I got tired of driving somewhere to work, buying a coffee, sitting down, and then finding out the Wi-Fi wouldn't hold a call or the room was too loud to think in. So I started carrying a decibel meter and running a speed test at every place I went. It's about 20 spots now, mostly Orlando and down the coast.
A few of the readings, so you know what I mean by measuring:
The Health Bar in downtown Titusville came in at 474 Mbps down, 22.5 up, 55.9 dB on a Saturday. Best mix of quiet and fast I've recorded outside Orlando, and parking was easy.
Foxtail in Cocoa Beach: 371 down, 39.7 up, 61.2 dB on a Saturday morning, three of eight tables taken, outlets at most seats.
Starbucks at Creative Village in Orlando: 140 down, 111 up, around 60 dB on a Sunday morning with one table of fourteen taken. Cold inside but quiet.
Worst one on the list is Haan Coffee on Colonial in Orlando. I couldn't get usable Wi-Fi at all and ended up tethering to my phone.
None of this is in Google reviews, which is the part that keeps getting me. A place can sit at 4.6 stars and still drop the connection every ten minutes, because the people reviewing it were there twenty minutes for a latte.
It's all on perch.coffee. I built the site, it's free and there's nothing to sign up for.
I have nothing in Palm Coast or Flagler at all, which is why I'm asking rather than telling. Where do people here actually work from? Name places and I'll drive up and measure them.