szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

Another successful #RuralBroadband installation. Our local assistant was very young and eager to learn. No damage to the cables.

#DogsOfMastodon

Today's #RuralBroadband installation. They've been very patient, they didn't yap at us. It was worth it. They had 2 Mbps DL in the morning, 20 Mbps now. Not bad for a remote rural location surrounded by trees.

All those dogs, and one cat, are strays that came to this place and were not kicked out, but found a warm welcome.

#DogsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon

Trying to connect to Mastodon. Or maybe a dragon. Doesn't matter. Any connection will be fine in this radio desert.

#RuralBroadband

One nice thing about our #RuralBroadband installations in a generally flat area – you get to climb high and see sights.

U mnie działa.

It's working for me.

#RuralBroadband

A 60 ft tall mast is the most important piece of hardware when you have to establish a reliable connection to the cloud in a rural area. #RuralBroadband

#RuralBroadband installation assistant. She was a very good assistant. 30 Mbps in an area where rows of old trees tend to block the signal. 11/10.

#DogsOfMastodon

In the morning this house had 3 Mbps download at most. We replaced previous provider's terminal with a pretty similar one, raised it just by 2 metres, and now they have 25 Mbps – more than they need. #RuralBroadband is not easy, but we do what we can.

Rural Eastern Poland is poor. People here live in houses they can't afford to finish. But they care about their children and their future. The small terminal in the center of the picture can easily handle 40 Mbps. #RuralBroadband #EasternPoland

Mud. I hate mud. Though not as much as nazis.

Another #RuralBroadband installation that could have been perfect if we hadn't gotten stuck in mud. The joy of living and working in the #wetlands of #EasternPoland.

I totally forgot that yesterday I put up an Internet terminal at the side of the house, for testing.

#RuralBroadband

Fortunately someone built a 12 metre lamppost in the middle of a nice nowhere surrounded by beautiful forests. We've added some 5 metres and now get stable 50/5 Mbps, which is an improvement over the previous unstable 3/0.5 Mbps. #RuralBroadband

This is not an unusual sight during #RuralBroadband installations in #EasternPoland, a few kilometres from the border with Ukraine, but they usually don't fly so close. Fortunately for us the military helicopter flew high enough to not clip the internet terminal we put on a tall mast on the house :)

The horns on my vehicle are larger than the horns on his vehicle,

Today, on my way to yet another #RuralBroadband installation. #Cows need good access to Internet too.

This is why we called off the #RuralBroadband installations we had planned for today. Climbing roofs in this weather is not a good idea.

Another #RuralBroadband installation. And we have a nice site for backup IPOAC just off the premises. We normally use pigeons, but if our customers managed to live here without Internet for 4,000 years, they'll be happy with a backup that works only in the summer. Standard #BirdMigration problems.

This is how today started – on me way to another #RuralBroadband installation, still a few hundred metres from home.

Heavy snow can break branches, and we want to keep those trees, as they shield us from the road. It's good to have a supply of 6 m (20 ft) aluminium masts which we normally use for our #RuralBroadband installations – they're great for removing some of that snow. The dogs have no idea what's going on, but enjoy it.

Had to call of today's #RuralBroadband installation. This means I could start the day with a glass of whisky, but I'd have to drive to the village store to get, and I probably wouldn't make it – our only 4WD car is being repaired, so we might be cut off from civilization for a few days. The joys of living in the middle of nowhere.

Living with a pack of dogs, #IdąPsięta, and running our small #RuralBroadband service in a #TinyHouse in the forest, where everything but the bathroom is an open space, means that all of our few hundred customers have our dogs' hair on their contracts.