No, we are North if that area.

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> On Aug 7, 2020, at 9:44 PM, Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
> 
>  Was your location downwind from the Nevada Test Area?
> 
> On 8/7/20 1:55 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>> We have one dude with 75 head of Texas Longhorns.  His neighbors “love it”.
>> The county passed an ordinance limiting him to 20 I think.  The old 
>> ordinance limited him to 4.  But they didn’t enforce it.
>> That was a bit too low in my opinion. 
>> He has hinted that it will be an armed confrontation if they come for his 
>> cattle. 
>>  
>> But most have 2-3 horses if they have any animals at all.
>> The dirt here is crap so there are very few truck garden types of things. 
>>  
>> But yeah, they all have this idea of being self sufficient on their 
>> ranchette. 
>>  
>> From: castarritt
>> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 2:51 PM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sports Streaming
>>  
>> 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....
>>> >>
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