Hi to all,
Now my university is closed for the duration of the health crisis, I have to give at least 16 hours of tutorials / lectures a week via zoom. The audience varies between 20 and 80 students. As my only internet connections are:
1. is a dongle (with Vodafone) that has 3GB , and
2. my mobile phone with 60GB (also with Vodafone)
I am urgently in need of a much better connection.
Any advice on what and with whom? I am in rented accommodation in Macleod, pretty much a mobile blackspot, and the landlord doesn't like the idea of cable being brought to the premises.
As others have said, the landlord may not be able to restrict you from connecting cable and I'm not sure why they would care anyway, provided the installation was done neatly and by professional licensed contractors, which it has to be.
Even if the landlord is able to prevent you connecting cable, are you certain that the only option for fixed-line internet in your area is via HFC/cable ?
Is there an existing, even if unused copper landline connection into your premises ? Most houses older than a couple of years would have had landline services. If so, NBN or even ADSL connection may be possible if you reactivate that. These days you don't have to have an active landline telephone service over the copper in order to have a data connection. If you're in a unit or block of flats, there may be an MDF (central connection point for multiple telecom/data services into a single building) in a central area that you can connect into.
Fixed line will give you much better performance using video conferencing on a regular basis if it's possible.