Re: [AFMUG] Starlink latency highly variable - up to 120 ms

2020-11-03 Thread Darin Steffl
The only sure way to know real latency is if you can ping the starlink gateway you're traffic goes to so you eliminate internet latency and only measure the satellite latency. On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 10:50 AM Darin Steffl wrote: > Never underestimate how bad an average consumer can mess up s

Re: [AFMUG] OT: The Silence is deafening..

2020-11-08 Thread Darin Steffl
If trump and his supporters believe all the lies he's been spewing since Thursday, you have to get your head checked. Don't believe things without evidence. Trust no one, only yourself and your ability to fact check what people say. Fact checking trump's statements since Tuesday show he has lied o

Re: [AFMUG] OT: The Silence is deafening..

2020-11-11 Thread Darin Steffl
Biden is a moderate politician. He's closer to the middle than trump ever was. Congress better get along with him so they can move us forward. On Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 11:15 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > This is a shit show no matter what side you are on. At the end of the day > whoever

Re: [AFMUG] OT windows update issues

2020-11-17 Thread Darin Steffl
Can I ask why anyone likes using desktop email programs? Ever since I was a kid, I've dreaded helping people with outlook, live mail, or thunderbird because of issues like you're describing. Also people who didn't set up IMAP so their emails disappeared off their email server and only existed on t

Re: [AFMUG] FW: OT windows update issues

2020-11-17 Thread Darin Steffl
Why are you leaving Gmail? There's nothing better unless you need to live in the Microsoft ecosystem then you have office 365. We love Google apps for business and I use it for personal email too. They never let me down. On Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:59 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > On top of all

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Slow Browsers

2020-11-18 Thread Darin Steffl
I've not seen that. Sounds like it's limited to your computer. Try another computer to rule it out. On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 7:29 AM Nate Burke wrote: > Is it just me or have both Firefox and chrome gotten really slow over > the last couple weeks/updates. > > Firefox takes a good 5 seconds or so to

Re: [AFMUG] 5.850-5.925Ghz immediately available for indoor use, outdoor use with approval

2020-11-18 Thread Darin Steffl
Hopefully wispa will share the steps to take to get this permanent STA. This is very exciting! Sidenote, are the wispa mailing lists still a thing? I used to get lots of emails but I don't recall seeing any for awhile now. Our membership expired for a few weeks and I renewed it but maybe that clea

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-19 Thread Darin Steffl
Steve, Cite your sources that poll watchers weren't allowed to observe. You won't be able to because in every case so far, there have been poll watchers inside watching the count in every precinct. You only saw some angry trump supporters standing outside in Detroit trying to get in when there we

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-19 Thread Darin Steffl
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-lawsuits-election-results-2020-11 Zero suits in trump's favor. He's lost and no amount of bogus lawsuits will change the outcome. His supporters will rally behind him and say "everyone is corrupt!!! The election was rigged!!! Biden is paying off all t

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-19 Thread Darin Steffl
thout > evidence (hint, there was none). pick a single narrative and run with said > narrative, across the board. much like the elder cruelty of putting rudy > and joe in the spotlight > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 8:21 PM Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> C

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-19 Thread Darin Steffl
llowed-within-6-feet-of-ballot-counting-at-pennsylvania-convention-center/ > your kind will say that binoculars are good enough. odd that judges ruled > on something that didnt happen, are you saying the judges lied? > > just because you dont want it to be true doesnt make something &qu

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-20 Thread Darin Steffl
judges order and were still denied access, facts are simply that, facts. > > https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/media/detroit-windows-covered-ballots-vote-center/index.html > except the "protesters" were poll watcher, your team cant even lie well > > https://philadelphia.cbsl

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-20 Thread Darin Steffl
hed the mutt put up the cardboard and > stand there like a gimp. everyone watched when they tried to serve the > judges order and were still denied access, facts are simply that, facts. > > https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/media/detroit-windows-covered-ballots-vote-center/index.html &g

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-20 Thread Darin Steffl
't even be wasting their > breath on these baseless claims. > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 9:01 PM Steve Jones > wrote: > > not going to play your game. I watched the mutt put up the cardboard and > stand there like a gimp. everyone watched when they tried to serve the > judges

