For over a decade #MobileInternet in #Germany has been so abysmal that I'm still using @torproject / #Tor (or rather @guardianproject #Orbot ) as a #PerformanceProxy¹ for mobile browsing, messaging and social media.
#DEpol #Netzpolitik #Infrastruktur #Digitalistan #Schlandistan #Infrastructure #Broadband #2G #3G #4G #LTE #5G #BFWA #WWAN #GSM #GPRS #HSPA #HSDPA #HSUPA #
@stman @vidak @50htz @theruran @forthy42 I don't think #RONJA's development was actively sabotaged.
In fact, @BNetzA did extend frequency allocations for #BFWA useage and dedicaded the 5,8 GHz band to to #WISP|s that want to provide #broadband in rural areas.
Personally, I do wish for #OpticalLinks more because they are not just less prone to eavesdropping, but also less taxing on the increasingly scarce resource that is #RadioSpectrum and that we should be more mindful of, espechally since the solution to overcrowded #spectrum is rather obnoxious as in "dialing up power consumption to implement ever more complex coding schemes"...
Even if it can only do like 12Mbit/s for USB 2.0 it'll still be practical for many use-cases.
That is good on you!
Local Built Metro is always better than the effing "come providers" *will* build.
We simply do it better. They don't care.
I'm being asked to drop an OC192 to Klammath with 5(ish?) towers. Oi Vey. Lots of moving parts this.
Digging up Redding, CA is kind of entertaining to me tho. :D
@elfin @juliewebgirl OFC, physics are usually the problem.
@geerlingguy /me is jealous
I want @BNetzA to make offering #FTTB / #FTTH access & setup mandatory just like #landline phone, electricity amd drinking water...
Instead they're about to shove money up #Starlink's backside and subsidize that shite when even a #BFWA-Link based of 802.11ax #WiFi would be fast enough and ROI within a year...
Instead I have a greedy #cable monopolist that raises prices, worsens SLA and refuses to follow their own contractual obligations!
@sleepytako @rsf92 @pluralistic personally, I did get local #cable and #DSL monopolists to suddenly start upgrading infrastructure once I publicly announced to cover a street without even #ISDN available with #BFWA in the form of 5,8 GHz #WiFi...
And as shitty as #DOCSIS 3.0 seems, it's hard to compete without the use of dedicaded 60 GHz links of #FTTB / #FTTH...
@desea @natty Besides license-free PtP radios in 60GHz & 24GHz there's also the option to do that
https://uisp.com/eu/wireless
After all, @BNetzA did reserve 120MHz [5755 – 5875 MHz] of bandwith for #BFWA setups.
So if #FTTB / #FTTH isn't cost-effective, ask your neighbours if they'd be interested to buy in.
@lamp @EU_Commission @BNetzA Also note that some of the lower channels are exolicitly only allowed indoors in #Germamy and that due to S-Band #MILSATCOM & #TETRAPOL, 2,4 GHz WiFi there is only allowed at 10% (10mW) power compared to other #CEPT members.
Whereas the 5,8GHz WiFi Band in Germany is exclusive to C-Band Uplinks and #BFWA-Based #ISPs.
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Allgemeinzuteilungen/MobilfunkDectWlanCBFunk/2017_34_Broadband_Fixed_Wireless_Access_BFWA.pdf
https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/collections/uisp-wireless-ltu-5-ghz-basestation
Again: Check with your local spectrum regulator's regulations.
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