Office without power

[Nextlevel]

Does anyone know where you can go to operate your business if your office doesn't have power or heat?

[fuzzytoad]

your vehicle?

okccoco.com?

[dustyburchfield]

I've heard that the old Lucent plant has a place that you can go to if you have any type of business disruption. I believe their website is okcworks.com

[kbsooner]

I would suspect some more info about your venture would help...

[Millie]

Starbucks?

[kbsooner]

I ate a mean sandwich and took care of some business at Panera last week in Cali.

[PennyQuilts]

I ate a mean sandwich and took care of some business at Panera last week in Cali.

I used to do that quite a bit.

[kevinpate]

When the Dec. 07 ice storm hit, we dinna have power at work for several days (dumb ol' ice laden trees anyhows).

I had home office IT arrange for phones to be forwarded to the cell and I hung a sign noting the cell on the main doors. I then snarfed up a laptop, a passle of paperwork and made sure the cell was set to vibrate. For several days I plopped in corner tables of casual foodie places in other parts of the city which (a) had power, (b) weren't crowded and (c) had an outlet near the corner table.

I packed up and switched locations anytime a place got busy, so the table could turn better income. When a place included wait staff, I tipped generously, even if I was only drinking black coffee or soda.

In a different field in days gone by, and back in the student days, I would sometimes do the same, even in decent weather. By never being a pill and always treating folks well, I've never been run off when corner camping.

[metro]

Buy a generator, your house, or go to anywhere with free wi-fi, or buy a membership to OKC Co-Co.

[scootinger]

buy a membership to OKC Co-Co.

Do they have some sort of generator setup or something? What guarantees that their power won't be out too?

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Buy a generator, your house, or go to anywhere with free wi-fi, or buy a membership to OKC Co-Co.

Curious, but I've seen a couple of people mention it...What's OKC Co-Co?

[muzique808]

Curious, but I've seen a couple of people mention it...What's OKC Co-Co?

Oklahoma City Co-working Collaborative.

Coworking at The Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative

[Nextlevel]

I have found it!!! At the former Western Electric/Lucent facility they have the Business Continuity Center and a data center. They will rent you as many cubicals as you need, and data center space. Has anyone heard of this? I knew they renamed the facility to OKCWorks and that they had data center space but didn't realize they had office space in case of a disaster.

[PennyQuilts]

I have found it!!! At the former Western Electric/Lucent facility they have the Business Continuity Center and a data center. They will rent you as many cubicals as you need, and data center space. Has anyone heard of this? I knew they renamed the facility to OKCWorks and that they had data center space but didn't realize they had office space in case of a disaster.

You can get virtual offices that have office equipment, meeting rooms, etc. They don't seem to be very expensive. Sometimes, you can get clerk help and even phone answering services.

[Deuce3]

I know FullTel (a local Oklahoma business Telephone company) offers business phone and internet service and includes a business continuity center and data back up with your phone and internet service.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Oh cool.

Thanks.