SzescstopniMar 17
A company that provides most infrastructure services for our small last mile #RuralBroadband operation is shutting down. The frequencies were taken over by bigger players. We will survive, but it's sad to see hundreds of working terminals that connect at 30-60 Mbps up to 15 kilometres going to a dump. Those speeds might seem low, but they let people play and work for years. Now most of them have access to fiber, so they'll be fine – except for those in remote locations. We have new solutions for them too. But it's sad to see good equipment thrown out.
SzescstopniMar 7

Thinkpad (almost) on a roof. I should have had it play some fiddle music. During this rural Internet installation it got bumped and the clit fell off, but I was able to find it, with the help of my technician.

#RuralBroadband #ThinkPad

SzescstopniFeb 24

I'm not completely satisfied with this setup, but there was snow on the roof and I wasn't going to risk my life for someone's Netflix. The old system broke down on Saturday, I was there on Sunday, without my technician. And the children there have school holidays, so thanks to my hard work they won't have to spend time trying to find out where their public library is. We'll move that terminal to a proper place when everything thaws a bit.

#RuralBroadband #Polesia

SzescstopniJan 31

Important events, like running a fibre connection to the middle of nowhere, are here, in Eastern Poland, usually blessed by a priest sprinkling holy water. I don't think any priest will come here, but Vuko blessed our future source of cat pictures and porn in his own way.

Anyway, this looks awfully a lot like socialism. A one kilometre stretch of fibre for just two houses? Makes no sense commercially. Europe is crazy.

#IdąPsięta #Polesia #wetlands #RuralBroadband

SzescstopniJan 6

Driving on rural roads to set up Internet connections can lead to communication equipment failure. Nothing would beat the broadband capacity of this station wagon if it was full of magnetic tape, but pings really suck now.

#RuralBroadband

Lyle Solla-YatesNov 20
https://cardinalnews.org/2025/11/19/broadband-expansion-in-virginia-can-continue-under-federal-program-trump-administration-says/ “His rule changes eliminated the program requirements for affordability and low-cost plans” #Virginia #inflation #RuralBroadband #ElonMusk #inequality #USPolitics #subsidy #SpaceX
Broadband expansion in Virginia can continue under federal program, Trump administration says

States had to rewrite their proposals for federal funding after the Commerce Department changed the program rules to put satellite internet companies on equal footing with fiber-optic cable provide…

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Hambone FakenamingtonOct 27
#Splicing #Altnet #Altnets #RuralBroadband
Hambone FakenamingtonOct 19

144 fibres spliced so there are usable connectors on the end :)

That was my Sunday (with generous help from my friend too, pretty much halves the time needed if you have help!).

#Altnet #Altnets #RuralBroadband #Fibre #Splicing #Fiber

Hambone FakenamingtonOct 12

#silentsunday late night network equipment in the middle of nowhere.
Only the sound of the fans in the cabinet, acorns dropping in the ground all around me and the occasional owl hoot.

#RuralBroadband #Altnet #Altnets #fibre

SzescstopniSep 22, 2025

Never in my life did I expect to pick grapes from a pine tree, but life is strange. The vines growing on the walls of our neighbour's old wooden house decided to expand and colonize a large pine growing nearby. One of the perks of being a rural broadband provider is having ladders. Lots of ladders (well, one, but with three detachable segments). We made some 7 litres of grape juice from what we gathered, this is less than a fifth of what is still growing. We need small bottles. Lots of small bottles.

#Polesia #RuralBroadband