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Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by cpgxiii »

devxpy wrote: post #35
thruflo22 wrote: post #11

I moved recently from the UK, where my home and office both had fiber, to live in a tiny picturesque village in the Istrian hills in Croatia. Initially, my 4g router was getting a signal strength of -110 to -120db, corresponding to two bars and zoom video not working. Spent €90 on an outdoor aerial. Plugged it into the router. Signal now averages -85, four to five bars on the router, zero issues with video calls. My…

I dont get why these 4g routers are so expensive. I can get a phone with snapdragon processor, lte chip, display, battery and everything for around 1/2 the price of a decent 4g router, its insane. Market theory sucks for the consumer.

Part of it is certainly an issue of volume, but in the consumer space low-cost (or "free" subsidized-by-plan) 3G/LTE mobile hotspots have long been available. Those models are basically the modems and radios of a mid- to high-end smartphone in a cheap plastic enclosure with a battery.

If you want metal enclosures (i.e. actual thermal design for prolonged operation), multiple ethernet ports, better routing support, no limits on number of connected devices, wide input voltages, automotive-grade components, etc, that's a much smaller market.

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by wffurr »

Hamuko wrote: post #36
thruflo22 wrote: post #11

I moved recently from the UK, where my home and office both had fiber, to live in a tiny picturesque village in the Istrian hills in Croatia. Initially, my 4g router was getting a signal strength of -110 to -120db, corresponding to two bars and zoom video not working. Spent €90 on an outdoor aerial. Plugged it into the router. Signal now averages -85, four to five bars on the router, zero issues with video calls. My…

How are you running the outdoor cable to the router? I find the hardest part of this setup actually getting the cable from outside the house to inside the house.

It's similar to installing an outdoor power outlet: https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/how-to-add-an-outdoor...

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by flingo »

Are there any details on who's providing this app, who's running the site, and what they'll do with collected data?

The ToS and privacy policy are identical, and only refer to an app called "velo" and a company called "copilot LLC", and that their method of contact is "Joe Blau."

This seems very strange to me. (unless this is a "move fast, break things, collect GDPR fines" sort of thing)

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by SergeAx »

I found this service quite useful, thank you!

But please, why it should be a mobile app? Looking at the landing page animation it looks like there's nothing plain (like in "jQuery only for fancy animation") web site cannot do.

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by meigwilym »

Hamuko wrote: post #36
thruflo22 wrote: post #11

I moved recently from the UK, where my home and office both had fiber, to live in a tiny picturesque village in the Istrian hills in Croatia. Initially, my 4g router was getting a signal strength of -110 to -120db, corresponding to two bars and zoom video not working. Spent €90 on an outdoor aerial. Plugged it into the router. Signal now averages -85, four to five bars on the router, zero issues with video calls. My…

How are you running the outdoor cable to the router? I find the hardest part of this setup actually getting the cable from outside the house to inside the house.

My TV aerial is in the attic space, and it works very well (although I do have a line of sight to the transmitter). The cable runs down the wall.

I wonder if a 4G aerial would work as well in this kind of environment? The roof is wooden rafters with a slate covering.

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Post by EricE »

zegerius wrote: post #19
thruflo22 wrote: post #11

I moved recently from the UK, where my home and office both had fiber, to live in a tiny picturesque village in the Istrian hills in Croatia. Initially, my 4g router was getting a signal strength of -110 to -120db, corresponding to two bars and zoom video not working. Spent €90 on an outdoor aerial. Plugged it into the router. Signal now averages -85, four to five bars on the router, zero issues with video calls. My…

Exactly! I purchased a 4G router[1] with an external antenna to ensure a sufficiently good connection for four people on a small Croatian island. After three months, I am positive that most people would be perfectly fine (or even better off) with just a 4G antenna on their roof. Our speeds were around 50-120/10-20Mbps with a 60-100ms latency to Zoom's closest server, depending on the weather. 1. Teltonika RUTX11: htt…

One problem - there is only so much bandwidth available in a certain portion of radio spectrum. If everyone started doing what you are doing then “most people” would be seeing pretty bad performance.

Wired is always better; especially in higher density environments. If you are in a rural or low density area then this is obviously less of an issue - but everyone moving to wireless would be an utter disaster where most people live.

Re: Show HN: Lag – Know Before You Go

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Post by joeblau »

adventured wrote: post #21
joeblau wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is actually what I was listening to on Friday morning that prompted me to build this.

How long was the build time start to finish?

30 hours not including 8 hours of sleep, 1 hour bike ride, shower, eating and all of that fun stuff.
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