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Infrastructure is difficult. I have to run 2 ISPs these days. FTTP and DOCSIS. The fiber line is obviously my primary and it's completely flawless when it's wo
by bob1029 1y ago
Infrastructure is difficult. I have to run 2 ISPs these days. FTTP and DOCSIS.
The fiber line is obviously my primary and it's completely flawless when it's working. The problem is that about once or twice a year a utility contractor will break the fiber in my neighborhood and it can go out for up to 2 days. Cellular service is not sufficient to cover. The cable connection is what I use when the fiber goes down hard like that. I don't bother with a multi-WAN router or anything. It's a manual cutover thing. The cable can obviously go down too, but it follows a different path (power lines vs buried). The cable is more likely to go out, but it can be resolved more quickly assuming a localized incident.
I was looking at using starlink for backup, but there are caveats with satellite connectivity in the woods.
- runjake 1y agoWhat caveats? It sounds like Starlink would be a perfect backup and likely save you a lot of money.
- hylaride 1y agoSatellite signals are low power and rely on line of sight. If he's properly in the woods, especially surrounded by hills, the trees could become a hinderance.
- jliptzin 1y agoMy home is in the woods. Took me a while to switch to Starlink because it was difficult to get line of sight. Eventually, Xfinity pissed me off so much that I was willing to move heaven and earth to move to Starlink. I ended up running a 300 foot cat6 cable through a pond to the back of my property to the only place I'd get line of sight and it's been working great. If you have to pay someone to climb up a tree and mount the dish so it's above the tree line, it's well worth it.
- runjake 11mo agoYeah, I guess I'm just extrapolating my own experience deploying Starlink in austere environments and always managing to get somewhere with a 90 meter cable run of getting good reception -- even in the woods.