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-21 Thread Darin Steffl
scare me straight. It was getting >>> depressing. Everything was bad news. I swear if Trump found the cure for >>> cancer, it would have been spun as bad news. >>> >>> Come February, everything will be reported as unicorns and rainbows. >>> Li

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-21 Thread Darin Steffl
he state > legislatures like dirty leftists > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 8:21 PM Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> CNN: Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign Pennsylvania lawsuit. >> >> >> https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/21/politics/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-pennsylvania-laws

Re: [AFMUG] OT: this press conference

2020-11-21 Thread Darin Steffl
If net neutrality comes back, there will likely be similar exemptions for ISP's less than 100k subscribers or whatever the number was before. It shouldn't affect us in any real way. It will force the big ISP's to be good (better?) guys and not let peering cross connects fill up and become congeste

Re: [AFMUG] Running MPLS

2019-09-24 Thread Darin Steffl
Mike, Unless you run CCR for your bgp routers, you can't say they don't work. We've been running bgp on our network for 3+ years with CCR's and it works. Convergence time is slower than a $50k Juniper sure but it doesn't affect us badly. Traffic flows smoothly and the only time it really takes ti

Re: [AFMUG] Needing a OSPF / MPLS expert for an emergency

2019-10-06 Thread Darin Steffl
Linktechs has multiple engineers in staff and handle emergency support. Submit a ticket or call them asap. This is why I don't recommend working with a one person consultant because they need to sleep, go on vacation, etc so it's hard to be always available. On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 1:36 PM Paul McCa

Re: [AFMUG] OT travelog

2019-10-25 Thread Darin Steffl
Guys, To buy anything new other than a Tesla today would be a huge regret. I've had my Model 3 since September 2018 and it's the best thing I've driven. Fastest, quietest, most fun car and top notch infotainment on the giant screen. I've been in Honda, Toyota, chevy, Dodge, Ferrari, Lamborghini,

Re: [AFMUG] troubleshooting smart TV complaints?

2019-11-02 Thread Darin Steffl
Smart TV hardware sucks. The display is fine but the CPU, software, and wifi antenna are cheap and poor performers. They also only get updates for the first year or two while Roku gets updates for 7 years usually. In most cases, we recommend the customer purchase a roku stick or better and plug it

Re: [AFMUG] troubleshooting smart TV complaints?

2019-11-05 Thread Darin Steffl
I find it's almost impossible to buy a non-smart TV nowadays. Most TVs 42" or larger all have something built in but I still would only use a dedicated device like Roku or fire tv for the best experience. On Tue, Nov 5, 2019, 1:24 PM Cameron Crum wrote: > You can get non-smart TV's a lot cheaper

Re: [AFMUG] tired of entitled streamers

2019-11-16 Thread Darin Steffl
We're moving away from "truly unlimited" plans and going to unlimited with X amount of high-speed data between noon and midnight. For example, we'll have plans with high-speed data amounts of 65, 300, 600, 900, 1200, 1800GB a month with that data only being counted 12 hours each day. Outside noon

Re: [AFMUG] tired of entitled streamers

2019-11-16 Thread Darin Steffl
It doesn’t cost that much to upgrade a tower or backhaul to > support more capacity. > > On Nov 16, 2019, at 2:18 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: > > We're moving away from "truly unlimited" plans and going to unlimited with > X amount of high-speed data between noon and mid

Re: [AFMUG] tired of entitled streamers

2019-11-17 Thread Darin Steffl
Matt, It sounds like you're almost running a charity if you're spending $12,500 to service 10 customers. At least for a wisp, that's alot. In a ftth build in rural areas, that might only connect 2 homes and that's why they wait for government subsidies. We choose to run a profitable business and

Re: [AFMUG] tired of entitled streamers

2019-11-17 Thread Darin Steffl
Once spoiled, always spoiled. No good deed goes unpunished. There are things I see everyday that make me believe the two sayings above. 4 out of 5 times we go above and beyond for someone, it backfires and they're not thankful or they literally make us feel bad after we help them. Horrible peopl

Re: [AFMUG] UBB - Usage Based Billing WAS: tired of entitled streamers

2019-11-19 Thread Darin Steffl
Kurt, I touched in this in the other email thread but we are moving towards having high speed data thresholds that only count data from noon to midnight. It's targeting exactly the heavy use periods. We may tweak it to only count from 6pm to 11pm but the data amounts would have to be lower then.

