Had a real close call.
Owning a primarily internet based company requires 1 main ingredient. A fast reliable intenet connection..
Here's the issue(s) I had. Some of you know I moved to the new house/shop. It is awesome, except for 1 thing.. Nothings ever easy right?
When we moved in we had satelitte internet installed, (the only option at the time).. Wow, I was guessing slow and mostly reliable..
1. Limited bandwidth.. It gets used by 8:30am.
2. Very unreliable.
3. slooooow uploads that usually timeout.
It would be ok for random home browsing/minimal e-mail etc.
Not Doable for an intenet business/Media junkie.
So I came very close to having to move.. again.. or shut down the company, instead of the large expansion that was in progress..
We checked EVERY possible source for high speed.. reliable or not.
We looked into internet providers for the area before we moved, but Hughesnet assured us they could provide the bandwidth I needed... Yeah.
Options:
Comcast. We know they dont service here, it stops 1.1 miles down the road.. We requested the survey option to have them run a line. They said just over 100K to excavate and install the line. Next.
Verizon DSL. Not Available.
We tried contacting a few private companies.. no luck
Last option. Looked into some business High speed options, the prices have come down a lot from the last time I looked at them, years ago.
The price is more than I wanted to be paying for internet, but considering the alternative it is well worth it.
So it is ordered and to be installed by the 15th.
A full duplex T-1.
For those that know what that is, I'm sure you know how excited I am.
That was a huge problem solved, with an awesome solution.
Anyway.. sorry had to vent.
I've been too stressed to ride.. gotta go ride tommorrow.
