szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

Old #RuralBroadband technology has to go. The terminal at the top of that mast was four metres higher a moment ago, before it was lowered. It wasn't working properly. 5 Mbps at most on a good day, and good days were rare. Putting the new GSM terminal on the mast gave poor results. Those people were cut off from the world, and they had serious sciencing to do.

One BTS we use is down after a storm and no one will fix it before Monday. #RuralBroadband is hard.

The Affordable Connectivity Program is coming to an end. Native American communities will be hit the hardest. Rural areas are a challenge for ISPs – I know this, the business I'm in might be shutting down in the near future. I haven't made much money on it. No one can without subsidies. I am really sorry for customers who will be left with limited possibilities in the digital world here in Eastern Poland. But Europe is more civilized than the US – people here will suffer, but they'll survive. Native Americans got fucked by their government. Again. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/01/tech/tribes-congress-cuts-acp-internet-subsidy/index.html
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After seven years we're slowly starting to shut down the larger part of our small #RuralBroadband operation. Some of our customers will be completely cut off from the Internet again – they have to cellular range and no fiber. Our not so large infrastructure operator s losing their frequencies to bigger players. Some of our customers now worry that their new operators won't deal with their problems as well as we did. It's nice to hear we did a good job.

It looks like our small #RuralBroadband business will be shutting down. Not our fault – bigger players are taking over the frequencies we've been using. Now working hard on making sure our customers have a soft landing. It was fun while it lasted.

I had to remove this unused Ethernet cable very carefully so as not to damage the ivy. Time flies.

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Our #RuralBroadband customer yesterday. They had serious doubts whether we could achieve anything better than their 3 Mbps. Now they have 40.

I get various calls from my rural Internet customers. Like "Do you want to buy a goose? Alive or plucked, same price".

#RuralBroadband

I spent the last days mostly tending to an ill dog and a not very healthy #RuralBroadband network. Priorities are important. At least one of them is getting better.

#IdąPsięta

Some of our #RuralBroadband customers use the company e-mail for complaints not directly connected to our services. Like "There are very few #mushrooms in the forest this year". What can I say? "Try turning the forest off, wait 60 seconds, then turn it on again".