Internet specs

[geauxg8rs]

For those of you in private practice.

How fast is your Internet and how much are you paying for it ? What EMR are you running with that?

I ask because I am setting up my office and the IT consultant recommends 10MB speed at $700 a month. Seems like overkill to me. It certainly reduces the providers since the local cable company is offering bits not bytes.

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[Ligament]

Thats freaking ridiculous. 30-40 mb down 10 mb up is common on cable net service and costs 65 bucks per month

 

[hyperalgesia]

The only way internet is worth $700 a month is if the consultant gets $600 of that.

 

[NJPAIN]

Outrageous. That said, the more remote the area the higher the cost. I pay double for service in my office in the sticks but it is only $130. I paid $300/mo for a T1 line in 2001 because couldn't get DSL or cable

 

[pastafan]

Get a new IT consultant. I get 50 megs, 4 phone lines, and TV for ~$240 a month. No IT consultant, XBlue phone system that came pre-programmed. http://www.telcodepot.com/products/xblue-x16-business-phone-system-8-phone-budget-package-rm/890

 

[emd123]

For those of you in private practice.

How fast is your Internet and how much are you paying for it ? What EMR are you running with that?

I ask because I am setting up my office and the IT consultant recommends 10MB speed at $700 a month. Seems like overkill to me. It certainly reduces the providers since the local cable company is offering bits not bytes.

Depends how much porn you'll be downloading at work.

 

[lobelsteve]

Depends how much porn you'll be downloading at work.

Not as important as uploading.

 

[emd123]

Not as important as uploading.

Like Anthony Wiener

 

[Stim4me]

I pay $100 for cable and Internet. $340 for four ATT lines. I pay more for landlines to avoid headaches when the power is out...maybe I should change to the $240 plan above...

 

[pastafan]

I pay $100 for cable and Internet. $340 for four ATT lines. I pay more for landlines to avoid headaches when the power is out...maybe I should change to the $240 plan above...

I believe mine are landlines, we don't use VOIP. I have UPS units on phone controller and modem to avoid interruption with power glitches. With that said, we lost phones and internet for 30 minutes this week. I had to scramble to tether all computers to my cell phone but having the phones out truly sucks.

 

[Ligament]

We use VOIP over laptops with headsets and cable internet. No regular phones.

 

[Ligament]

Each employee gets a laptop and headset, thats all the tech they need.