015-01-08 Thread Jerome Chang
I do want to make people aware of asynchronous bandwidth like 50 download / 10 upload. Connectivity can be much less reliable in the days of dropbox and other vid/file uploads. This is the reason why 50/50 is much more $$ than 50/10. JEROME CHANG WEST: Santa Monica 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) |

Re: [Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

2015-01-08 Thread Mike Pihlman
I did a quick test of wired vs wireless speeds at AltamontCowork. Interesting results... http://techymike.com/2014/07/18/internet-speed-testing/ Mike On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Alex Linsker wrote: > I agree with all of the above. > > Having a backup network is good for your brand, too

[Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

2015-01-08 Thread Alex Linsker
I agree with all of the above. Having a backup network is good for your brand, too, even if your main provider goes down for 1 minute per every 6 months, it's a relief to know there is a backup. And if one network blocks someone, the backup often has different settings that work for them. For

[Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

2015-01-08 Thread Jeannine
When we moved into our space it was already outfitted with dataports in every corner and along the walls. So we have kept them live. We have an assortment of cables available as everyone forgets them. Particularly in the back room, where there are sone dead spots for reasons we can't quite wo