Re: [AFMUG] Aviat

2019-11-19 Thread Darin Steffl
I just did a demo today with Ken of their radio GUI, link design tool, and pricing on their site. The wtm4000 series looks pretty slick and pricing is affordable for carrier grade stuff. He said they're all made in America and tech support is here too. They're the #1 in volume of coordinated links

Re: [AFMUG] UBB - Usage Based Billing WAS: tired of entitled streamers

2019-11-19 Thread Darin Steffl
ould advertise this time frame, and have a > contractual way of adjusting it) > Average the use during peak time? and allow that average as a base, with > anything beyond that as a UBB? > I think youre on to something sexy here. Have you implemented this? > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 7:40

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti $379 router

2019-11-22 Thread Darin Steffl
of them for a mesh network? > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/

Re: [AFMUG] Cybertruck

2019-11-22 Thread Darin Steffl
> > I think I saw one comment that it looked like a cross between an El Camino > and a Pontiac Aztec. It certainly was not what I expected when I heard > Tesla was going to bring out an electric truck. It sounds like the 3 motor > version will indeed be fast, but how big a market is there

Re: [AFMUG] Building automation

2019-11-25 Thread Darin Steffl
I'm a Nest fan but haven't used ecobee. Google owns nest and ecobee would be the one to be acquired between these two. Also, $5600 seems very high for 11 thermostats. Are there more parts to it that I'm missing? On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 7:56 PM Nate Burke wrote: > One of the young whippersnappers

Re: [AFMUG] Cybertruck

2019-11-30 Thread Darin Steffl
Matt, You said gas is the same no matter what. That's totally false. Mpg gets worse in every gad vehicle with cold temps and higher loads as well. In the cold, I've always lost 4 to 8 mpg in my truck or Honda accord in the winter. With the snowmobile trailer pulling behind our chevy, we get about

Re: [AFMUG] Cybertruck

2019-11-30 Thread Darin Steffl
olice-cruiser-runs-out-battery-chase-user-error/ On Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 8:43 AM Darin Steffl wrote: > Matt, > > You said gas is the same no matter what. That's totally false. Mpg gets > worse in every gad vehicle with cold temps and higher loads as well. > > In the cold, I&

Re: [AFMUG] Cybertruck

2019-11-30 Thread Darin Steffl
ivers all the time and there will be zero chance of running out of juice. On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 9:06 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > That’s a fan boy answer. Yes it is the cars fault. The car said 50 miles > of range. Which then dropped to 8 because elect

Re: [AFMUG] Cybertruck

2019-11-30 Thread Darin Steffl
The brake pads in my Tesla should easily last 300k or more miles because I rarely use them. The cars regenerative braking is so strong I basically only drive with the throttle now. As soon as I let off, the car will use regen on the motors and slow me down all the way to 0 now and then apply a brak

Re: [AFMUG] Cybertruck

2019-11-30 Thread Darin Steffl
; to a complete stop without using the brakes. > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 12:11 PM Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> The brake pads in my Tesla should easily last 300k or more miles because >> I rarely use them. The cars regenerative braking is so strong I basically >> only

Re: [AFMUG] Cybertruck

2019-11-30 Thread Darin Steffl
t;> >> Chuck with his Leaf could put it in limp mode and try to make it to a >> charging station, or a hybrid could run on gas. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones >> *Sent:* Saturday, November 30, 2019 9:35 AM >>

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP AP Defaulted, but invalid password

2019-12-03 Thread Darin Steffl
If you believe it was defaulted, it should be admin/admin like you tried. It's certainly possible to be hacked within 5 seconds with botnets out there scanning. I've talked to guys who've had Mikrotik hacked in minutes before they locked it down. On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 6:05 PM Nate Burke wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
We used to charge $50 upfront and $10 per month for Calix. Now we just increased our plan prices and give the Calix away for free. We have 99% take rate when it's free. On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 12:30 PM Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > Sean, > > Do you charge the customer for any up-front hardware costs w

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
Rural pricing: http://www.mnwifi.com/service-plans/internet-service/fup City pricing where we have horns: http://www.mnwifi.com/service-plans/internet-service/5g-plans/ On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 2:17 PM wrote: > Mind sharing your plan prices? > > *From:* Darin Steffl > *Sen

