And all of them call their little 5 acre tract "the ranch". On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 2:13 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> In my area, they move out to a 5 acre plot. They end up with a house and > 4.5 acres of highly flammable weeds. Then they take legal action against > land developers wanting to create more customers for me claiming 1 acre > home > lots are "high density". And they claim to know what the local residents > "want". I have lived here for 20 years and they have lived here for 2 > years > but they know what I want... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nate Burke > Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 12:58 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sports Streaming > > Worse are the people who move to the country then try to 'improve' > things because they know how to do it better, having lived in the city > their whole life. > > > On 8/7/2020 1:54 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I also notice the real estate market is really hot right now. > > > > I'm not sure if it's low mortgage rates, or people trying to move away > > from > > Covid. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umS3XM3xAPk > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com > > Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 1:37 PM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sports Streaming > > > > Gee, move even farther out from the city and you will have to drill your > > own > > well and put in a septic tank. > > Even farther and you will be doing off grid solar and generators. > > Even farther you will have to commute with a helicopter. > > > > Never understood folks that move out into the country but expect city > type > > of infrastructure. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nate Burke > > Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 12:33 PM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sports Streaming > > > > I just had a guy this week move out of the city. 'I was getting 350mb > for > > what you want for 20mb, your price is too high'. I refused to move. He > > signed up anyway. Normal user traffic pattern of <5mb/s. > > > > On 8/7/2020 1:23 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > >> My latest challenge (and the kids aren't even back to school yet) is > >> people wanting more upstream. Because 3 people in the house are on > >> Zoom conferences, stuff like that. Or they are live streaming events > >> on Facebook. > >> > >> The other thing, maybe a trend, I'm getting customers saying this > >> other WISP is advertising a higher speed or a lower price, and wanting > >> me to match it. > >> I think it's similar to Nate's problem, people are wanting to do more > >> things (like 3 simultaneous Zoom calls) and have more devices and > >> streaming services, but they don't want to pay more. So they shop > >> around, and want your steak to match a competitor's sizzle so they can > >> get more without paying more or doing any work. > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com > >> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 12:49 PM > >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sports Streaming > >> > >> Yep, watched two partial baseball games in the last week. > >> The Houston/Arizona game had an odd audio artifact. > >> Sounded like they were broadcasting from inside a culvert. > >> It might have been a misguided effort to simulate crowd noise but it > >> was annoying. > >> > >> No pixilation here. I love that the computer now not only shows the > >> strike zone, but sometimes it calls balls and strikes as well as > >> giving the speed. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Nate Burke > >> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 11:26 AM > >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > >> Subject: [AFMUG] Sports Streaming > >> > >> I've seen a big uptick in traffic over the last 2 or 3 weeks. Aren't > >> major sports starting up again? I'm guessing all the people who > >> switched to streaming only over the summer are now streaming the sports. > >> > >> I've been dealing with one guy, he is on our lowest plan, and keeps > >> complaining that his sports are pixelated. And he's just gotta have > >> sports and just doesn't understand why it's not working perfect on his > >> 4k TV. I can see he's maxed the connection 'My speed test is only > >> 0.25mb and nothing in the house is running now, `still maxed traffic`, > >> well the TV is on' > >> I'm > >> guessing that the Variable bitrate codecs takes more for sports than > >> normal TV. I told him to upgrade his package, he said he didn't want > >> to spend any more money on Internet. He's on Hulu + live TV + Sports, > >> so that's already costing him more than what he's paying us, probably > >> close to what satellite costs. Then He wanted to know what TV to buy > >> to make it stream better, I told him that wouldn't help. Then he > >> wanted to know what WIFI extender to buy to make it stream better, I > >> told him that wouldn't help. But he's claims he is on a tight budget > >> and can't afford any more for internet. I told him to put up an > >> Antenna 'But then I can't get the sportsnet channel' > >> I told him to go find a new provider and stop calling me then. 'But > >> I don't like Comcast...' Tough, but I'm not talking to you anymore if > >> you're complaining about streaming. Priorities people have.... > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >> > >> > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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