I run a small repair shop over in Emporia and we just got fiber to the building. I remember back in 2003 I had a 56k modem that took 4 minutes to load a single parts diagram. Now I ran a speed test on my lunch break and saw 1,000 Mbps. That number hit me different. It meant I could back up our whole customer database in under a minute instead of overnight. Funny thing is my older customers still ask if we have a 'fast lane' like it's 1998. Has anyone else had that moment where a speed milestone made you realize how far things came? What was your number?
We're a medium sized manufacturing shop in the Detroit area and looking at switching our primary internet. Our current provider is okay but pricing is going up. I've seen both Cronus Internet and Nextlink mentioned as alternatives for business fixed wireless. Anyone have real world experience with either, especially for B2B? Latency and support responsiveness are our biggest concerns.