On 2026-01-04 10:42:44, Didier Kryn wrote:

> Le 04/01/2026 à 05:29, onefang a écrit :
> >    The problem though is the crap Internet.  A greedy monopoly is
> > preventing me from using FTTP, so I'm stuck with 4G in a blackspot.

>
>     Why not give a try to Starlink. I didn't try it myself, but talked with
> a guy here who has it at home, together with other solutions (a
> professional); and he claims it's one of the best, and at the cost of
> 29€/month which you can stop and restart every month, which is smarter than
> any fibre competitor here which you can only change every year. I very much
> dislike the owner of this network and the nearby space pollution resulting
> of his satellites, but it's all there and working. The antenna is smaller
> than the screen of my laptop and it points to some direction in the sky
> where there likely is no obstacle cause it's rather high.

Part of the reason I'm in this blackspot is that I'm on the bottom floor
of several blocks of rented apartments. I'm not gonna be able to put a
Starlink antenna on the roof, or any other place where it would be
useful.