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
new sites in town because of how busy we are. DSL, Satellite, and cellular have all been getting much worse in our area so people are seeking us out more than ever. On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 2:50 PM wrote: > Which is more popular? > > *From:* Darin Steffl > *Sent:* Saturday, December 1

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
ore popular. > I would guess the plan one notch up from the bottom? > > *From:* Darin Steffl > *Sent:* Saturday, December 14, 2019 12:56 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference > > Chuck, > > We qualify each ad

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
isasterous decision. Nope, made us considerably more money each month. > Sorry that those employees were not clued into the gambit. (Do I > carenot really...) > > *From:* Darin Steffl > *Sent:* Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:07 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group &

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
ded decision. We > lost 65 customers. > > > > I still get mentions of this from former employees, saying it was a > disasterous decision. Nope, made us considerably more money each month. > Sorry that those employees were not clued into the gambit. (Do I > careno

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
We call our fee "carrier cost recovery charge" on the bill. On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:20 PM Darin Steffl wrote: > Ken, > > We do charge the same fee CenturyLink does. That was our price increase in > October 2018. The different between us and CL is that the fee actually

Re: [AFMUG] Google WiFi and 5 GHz interference

2019-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
of any promos, end of the quarter sales push. On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:58 PM Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > Darin, > > How are you re-negotiating fiber contracts every year? Are you only on 12 > month contracts? Who are you fiber providers? > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 4:22 PM Darin Ste

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Darin Steffl
The audience costs about $160 right now when you get the Calix 844e for much cheaper than that close to $100. Mesh is even less and it's easy for the customer to pair. Plus it's all managed by you in a single management system. 50 cents per month per router. All these other systems people are talk

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Darin Steffl
s no sense to suggest > I’m looking at it because it’s “free or cheap”. Actually the cheapest > solution, if I tell the customer to buy and manage it, is probably the > 3-unit Eero system. Since Amazon bought them, they have been aggressive on > price. > > > > > > *Fro

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Darin Steffl
34 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > Where are you getting the 844e for $100? > > On Sunday, December 15, 2019, Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> The audience costs about $160 right now when you get the Calix 844e for >> much cheaper than that clo

Re: [AFMUG] Billing Platform

2019-12-16 Thread Darin Steffl
Azotel for almost 8 years now. Works great, stable, they add new features for us all the time for free. The platform looks dated but it's functional for us. On Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 10:38 AM Matt wrote: > Looking at outsourcing our database, ticketing and billing platform. > What is everyone usin

Re: [AFMUG] IX and Commodity Internet

2019-12-19 Thread Darin Steffl
Colo a switch or router there using someone's extra space. In Minneapolis, I found a small business with two full racks and he leases out 1ru for our Mikrotik for $100 per month and hosts a remote extension switch for MICE IX for free. So I just pay him for that and cross connects. On Thu, Dec 19,

Re: [AFMUG] why can't guys call tech support?

2019-12-21 Thread Darin Steffl
We have so many people call us when they're not at home. We can still check our tools to look for interference, signal, etc but for some things we really do need them home. I guess I've never noticed that males have a hard time calling us. It seems pretty balanced. On Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 2:00 PM K

Re: [AFMUG] ARIN v4 Waiting List

2019-12-27 Thread Darin Steffl
ious how much they >> will clear this Friday the e-mail they sent out made it sound like they >> expected to clear things weekly until they were again out of IPs. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_

Re: [AFMUG] mass GPS issues

2019-12-31 Thread Darin Steffl
Either there a GPS outage on the satellite constellation or foreign actors are testing how to jam the network. I'm curious if other people saw gps issues with cellphones for example. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 4:43 PM Joe Novak wrote: > EPMP1000/2000 reporting GPS drops north central Illinois The de

Re: [AFMUG] Ipv4

2020-01-03 Thread Darin Steffl
Not everyone knows ARIN has IP's available the last few weeks. Many people just go right to purchasing a block and aren't on the waiting list. On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 6:24 PM Matt Hoppes wrote: > I find it interesting ipv4 auctions are still going strong even though > ARIN has found a glut of IPs.

