A Unique Solution
There’s been a lot going on this week and problems always need solutions. We’re web development/e-commerce company and obviously we need internet access. We just signed the lease to our warehouse and plan on moving in about a week. George has been on top things taking care most things associated with the warehouse and one thing was the internet. Working with Time Warner Cable we found out it would cost us $4,000 and run a cable to our warehouse space.
Are you kidding me, we already knew it was going to be $200 month for business class and now an additional $4000 to run the cable to our space. They did offer a contract for five years at $300 a month to cover of the service and installation, but there’s no way we’re going to pay that. To top it off, business class is way more expensive than home service for roughly the same speeds.
No Internet access is major problem, our company can’t function without it. The solution we came up with was to use a mobile broadband card with a compatible router. With a little research we’re this solution existed and we found it, because it would’ve cost us a lot of money going with Time Warner. This is the wireless card and router combo we found.
What does this solution mean? It means we save a butte load of money. Our monthly cost has gone down to $60 a month and we got the router for free after rebate. Read more about this from Adam’s Blog.
The more I think of this solution, it may also be a my future solution for Internet access as well. It’s a multitasker, you can use it with your router and use it for your laptop when you’re out and about.
02/13/2008 
Sounds like the cable company was offering to help by giving you a choice of options. If you are not in their immediate serviceable area, there is nothing they can do since cable companies do not benefit from the Universal Service Fund like the telephone companies are. If your building is too far away and would require a capital cost, there shouldn’t be any surprise that they’d like to justify that cost. If all you need is cheap internet, get a Verizon Wireless 3G card.
Comment by Alex F. — February 14, 2008 @ 8:38 am
Alex,
I completely understand where you’re coming from. It’s just from my point of view and our company mindset is to save money whenever possible. When the company has a major problems we usually go through most the scenarios and take action on the best solution for us as a company. I’m sure Time Warner was trying to help us out by offering us the option to pay it out in 5 years, but right now at this point in time, Time Warner was not the way to go. As a company we definitely try to think of more creative solutions for our problems. I think we try to run our company pretty cost effectively. Thanks for the input on the situation.
Michael Li
Comment by admin — February 14, 2008 @ 10:05 pm