I've worked in Melbourne in small tech companies for almost 15 years and have setup a few offices in my time. The biggest issue in finding and setting up a new

I've worked in Melbourne in small tech companies for almost 15 years and have setup a few offices in my time. The biggest issue in finding and setting up a new office for a small tech company is the internet connection. One office the ADSL worked fine for the first week and then dropped out for a week. It did this every time it rained heavily, the Telstra techs informed us that the copper for the whole street was rotten. We had to run local servers to ensure everyone could continue working if the internet dropped out. Telstra never actually properly fixed it in our two years there. Another office took 3 months to get connected due to the age of the building, we had to pay two office rents for over 4 months. Then once the company grew to fit the office it outgrew the internet connection, but took another couple of months to get dual band in. All the SaaS services everyone relied on to do their jobs were barely usable, even after a `no streaming media` honor policy was put in place. This is amplified if you rely on your internet connection for VoIP to communicate with teams around Australia and the world. Important meeting with a client? Keep a 4G modem handy guys. All these things create risk and frustration for everyone, slowing down your and distracting from getting stuff done.