Today, knowing I'd be in a place with less-than-excellent connectivity, I came prepared.
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Today, knowing I'd be in a place with less-than-excellent connectivity, I came prepared. I brought two MikroTik 4G routers with me (one, an old friend; the other, new and ready to be tested). I also have my smartphone with two SIM cards from two different mobile providers.
I noticed something extremely curious: the fixed FTTC connection sometimes has extremely strong drops or speed reductions (from 100 mbit/sec to 1 or 2). Knowing this, I brought the 4G routers on purpose to compensate. But I realized that when the FTTC connection fails, all four mobile providers also fail. The phenomenon is therefore correlated. This leads me to believe that, not being in a big city, there is a single (or multiple, but malfunctioning) point of connection that all providers, both fixed and mobile, connect to.
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Today, knowing I'd be in a place with less-than-excellent connectivity, I came prepared. I brought two MikroTik 4G routers with me (one, an old friend; the other, new and ready to be tested). I also have my smartphone with two SIM cards from two different mobile providers.
I noticed something extremely curious: the fixed FTTC connection sometimes has extremely strong drops or speed reductions (from 100 mbit/sec to 1 or 2). Knowing this, I brought the 4G routers on purpose to compensate. But I realized that when the FTTC connection fails, all four mobile providers also fail. The phenomenon is therefore correlated. This leads me to believe that, not being in a big city, there is a single (or multiple, but malfunctioning) point of connection that all providers, both fixed and mobile, connect to.
Note for the future: don't trust the mobile providers here.@stefano where ya at?
I've heard that in certain parts of West Virginia, the schist-lined hollers cause any RF signals to bounce endlessly in a parabolic bowl and can jam itself.
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@stefano where ya at?
I've heard that in certain parts of West Virginia, the schist-lined hollers cause any RF signals to bounce endlessly in a parabolic bowl and can jam itself.
@mitch Northern Italy
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Today, knowing I'd be in a place with less-than-excellent connectivity, I came prepared. I brought two MikroTik 4G routers with me (one, an old friend; the other, new and ready to be tested). I also have my smartphone with two SIM cards from two different mobile providers.
I noticed something extremely curious: the fixed FTTC connection sometimes has extremely strong drops or speed reductions (from 100 mbit/sec to 1 or 2). Knowing this, I brought the 4G routers on purpose to compensate. But I realized that when the FTTC connection fails, all four mobile providers also fail. The phenomenon is therefore correlated. This leads me to believe that, not being in a big city, there is a single (or multiple, but malfunctioning) point of connection that all providers, both fixed and mobile, connect to.
Note for the future: don't trust the mobile providers here.@stefano You'd think something like that would set off all kinds of alarm bells. I mean, even a *cursory glance* at a data transfer rate diagram would show a >>95% drop in throughput pretty clearly, even if it is brief in duration.
Maybe they have a problem that needs solving? ;-)
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@stefano You'd think something like that would set off all kinds of alarm bells. I mean, even a *cursory glance* at a data transfer rate diagram would show a >>95% drop in throughput pretty clearly, even if it is brief in duration.
Maybe they have a problem that needs solving? ;-)
@mkj I think they have. But I won't be involved in it 😉
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Thanks to everyone for their replies. I am a Yes, but. I think any respite in the fighting and food aid is good. The only way to get to some semblance of livable conditions in Gaza is to stop the bombs and open the roads to aid.
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Sono disposta a scendere a patti con Satana per salvare anche solo una vita. Quindi un accordo che faccia smettere di bombardare è una gioia.
Però a me 'sto piano Trump fa pensare solo e soltanto a Trilussa:"...
O a vantaggio d’una fede
per un Dio che nun se vede,
ma che serve da riparo
ar Sovrano macellaro.Ché quer covo d’assassini
che c’insanguina la tera
sa benone che la guera
è 'n gran giro de quatrini
che prepara le risorse
pe’ li ladri de le Borse.
..."
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@rheaplex I've heard great things about that book
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@acidiclight I love those
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@karlcow lol
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@alsivx Però che rabbia! Si è tanto così a parlare di open source, ma mo viene mai citato. Che bisogna fare per rendere questa cosa un argomento di discussione?
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reality needs a mod to turn off dust
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@Em0nM4stodon My favourite Star Wars podcast, A More Civilized Age, skipped reviewing Andor season 2 because Disney+ is under a BDS boycott. It raised a lot of feelings for me about Star Wars, fascism, and the time we live in. I thought you might find their discussion interesting.
https://amorecivilizedage.net/why-were-postponing-our-andor-coverage
