Coop-wide Broadband?
I was wondering if anyone has experience contacting Verizon, Cablebvision, or some other provider re buying broadband, etc. on a building-wide basis. The idea would be to save some money for this little coop (ten units)…
I was wondering if anyone has experience contacting Verizon, Cablebvision, or some other provider re buying broadband, etc. on a building-wide basis. The idea would be to save some money for this little coop (ten units)…
March 3, 2008 3:51 PM, I know, but the previous posters left room for the implication that “someone” was just buying normal broadband, and sharing it.
Any idea as to the cost savings of this proposition?
I think a T1 line is a bit overkill here…
Why not look at sharing a T1 or T3 line, not a consumer cable connection? speakeasy.net or Verizon can offer you a line.
The coop is not 10 customers, but one corporate client like any other business.
you need to check with the provider. I enquired about a shared cable account with cablevision in two apartments in my house (myself and family member in two apartments) the installer indicated that previously they sort of turned a blind eye to this, but regulations have been stricter recently (don’t remember what regs exactly) and that any unit – and unit is defined as a space with a kitchen – requires a separate account.
You could be setting yourself up for trouble later with a fine or losing the account for the whole building.
Really check into this before proceding.
Uh, something tells me that Verizon isn’t going to agree to lose seven or eight-tenths of its billing, and just agree to have one account provide broadband for all ten units. Are you sure you are describing a legal arrangement?
A 10 unit coop is not a 4 story building that was designed originally for 1 family. Listen to thecomputerguy. We tried and tried to do this in our 8 unit and signals can barely work from front to back of building let alone through the fire safe wall between the apartments on the same floor.
I just got an Airport Extreme for a 4 story, 20 foot wide 100 yr old townhouse. We got the Airport Extreme b/c most of us here use Apple computers and that’s what we’ve been told by multiple computer friends is the best and strongest for Macs. We get our broadband access from Time Warner. All floors get a great signal. Maybe you’ll have problems if you’ve got concrete floors or tin ceilings, but unless there are materials that like which will give interference – or a band-hogger watching movies or running a major website – it should work ok. Good luck!
I have a “Super G” Wireless router and live in 4 unit townhouse – 1 unit per floor. Not only do the people on the top floor pick up a strong signal from my bottom floor router, but the neighbors in the ajoining building do as well.
I’d go for the $50 wifi router and call it quits.