[jason_slack]

I live in a very rural area (on a lake with lots of state forest surrounding me) where even to get DSL you need approval from Verizon.

I use Cradlepoint equipment to access the internet over LTE. I have wired the house but also have wireless access points too. I prioritize the traffic exiting so ensure that the really important stuff is first. Stuff related to my job comes before my son on YouTube or Facebook, etc. I also block a lot of outgoing traffic until certain hours of the day. (i.e no YouTube between 6am and 8pm).

On a side note, I have also been looking at tools I use (rsync, scp, etc) to see if there are ways to better help those on really limited connections.

[atomical]

I have thought about using an LTE modem, but currently I tether. I run my whole connection through a VPN so I can use truly unlimited data with T-mobile. I'm using 300+ gigs a month for around $100.

[nerdynapster]

how did you just do that?

[curiousgal]

That's like my dream (living in a rural lake house)!

[jason_slack]

It is very quiet and enjoyable. The quality of my coding shows it.

[Jugurtha]

I did a stint in a mountain house about a hundred miles away where I used to spend a lot of time when I was a teenager. Forests and a river. It was for one week, I took one book with me (Smirnov's "A Course of Higher Mathematics - VOL I").

All I have to say is that after one week I came back and people hardly recognized me. My skin tone changed, my face became lively, I regained my weight because I didn't skip meals, I slept early because I'd be sleepy early, I woke up early and fully rested (the best sleep quality I had in years), I did maths all day long lying on the grass in the shade of trees, and hiked to the river or ran across tall grass to stretch my legs.

The ability to think without interruptions, not because I was fending them off taking extra measures but because there truly were none, is what really did it for me.

[jason_slack]

This sounds amazing. For me, this environment, my diabetes is really under control. My weight is consistent. I eat way structured, well balanced meals. I can't rave enough about living this way.

I'll look up the math book as well :-)

[nerdynapster]

oh wow...beautiful jason_slack. how...how do you do that prioritize thing? how LTE connects to the internet? do i need to set-up a BTS?

[jason_slack]

I use a Cradlepoint modem with a SIM card in it to connect

Prioritization is done with traffic shaping using pfsense 2.

[nerdynapster]

but then...the SIM must camp to the nearest BTS site to get the signal. how do i bring the strength closer enough to picked-up by the router?