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minus-squareVertelleus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoWhere I live I have only one real option, the cable company, unless I want 10 mbps DSL or satellite with high ping and data limits.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agowe live two blocks outside the area we can get fiber internet and i’m not bitter about that at all.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoMake a friend two blocks over and set up a mesh network to your home! The bandwidth you would siphon would probably go completely unnoticed.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agomy friends three blocks over are still on DSL. they don’t even have wifi. if they haven’t gotten fiber yet, no amount of bribery or pleading will change that.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHave you tried a good cajoling?
Where I live I have only one real option, the cable company, unless I want 10 mbps DSL or satellite with high ping and data limits.
we live two blocks outside the area we can get fiber internet and i’m not bitter about that at all.
Make a friend two blocks over and set up a mesh network to your home! The bandwidth you would siphon would probably go completely unnoticed.
my friends three blocks over are still on DSL. they don’t even have wifi. if they haven’t gotten fiber yet, no amount of bribery or pleading will change that.
Have you tried a good cajoling?