Re: [AFMUG] Vehicle Tracking

2020-01-08 Thread Darin Steffl
Bouncie On Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 8:46 PM Matt Hoppes wrote: > Funny - fleetmatics costs money while FordPass is free. > > I can track my trucks with FordPass for free. > > Granted fleetmatics has more details. But still. Makes you think. > > On Jan 8, 2020, at 9:39 PM, Jaime Solorza > wrote: > > We

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti AF-11x licensed links

2020-01-08 Thread Darin Steffl
Steve, What do you mean by they can do more than an 80mhz channel? As far as I know, that's the largest channel size allowed in FCC land for licensed backhauls. Educate me if I'm wrong. It sounds interesting On Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 10:31 PM Steve Jones wrote: > aviat can do even more than 80 in f

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti AF-11x licensed links

2020-01-09 Thread Darin Steffl
I saw they were basically out of stock of the individual radio except in a kit. I checked their crappy new forums and they say there should be stock of just the radio and duplexes by the end of January. We shall see On Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 8:17 AM Gino A. Villarini wrote: > I would add that it seem

Re: [AFMUG] WiFi analyzer apps for iOS

2020-01-12 Thread Darin Steffl
There's a reason I don't use IOS devices. They lock you out of too much. I've had 3 different iphones in my life but I always end up back with Android because I need tools like wifi analyzer to work. I have the Pixel 3a right now and it blows away all other models I've had like galaxy s8, LG phon

Re: [AFMUG] Licensed radios

2020-01-15 Thread Darin Steffl
Just to clarify on the aviat advanced replacement, that does not come standard? I have access to their pricing tool and a 2 year standard warranty is included but it does not include advanced replacement unless you upgrade to that option. It's very affordable from what I saw. We are likely going t

Re: [AFMUG] The Future

2020-01-21 Thread Darin Steffl
with fiber at the fore front? Possibly. >> > > >> > > But then. is fiber really future proof? We are talking about >> > investing hundreds of millions into fiber infrastructure, because >> > it’s “the future”. But is it? >> >

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-23 Thread Darin Steffl
Guys, Start heavily pushing managed routers. We're all Calix with 804mesh and we include the first router free in all our plans. Makes a huge difference. Google wifi is bad because there's no way to manually set the 5ghz channel away from our radio. We have one customer we told this and that the

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-23 Thread Darin Steffl
very clear they should expect poor speeds if they connect to that band on the router. On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 11:53 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > Managed Router: We do, but then the wifi soup becomes "my problem", how > do you handle that? >

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-23 Thread Darin Steffl
t Calix is pretty >> proud of their management platform and it just doesn't make a lot of sense >> for the number of managed routers we would be deploying right now. >> >> >> >> I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience with Ubiquiti's >>

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-23 Thread Darin Steffl
; On 1/23/2020 3:13 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: > > Guys, raise your prices. Calix Cloud for us is $6.15 per sub annually for > the management platform. Very affordable. Preseem is $0.50 per month and > Azotel is $1.25 per month. So about $2.50 per month and we have killer > tools that

Re: [AFMUG] The Future

2020-01-23 Thread Darin Steffl
manifest and that >> >>>> spool up will take years. SpaceX thinks they have solved >> >>>> this by becoming their own customer for all their extra >> >>>> launch capacity for the foresee

Re: [AFMUG] The Future

2020-01-23 Thread Darin Steffl
. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 4:47 PM wrote: >> >>> Can't you get a netflix box from netflix? >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Matt Hoppes >>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2020 3:42 PM >

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
:29:01 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest > > What does Calix get you for on the management? I've been looking into > some options for managed routers, and I like the 844E, but Calix is pretty > proud of their management platform and it just doesn't make a

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
; <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://ww

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
*Thursday, January 23, 2020 12:29:01 PM >>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest >>> >>> What does Calix get you for on the management? I've been looking into >>> some options for managed routers, and I like the 844E, but Calix is pretty >

Re: [AFMUG] Calix (was RE: Google/Nest WiFi speedtest)

2020-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
4E, but Calix is pretty > proud of their management platform and it just doesn't make a lot of sense > for the number of managed routers we would be deploying right now. > > > > I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience with Ubiquiti's Dream > Machine

Re: [AFMUG] Google/Nest WiFi speedtest

2020-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
I tell > > them to buy a $5 Ethernet cable and a $20 USB-Ethernet dongle at Best > > Buy for testing purposes. But I don’t have a good response to the > > people who have no computer at all, other than a truck roll to test it > > ourselves, which of course is what we wan

Re: [AFMUG] Calix (was RE: Google/Nest WiFi speedtest)

