[FRIAM] Dumb Experiment

[Steven A Smith]

Marcus -

I have been using NMSurf/CNSP for about 5 years but at a lower level of 
service.  I get most of what I need from them with their 5-10Mbps.

They do have frequent but short interruptions in service which might be 
ideosyncratic to my context, but might reflect the vagaries of trying to 
keep such high tech gear running up on top of Big Tesuque where my 
service comes from.  I believe they also have antennae on top of 
Pajarito Mtn and Cerro Pinon further north, one of the foothills of the 
Sangres... the latter may be generally more reliable with easier 
access.    My service has been out for up to 1.5 days, but that was 
rare, and a consequence of an early snow with electric service and the 
backup propane generator running out of fuel, etc.

Line of Sight is the main consideration for service... fresnel zones 
included.   I had to prune some trees and mount my antenna 30 feet from 
my house (on an adobe wall) to get a good shot, their installation techs 
were typically under-informed but *did* have a good process that worked 
in spite of their limited model of how their own gear worked (or not).

Overall I would recommend them.

- Steve


On 3/25/17 1:16 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
>
> Alexa isn’t much of assistant, but I am impressed with the new Fire TV 
> stick.    Pretty much all premium content is available now through 
> apps, and even DirecTV itself, and most other stuff is free with 
> Amazon Prime.
>
> Does anyone in the Santa Fe area use fixed wireless internet (e.g. 
> NMsurf)?   They claim they can do 50 Mbps for about the price of 
> Comcast’s higher-end Internet services ($75-$100/month).   I can 
> hardly believe it is possible.
>
> These TV add-ons are the way to go.  Smart TV firmware never seems to 
> be maintained and is clunky compared to Fire TV or Chromecast.  To 
> finally be free of having to co-locate televisions with coax drops 
> would be nice.
>
> Better yet would be to free from wires entirely, unless the wire was 
> fiber and was 1Gbps.
>
> Marcus
>
> *From:*Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Frank 
> Wimberly
> *Sent:* Friday, March 24, 2017 9:49 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
> <friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Dumb Experiment
>
> Me: OK Google, speak to Alexa
>
> Google: Alexa, will you be my friend?
>
> Alexa: Sure, I'm always happy to make new friends.
>
> They must have anticipated that someone would try this.
>
> Frank
>
> Frank Wimberly
> Phone (505) 670-9918
>
>
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