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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @random_ 24 Oct \ parent \ on: Can I run a full Bitcoin node with only a 5mb/s connection? bitcoin

We are on reverse paths it seems. I'm never going back to hotspot now that I have the router. I went from 3 devices for networking down to one. KISS could go either way here.

I had something like that in the past and it gave me problems for some reason.

Guessing you put a phone sim directly in the router? The ISP can tell when you are using a cell phone plan on a data-only device. You need a device you fully control (openwrt). One that doesn't ask permission

131 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 24 Oct

My little tower blasts internet out from the top of my little hill to like 100 acres.

I think the device I was using was just an issue. It was a Netgear part. It never would stay connected for some reason. I would prefer to have a setup that doesn't use a phone.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 24 Oct

You either die a subscriber or live long enough to see yourself become an ISP.

Thanks for sharing your setup! Have you done a range test?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 24 Oct

Not scientifically. But I am blown away by how far it goes. There is no interference and it's wide open desert here. No buildings. So it goes super far.