2020-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
or is it an add-on? Do > you charge an upfront fee? > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 11:52 AM Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> I didn't find it hard to get 1000+ of these deployed over 2 years. We are >> a small wisp and we've only emailed existing customers about it twic

Re: [AFMUG] Calix (was RE: Google/Nest WiFi speedtest)

2020-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
o you have a contact > there? > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 1:59 PM Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> Calix used to be an add-on at $50 upfront and $10 per month. We've since >> increased all our plans $10 per month and now the first router is FREE and >> customers lov

Re: [AFMUG] Commercial Sales

2020-01-27 Thread Darin Steffl
I have to assume you're exaggerating with a 100% close rate. That's literally not possible. Looking at our stats of current and canceled subs, then comparing it to serviceable subs who didn't go with us, we're at a 65% close rate for residential. Very fair in my opinion. We are definitely not chea

Re: [AFMUG] Commercial Sales

2020-01-27 Thread Darin Steffl
ng to drum up sales for folks who haven’t called or don’t know of > us. > > Why would someone call and then not signup? Literally the only folks who > don’t signup on the first call are folks outside our coverage area. > > On Jan 27, 2020, at 8:18 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: > >

Re: [AFMUG] Commercial Sales

2020-01-27 Thread Darin Steffl
contributes to some of the difference. > > When people call us they’ve already looked at the webpage and aren’t so > much calling for pricing as much as calling to get service. > > On Jan 27, 2020, at 9:22 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: > > Matt, > > Plenty of people call who

Re: [AFMUG] managed routers and parental controls

2020-01-28 Thread Darin Steffl
Calix can do this direct on the router. Users have one login that allows access to wifi stuff, dhcp, port forwarding, and scheduling access. Thanks support login which only the ISP has has other settings like WAN stuff, voip, etc that you don't want the customer to touch. There's also a mobile app

Re: [AFMUG] Calix (was RE: Google/Nest WiFi speedtest)

2020-01-28 Thread Darin Steffl
e <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebr

Re: [AFMUG] WIFI and 4mb Speedtest.net

2020-01-28 Thread Darin Steffl
Our results on speedtest.net are always right on the money when we manually select a preferred server that we peer with. The auto select is hit or miss so we specify only one server we support. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 7:50 PM Josh Baird wrote: > No, I mean running your own speedtest.net server (no

Re: [AFMUG] WIFI and 4mb Speedtest.net

2020-01-28 Thread Darin Steffl
If there's no actual issue besides a test showing "I don't get what I pay for", refer them to the up-to explanation for residential service. It should be in everyone's TOS and list the 50+ variables of why a speedtest won't always be perfect or accurate. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 8:00 PM Ken Hohhof w

Re: [AFMUG] bufferbloat

2020-01-31 Thread Darin Steffl
I second everything David said. We've been on it 2 years now and it's a tool I will never give up. It's worth every penny On Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 11:03 AM David Coudron wrote: > We have been using Preseem for about a year now. We originally > implemented it as a way to better manage the customer

Re: [AFMUG] CN Maestro Pro

2020-02-09 Thread Darin Steffl
You can't get. They told me by January they would have an option to upgrade. I'll ping my contact in cambium and ask them when it'll be ready. On Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 5:44 AM Gino A. Villarini wrote: > How do you upgrade? > > *Gino* > *Villarini *Founder/President > @gvillarini > t: 787.273.4143 E

Re: [AFMUG] CN Maestro Pro

2020-02-09 Thread Darin Steffl
Ahh just checked my email and they said Q1 this year so we have until the end of March. On Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 8:52 AM Darin Steffl wrote: > You can't get. They told me by January they would have an option to > upgrade. > > I'll ping my contact in cambium and ask them when

Re: [AFMUG] CN Maestro Pro

2020-02-09 Thread Darin Steffl
Feb 9, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Sean Heskett wrote: > > Haha! March 45th 🤣 > > Yeah the 1week of data storage is so annoying amongst many other things. > > -sean > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 8:15 AM Bill Prince wrote: > >> Maybe actually March 45th. >> >&

Re: [AFMUG] Advice on spending

2020-02-19 Thread Darin Steffl
We have one and it's very nice. We only use it to aim sectors and horns. For backhaul dishes, there no need to use it in my opinion since we use landmarks to get the aiming started. With sectors, there's no way to aim it like a dish so this tool is very helpful. It should be under $4600 as that's

