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Hasty Treat - Rural and Mobile Internet Revisited


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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about rural and mobile internet — options, tools, and things to be aware of.

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Show Notes

05:04 - Satellite

  • High latency
  • Satellite congestion
  • Oneweb
  • Starlink
  • 08:43 - WISP

    • Can be different techs - LTE, LOS, Long range WiFi
    • Local towers put up in town
    • 900mhz, 5 + 2.5gz
    • Pretty cowboy

    12:09 - Cellular LTE

    • Goes over the cell signal
    • Can be super fast or slow depending on your reception
    • Cell plans can be rate limited

    12:52 - Routers

    • WE826-T2
      • Rooter / Golden Orb / Wifix
      • Based on Open WRT
      • https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/
  • Nighhawk M1
  • ZTE MF288
  • 17:03 - Modem

    • Two types of modems:
      • Host modems
      • PCI-e / M2 Cards
    • Sierra Wireless
  • AT Commands
  • Band locking
  • Enable carrier aggregation
  • Get detailed values on modem power
  • See cell tower IDs
  • 23:16 - Antennas

    • Omni
  • Yagi
  • Gotta get them high
  • Lots of connectors - Type N, SMA, RP SMA
  • 25:47 - Boosters

    • Adds noise

    26:04 - Plans

    • Some plans are phone only
    • Some plans are tower restricted
    • Most Hot spot plans are a rip off
    • Calyx Institute
  • Canada:
    • Bell Internet Five
  • Telus Smart Hub
  • 29:27 - Speeds

    • Depends on tower, congestion
    • Depends on pre paid, post paid or first responder
    • Depends on if you hit the cap or not

    30:15 - Tools:

    • Cell Mapper
  • LTE Hacks Facebook group
  • LTE Fix website
  • Links
    • Syntax 169: Hasty Treat - Remote Internet
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