Redundant Internet


My power went out last night for about 5 hours. Despite my network hardware being on a UPS, the Internet service went out anyway. Seems they use the same power feed my house does. When the power came back on late last night the Internet did not.

This used to be routine, then they fixed it, now we are back to unreliable.

As a result I’m investing in an inexpensive edge router and getting TMobile home internet as a fallback. The long term reviews for Tmobile home Internet were mixed. At first users loved it, then after a couple of months the performance seems to have deteriorated significantly. Hopefully it is now better an with a little luck I won’t have both go out at once.

erik_squires

Showing 2 responses by carlsbad2

My employees that have tried to use it eventually went back to cable because they couldn't have reliable internet for remote meetings.   california may be worse than where you live.  You might think CA would be good for infrastructure buildout and technology since many of the companies are headquartered here but because of environmental and permitting regulations, our mobile network lags many places in the country.

I think having it as a backup sounds like a good plan.  

Jerry