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  • If I didn't live in a place with horrible cell coverage

    From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Moondog on Sunday, January 03, 2021 13:20:00
    Hello Moondog!

    ** On Sunday 03.01.21 - 00:52, Moondog wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

    Basic cell service is cheaper than keeping a land line with long
    distace service. A Straight Talk home phone connect box is $15USD a
    month.

    If I didn't live in a place with horrible cell coverage, I'd be all
    over something like that.


    Their home connect service is through Verizon's network, which was spotty uy until a few months ago they switched over to LTE voice (and newer hardware )

    I think this is what some cellphone-at-home holdouts are not
    realizing. From past experience, they may have had poor coverage
    due to being limited to 2G or similar. But switching to a phone
    that support 3G or better can make a big difference.

    Myself, I was with Rogers and their mobile solution with USB
    "stick" for many years. Apparently that was just HPSE, 2G or
    less. I had to find the sweet-spot by a window to get the best
    signal. I'd put the USB device on a 12' extension and hang it
    over a curtain rod. That way I could at least move back from
    sitting directly by the window.

    But recently, I switched to using an old Blackberry Q10 that
    supports newer tech (LTE) and operates as my wifi mobile hotspot.
    Switching to a new service that supports 3G/LTE or better, the
    mobile experience is vastly improved. I can be practically
    anywhere in the house and the signal is good.

    Maybe some people just think that since they've tried a cellphone
    in the past it won't work better today.


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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Ogg on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 00:07:00
    Re: If I didn't live in a pla
    By: Ogg to Moondog on Sun Jan 03 2021 01:20 pm

    Hello Moondog!

    ** On Sunday 03.01.21 - 00:52, Moondog wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

    Basic cell service is cheaper than keeping a land line with long
    distace service. A Straight Talk home phone connect box is $15USD a
    month.

    If I didn't live in a place with horrible cell coverage, I'd be all
    over something like that.


    Their home connect service is through Verizon's network, which was spott uy until a few months ago they switched over to LTE voice (and newer hardware )

    I think this is what some cellphone-at-home holdouts are not
    realizing. From past experience, they may have had poor coverage
    due to being limited to 2G or similar. But switching to a phone
    that support 3G or better can make a big difference.

    Myself, I was with Rogers and their mobile solution with USB
    "stick" for many years. Apparently that was just HPSE, 2G or
    less. I had to find the sweet-spot by a window to get the best
    signal. I'd put the USB device on a 12' extension and hang it
    over a curtain rod. That way I could at least move back from
    sitting directly by the window.

    But recently, I switched to using an old Blackberry Q10 that
    supports newer tech (LTE) and operates as my wifi mobile hotspot.
    Switching to a new service that supports 3G/LTE or better, the
    mobile experience is vastly improved. I can be practically
    anywhere in the house and the signal is good.

    Maybe some people just think that since they've tried a cellphone
    in the past it won't work better today.



    A friend that lives 2 miles to the north of me went throught the ATT fixed wireless (available to the north of me) and a tech came out and set up a wifi router that took a SIM card. It was set up where it had good reception and
    had an external cell antenna.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Moondog on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 07:01:00
    Moondog wrote to Ogg <=-

    A friend that lives 2 miles to the north of me went throught the ATT
    fixed wireless (available to the north of me) and a tech came out and
    set up a wifi router that took a SIM card. It was set up where it had good reception and had an external cell antenna.

    It's probably just an ATA that connects a phone line to a wireless radio and not a router?

    We're playing with Cradlepoint routers at work, they sound like what you describe. With a 5G radio and a couple of big antennas, they are set up as backup WAN connections. When my AT&T circuit goes down (not if, unfortunately), our firewall nails up a VPN connection over the Cradlepoint
    to the home office, where the networking team sits.



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