They're paying for coverage in that thunderstorm; that's the business expense to ensure connectivity for their remote widget.
Why would your wifes employer compensate for a tool that doesn't meet their needs?
Why would your wifes employer compensate for a tool that doesn't meet their needs?
The hotspot worked just fine in thunderstorms and was significantly faster. I even had our router set up to automatically bump over to the hotspot for the rare occasions the Starlink went down.
Of course they might just conclude that your remote location isn't compatible with the demands of the job though.
So which is it?
'Basically Unusable' is not un-tenable or non-working. The only fulcrum your wife has is if the people she reports finds her slow timing unacceptable due to the connection; use the provided work tools and make everyone feel the pain.
You're subsidizing their connection cost for free.
I guarantee the DSL has dropped way more than that. Before Starlink and the hotspot we had that's the service we used, and it was atrocious.
It's just an old policy in a very large company that's slow to update their policies.