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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.

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zgas-music
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ATT put fiber in my back yard a few years ago. Internet has been very stable. Had a couple of short late-night outages that I think were maintenance. I run a late schedule. If I’d been working “normal” hours I might not have seen it.

Unlike my Spectrum/Charter experience, upload and download speeds are blazing fast. Seeing email and talking to neighbors, cable in general can still be problematic and customer service isn’t great (which is why I dropped Spectrum completely). 
 

Have had good luck with cell hotspots when I’ve needed them (ATT). But I live in a metro area with good coverage. 

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