Re: [AFMUG] OT One bad cell kills Tesla

2020-11-27 Thread Darin Steffl
The warranty on tesla batteries are very good. If the pack fails during warranty, they replace the whole pack. I'm not sure how one bad cell can disable an entire pack because on model 3 and Y, sandy Munro says if a cell fails, it severs the connection to the rest of the pack so it can continue op

Re: [AFMUG] OT One bad cell kills Tesla

2020-11-27 Thread Darin Steffl
Matt, I have a Model 3 and it's the best thing I've ever driven and owned. Nothing is more fun and I've driven lots of sports cars. Your brother in law may be the 1 or 2% of people who just don't like the product they bought. You can't satisfy 100% of your customers but out of all auto manufactur

Re: [AFMUG] OT One bad cell kills Tesla

2020-11-28 Thread Darin Steffl
ey provide a loaner tesla which is nice. On Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 12:12 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > He likes the car. He said waiting a week for repairs and having to use the > elite Tesla repair shop is just a little ridiculous. > > On Nov 27, 202

Re: [AFMUG] OT One bad cell kills Tesla

2020-11-28 Thread Darin Steffl
t them coming to your home for service. > What is "service" for a Tesla? Rotate tires I guess. No oil to change. Oh > yeah, fill the windshield washer fluid. > > > > bp > > > On 11/28/2020 4:43 AM, Darin Steffl wrote: > > It depends on what they're w

Re: [AFMUG] OT One bad cell kills Tesla

2020-11-29 Thread Darin Steffl
of wrote: > >  > > https://www.tesla.com/support/car-maintenance > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Darin Steffl > *Sent:* Saturday, November 28, 2020 7:49 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT One bad cell kills Tesla > > > >

Re: [AFMUG] YouTuber dismantles the SpaceX Starlink 'Dishy McFlatface' Antenna! [V

2020-11-29 Thread Darin Steffl
Most guesses are upwards of $2,500 to manufacturer. Phased array antennas are very expensive and before they put a lot of effort into reducing cost, most said minimum $10k for this type of antenna. On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 12:36 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > That antenna array alone is probably

Re: [AFMUG] old and busted vs new hotness

2020-12-04 Thread Darin Steffl
I rarely hear this from customers but we've always used a round dish of some sort. Nanobridge, powerbeam, epmp force 110, 200, 300 So we never used reflectors and customers can't tell the difference from the ground of any of the above dishes. That said, if you can provide them their plan speed wi

Re: [AFMUG] Netflix 4K video bandwidth

2020-12-05 Thread Darin Steffl
Yes Netflix will scale down gracefully. They have the best compression and least amount of buffering of any streaming provider. They are using the latest encoding techniques to reduce bandwidth with no perceptible loss of quality. Netflix will actually work down to 0.5 mbps without buffering. This

Re: [AFMUG] Netflix 4K video bandwidth

2020-12-05 Thread Darin Steffl
pes wrote: > At 25 megabit plans we see devices thrash painfully. They will think they > have the full 25 meg. Try to grab a chunk. And can’t because something is > using the bandwidth. > That’s why we made lanes. > > On Dec 5, 2020, at 6:00 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: > &g

Re: [AFMUG] Netflix 4K video bandwidth

2020-12-05 Thread Darin Steffl
as a bit complex to get setup. But they helped all the way. And >> since it’s setup it’s been hands off. >> >> >> >> On Dec 5, 2020, at 6:12 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: >> >>  >> Preseem handles this fine too Matt. If Netflix bursts up to 25 mbps while &

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 3 GHz 450b backorders

2020-12-09 Thread Darin Steffl
p all the stock? > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] RDOF challenges at this point?

2020-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
Nope. That was due by April 10. You needed to provide 25/3 with voice and file both in Form 477. If you didn't, you were considered unserved and RDOF funds were available. On Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 4:01 PM Peter Kranz via AF wrote: > So if RDOF funds were awarded to competitors in areas you already

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots

2020-12-14 Thread Darin Steffl
I don't think the gun nuts and militiamen stand a chance against the national guard if they wanna rebel and spill blood over trump losing the election fair and square. On Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 8:33 PM Steve Jones wrote: > Apathy only works when stupidity isnt fed, scotus needs to shut off the > fee

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