Subj : Re: Which VPN?
To   : Khronos
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Jul 10 2023 08:22 pm

-=> Khronos wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > -=> Tracker1 wrote to Gamgee <=-
 >  Tr> If you have good cellular signal, that can be a decent
 >  Tr> alternative... slightly higher pings and lower throughput than
 >  Tr> wired options, but still relatively decent and well-priced.

 > What??  LOL
 >
 > So....... I should use my phone as a "hot spot" to provide internet
 > access for watching TV / streaming NetFlix / internet access for at
 > least a dozen devices in the house, including my BBS?
 >
 > What if I'm not home (and my cellphone is with me).  How do things work
 > then?

 Kh> In some areas both Verizon and T-mobile offer what they call
 Kh> fixed wireless service. This is a router that has a couple of
 Kh> switch ports and wireless for your inside of your home network on
 Kh> one side and cellular as the wan. These kinds of connections may
 Kh> or may not allow you to run servers so running your bbs as an
 Kh> inbound server may not be possible with out routing it through
 Kh> some special vpn first.

Ahhh, OK.  Didn't know about that.  Sounds like a significant cost, for 
likely crappy performance, and not being able to use the custom router 
that I'm using now.  Not even a remote chance of such a thing happening.



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