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.
