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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@gumnos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gumnos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> that's called <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> (Broadband Fixed Wireless Acces)...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@bloomberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bloomberg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@bloomberg/bloomberg-rgbqv61hz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bloomberg-bloomberg</span></a></span> so even more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpaceJunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceJunk</span></a>!? </p><ul><li>How about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTH</span></a> instead? </li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BroadbandFixedWirelessAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BroadbandFixedWirelessAccess</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FixedWireless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FixedWireless</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FixedWirelessAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FixedWirelessAccess</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiber</span></a></p>
`Da Elf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@juliewebgirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>juliewebgirl</span></a></span> </p><p>That is good on you! </p><p>Local Built Metro is always better than the effing "come providers" *will* build. </p><p>We simply do it better. They don't care. </p><p>I'm being asked to drop an OC192 to Klammath with 5(ish?) towers. Oi Vey. Lots of moving parts this. </p><p>Digging up Redding, CA is kind of entertaining to me tho. :D</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiber</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@elfin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elfin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@juliewebgirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>juliewebgirl</span></a></span> OFC, physics are usually the problem.</p><ul><li>I did once got neighbours a few roads some decent internet access because announcing a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> (5,8 GHz WiFi-based) &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiber</span></a> setup made local and national telcos look so incompetent they revenge-upgraded them from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> / analog to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> in a race against each other!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@macst3r" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>macst3r</span></a></span> wenn überhaupt sollte die <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Frequenzb%C3%A4nder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frequenzbänder</span></a> für <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> auf Basis von <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiMAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiMAX</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WLAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WLAN</span></a> sowie Flächenversorgung (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a> im Bereich 350-500MHz) reservieren.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> /me <em>is jealous</em></p><p>I want <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> to make offering <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTH</span></a> access &amp; setup mandatory just like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/landline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landline</span></a> phone, electricity amd drinking water...</p><p>Instead they're about to shove money up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>'s backside and subsidize that shite when even a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a>-Link based of 802.11ax <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> would be fast enough and ROI within a year...</p><p>Instead I have a greedy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cable</span></a> monopolist that raises prices, worsens SLA and refuses to follow their own contractual obligations!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://famichiki.jp/@sleepytako" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sleepytako</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@rsf92" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rsf92</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> personally, I did get local <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cable</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSL</span></a> monopolists to <em>suddenly start upgrading infrastructure</em> once I publicly announced to cover a street without even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a> available with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> in the form of 5,8 GHz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a>...</p><p>And as shitty as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DOCSIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOCSIS</span></a> 3.0 seems, it's hard to compete without the use of dedicaded 60 GHz links of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTH</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://akko.cuddlegirls.cafe/users/desea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>desea</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://astolfo.social/@natty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>natty</span></a></span> Besides license-free PtP radios in 60GHz &amp; 24GHz there's also the option to do that<br><a href="https://uisp.com/eu/wireless" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">uisp.com/eu/wireless</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>After all, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> did reserve 120MHz [5755 – 5875 MHz] of bandwith for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> setups. </p><p>So if <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTH</span></a> isn't cost-effective, ask your neighbours if they'd be interested to buy in.</p><p><a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Allgemeinzuteilungen/MobilfunkDectWlanCBFunk/2017_34_Broadband_Fixed_Wireless_Access_BFWA.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;v=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDoc</span><span class="invisible">s/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Allgemeinzuteilungen/MobilfunkDectWlanCBFunk/2017_34_Broadband_Fixed_Wireless_Access_BFWA.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;v=1</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@lamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lamp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> Also note that some of the lower channels are exolicitly only allowed indoors in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Germamy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germamy</span></a> and that due to S-Band <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MILSATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MILSATCOM</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TETRAPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TETRAPOL</span></a>, 2,4 GHz WiFi there is only allowed at 10% (10mW) power compared to other <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CEPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEPT</span></a> members.</p><p>Whereas the 5,8GHz WiFi Band in Germany is exclusive to C-Band Uplinks and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a>-Based <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISPs</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Allgemeinzuteilungen/MobilfunkDectWlanCBFunk/2017_34_Broadband_Fixed_Wireless_Access_BFWA.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDoc</span><span class="invisible">s/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Allgemeinzuteilungen/MobilfunkDectWlanCBFunk/2017_34_Broadband_Fixed_Wireless_Access_BFWA.pdf</span></a><br><a href="https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/collections/uisp-wireless-ltu-5-ghz-basestation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/collecti</span><span class="invisible">ons/uisp-wireless-ltu-5-ghz-basestation</span></a></p><p>Again: Check with your local spectrum regulator's regulations.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a></p>