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Could you? I have been remote for about 4 years and I have difficulty doing my job if my internet goes out for even an hour during my working time. I also have

by tjr225 4y ago

Could you? I have been remote for about 4 years and I have difficulty doing my job if my internet goes out for even an hour during my working time. I also have issues doing my job if I can’t stream audio/video due to speed issues- and this happens even with a hardwired connection on occasion.

ghaff 4y ago
>Could you? Yes? My internet from Comcast is pretty good but it's not flawless. Power is even better but can go out. And I have very marginal cell reception without WiFi assist. That's 40 miles outside of major Northeast city. I'm frequently on calls where someone or other has network issues and can't present or need to drop. Life goes on. If my Internet goes out for an hour or two I find something to do that doesn't require Internet.
bombcar 4y ago
Starling reliability is usually the "it goes down for a few minutes" type of failures, vs the "it's down for the day" you get (more rarely) with wired. I'm semi-rural and I still get 2-4 times a year where my cable drops out, which I suspect is due to moisture in the lines as it seems to usually happen during spring thaws. They're bringing in fiber at some point soon.
- ghaff 4y ago
  I've definitely seen Starlink go down for a few hours at my brother's place a couple times when I've been up there. At home, I've had longer outages with Comcast but usually it's more like going briefly in and out over the course of the day. It's better than it was and it's pretty much good enough as far as I'm concerned.
0xffff2 4y ago
I have been using Starlink as my only internet since I got it about 6 months ago (working fully remote since COVID). It isn't flawless, but it's substantially more reliable than Comcast cable ever was in the various apartments I lived in when I was in the Bay Area. >I also have issues doing my job if I can’t stream audio/video due to speed issues- and this happens even with a hardwired connection on occasion. What on Earth are you streaming that causes issues on a hardwired connection? I never have had speed issues with meetings, on Starlink or broadband at previous residences. I do have occasional latency spikes, but those seem to be getting better.

by tjr225 4y ago

ghaff 4y ago

>Could you? Yes? My internet from Comcast is pretty good but it's not flawless. Power is even better but can go out. And I have very marginal cell reception without WiFi assist. That's 40 miles outside of major Northeast city. I'm frequently on calls where someone or other has network issues and can't present or need to drop. Life goes on. If my Internet goes out for an hour or two I find something to do that doesn't require Internet.

bombcar 4y ago

Starling reliability is usually the "it goes down for a few minutes" type of failures, vs the "it's down for the day" you get (more rarely) with wired. I'm semi-rural and I still get 2-4 times a year where my cable drops out, which I suspect is due to moisture in the lines as it seems to usually happen during spring thaws. They're bringing in fiber at some point soon.

ghaff 4y ago
I've definitely seen Starlink go down for a few hours at my brother's place a couple times when I've been up there. At home, I've had longer outages with Comcast but usually it's more like going briefly in and out over the course of the day. It's better than it was and it's pretty much good enough as far as I'm concerned.

0xffff2 4y ago

I have been using Starlink as my only internet since I got it about 6 months ago (working fully remote since COVID). It isn't flawless, but it's substantially more reliable than Comcast cable ever was in the various apartments I lived in when I was in the Bay Area. >I also have issues doing my job if I can’t stream audio/video due to speed issues- and this happens even with a hardwired connection on occasion. What on Earth are you streaming that causes issues on a hardwired connection? I never have had speed issues with meetings, on Starlink or broadband at previous residences. I do have occasional latency spikes, but those seem to be getting better.