Re: 5G roadblock: labor

2020-01-04 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via NANOG
Andrey Kostin writes: > Could be true very soon. When supporting cable infrastructure will > become too expensive they will cut it in lieu of mobile, like many > railways were decomissioned earlier. Must be a local tipping point in > each area but it shouldn't be long to wait. It's happening whe

Re: power to the internet

2020-01-04 Thread Florian Weimer
* John Levine: > In article <87y2up1vc4@mid.deneb.enyo.de> you write: >>I found the connection rather puzzling (that is, how switching off >>power distribution prevents wildfires or at least reduces their risk). >>I found some explanations here (downed lines, vegetation contact, >>conductor sl

Re: 5G roadblock: labor

2020-01-04 Thread Mark Tinka
On 4/Jan/20 08:37, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > it's nor really except that a bunch of the radio/client management is > 'easier' in cellular than in wifi. managing roaming COULD be saner as > well even, so when you walk out of the shop and off their pico-cell > you can transition the running c

Re: 5G roadblock: labor

2020-01-04 Thread Mark Tinka
On 4/Jan/20 12:44, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via NANOG wrote: > > It's happening where I live, now. My ISP recently announced that all > the POTS lines, and any network connectivity over them, would be > decommissioned shortly, and affected subscribers moved to cellular > instead. It's happening all

Re: power to the internet

2020-01-04 Thread Mark Tinka
On 4/Jan/20 12:54, Florian Weimer wrote: > > I guess most countries struggle to maintain basic infrastructure. Then someone will ask, "What is basic, and is the Internet it?" Mark.

Re: 5G roadblock: labor

2020-01-04 Thread Sabri Berisha
- On Jan 3, 2020, at 9:31 PM, Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: Hi, >> I don't know about you, but I rarely use those. My T-Mobile plan has >> unlimited data and coverage is adequate for me. It even works abroad, so >> unless I need high speed data I'm fine with the included 256kbps. >>