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AltaGuy · 12-14-2016, 07:29 AM

Hey CP - just seeing if I can get some opinions or ideas from here about how to go about providing internet for an apartment building.

Specifically, I'm in student housing, and we have a number of apartment buildings where we provide internet for our residents. Our apartment buildings range in size from about 15 to 30 units, so not overly large.

Because they aren't large, I'm finding the internet issue to be a bit challenging: we currently run several 200mbps lines into each building, and split them with a switch and router, and then have ethernet from the switch to each apartment where there is a wireless router.

Theoretically, what we should be ending up with is around 30 to 50 mbps for each apartment. What we end up with is really bad internet for everyone. We have tried limiting the bandwidth available to each unit, but it just makes everything super unstable. Not limiting the bandwidth means that one serious torrent-er takes up all of the bandwidth for a building and makes it unstable.

Is there actually a way to reliably provide internet for a small apartment building? Am I missing something? At this point, I'm thinking about just giving everyone basic wireless connectivity and then just asking tenants to get their own if they want more. But then we lose the sales-benefit.

Any ideas? I'm definitely not a tech guy, but any ideas would be welcome.

12-14-2016, 07:29 AM	#1
AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	Internet for an Apartment Building - Advice? Hey CP - just seeing if I can get some opinions or ideas from here about how to go about providing internet for an apartment building. Specifically, I'm in student housing, and we have a number of apartment buildings where we provide internet for our residents. Our apartment buildings range in size from about 15 to 30 units, so not overly large. Because they aren't large, I'm finding the internet issue to be a bit challenging: we currently run several 200mbps lines into each building, and split them with a switch and router, and then have ethernet from the switch to each apartment where there is a wireless router. Theoretically, what we should be ending up with is around 30 to 50 mbps for each apartment. What we end up with is really bad internet for everyone. We have tried limiting the bandwidth available to each unit, but it just makes everything super unstable. Not limiting the bandwidth means that one serious torrent-er takes up all of the bandwidth for a building and makes it unstable. Is there actually a way to reliably provide internet for a small apartment building? Am I missing something? At this point, I'm thinking about just giving everyone basic wireless connectivity and then just asking tenants to get their own if they want more. But then we lose the sales-benefit. Any ideas? I'm definitely not a tech guy, but any ideas would be welcome.