So cell networks work in... cells. The cells have a fixed capacity. If you live in a rural area cell reliability is more constant than in an urban place where everyone moves in and out of the area all the time. But for example a busy highway close by can change that completely. 

I've had places where I had super reliable cell service, mostly at the edges of suburban though, and never with AT&T or Telefonica lol.

Mesh is cool!

I have no idea what that means. Lol

He's up on a hill so I'd like to try to see if we can connect via mesh. He's about 20-30km away. If it works we could try mining and see how much up time it keeps.

bitcoin

Hindsight

jasonb

I've put `collect stats for stratum over LTE` on my TODO. The great thing about remote/rural cells is that they don't often get into a state where subscriber balancing is needed, like what you'd have in an urban area with lots of traffic, so it can be pretty reliable (depending on the provider's effort of course.)