This is why we called off the #RuralBroadband installations we had planned for today. Climbing roofs in this weather is not a good idea.
Last night, it was falling heavily enough that our service kept dropping. At 5 km from the tower, the signal has a lot to get through with snow or heavy rain.
@EricLawton That happens at some frequencies. Rain and snow don't really affect transmission in the range we're on. We did have a case of a poor link because the terminal was covered with ice, though. I just took a look at one of our extreme cases – steady 30 Mbps over 21 km.
@EricLawton Trees are the main enemies of our connections. When a customer asks which trees to cut to improve reception we suggest that they move their house a couple of hundreds of meters. It usually works.
Vertically?
A long time ago I had a 30 metre tower, which worked fine until spring when the leaves came out. That was from a different direction, further away.
Right now, the receiver is 100 metres away from the house, horizontally, to get better line of sight.
@szescstopni
I can't see the tower. There are trees in the way. I suspect that may have an influence.
I have two providers. One cheap (for Canada), unlimited usage, for our basic fixed service. I'm getting 35 MB/s in light snow right now. But shared by the household.
One expensive, metered, for phones and travel. I have 5G on it now and it worked when the other didn't, but only 9 Mb/s download right now. But a separate connection for each phone.