Any suggestions on Internet Providers?

[Angela Samuels]

I'm looking to open a coworking space, Visionary Meetings in the Detroit area. I'm trying to figure out what the best internet WiFi provider. I have a quote from Comcast, but I don't want to enter into a 3 year contract plus I have not  heard a lot good things about it. Any suggestions would be great.

Angela

[Jerome Chang]

In L.A., 3-year contracts are standard for decent rates for businesses. Shorter are available, but the rates go up.

JEROME CHANG

Mid-Wilshire
5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036 
ph: (323) 330-9505

Downtown
529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013 
ph: (213) 550-2235 

On Apr 28, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Angela Samuels <visionar...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm looking to open a coworking space, Visionary Meetings in the Detroit area. I'm trying to figure out what the best internet WiFi provider. I have a quote from Comcast, but I don't want to enter into a 3 year contract plus I have not  heard a lot good things about it. Any suggestions would be great.

Angela

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[Tom Brandt]

Depending on where in the Detroit area you are, Comcast at AT&T are pretty much your only options. There are other service providers, but they are simply reselling either Comcast or AT&T bandwidth.

Here at Workantile in Ann Arbor, we are using Comcast business class service at 50mbs, and have an AT&T DSL for a backup in case the Comcast connection goes down. We have failover router which automatically switches to the AT&T connection, and back to Comcast when Comcast comes back up. I am actually quite pleased with the service from Comcast business services - unlike their residential counterparts, they have been very responsive on the rare occasions there have been problems with their connection.

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Angela Samuels <visionar...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm looking to open a coworking space, Visionary Meetings in the Detroit area. I'm trying to figure out what the best internet WiFi provider. I have a quote from Comcast, but I don't want to enter into a 3 year contract plus I have not  heard a lot good things about it. Any suggestions would be great.

Angela

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[Chris Johnson]

If you provide me an address I would be happy to do a lookup (we are a master Agent) and see what options come back.  You will be hard pressed to get anything less than 3 year without paying through the nose for it.

 

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[Angela Samuels]

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[Mark in Iowa City]

One tip to try is www.bandwidthpool.com  They can tell you what other providers might serve your needs.

If your Coworking space is a non-profit entity or in some other way has sponsors, you might contact the providers to see if they will give you a discount or cover install costs as a way to help the space.

We got a company to bury a fiber line to our building.  Something we could have never afforded, but we splashed their logo up and both sides are happy.

 

Fast, reliable internet is really our biggest asset next to the physical space.  Worth spending as much as you can afford to provide in my opinion.

 

Mark

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[James Tuffery]

Hi Angela, 

I work at WUN Systems, where we provide turn key technology solutions specifically for coworking, We have an amazing Data/WiFi product that I would be happy to show you. We can also help with finding you the best ISP for your needs, as we get wholesale pricing from all the major carriers. 

Check us out at wunsystems.com or contract me directly at jtuf...@wunsystems.com 

I'm here to help. 

Cheers,

James

[Angela Samuels]

Thanks James,

I'll take a look.

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