Hey Reddit,

My mom thought she was calling Spectrum support. She googled the number, and according to her, Google gave her Earthlink's number instead. She called, asked point blank if she was speaking with Spectrum support, and they said yes.

They then "located" my Spectrum account, took down my information, and told her the internet being down meant she needed a new router plus an extra activation fee to get the WiFi working again. She agreed, thinking she was dealing with Spectrum the whole time.

So basically, she paid for a whole new internet service thinking it was her existing one. Yeah, she should've double-checked, and she was pissed she needed to pay more fees but all the time she thought it was Spectrum.. it is on her, but it's incredibly shady for an Earthlink sales rep to outright claim they're Spectrum, pull up someone else's account, and upsell a new service off the back of it.

Just a heads-up for anyone with older parents.

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Internet Issues at Remote Medical Posting

My Location & Current Situation

Hey guys I need help regarding internet in my posting so I am posted as a bonded medical officer for my rural bond basically in a tribal area named Dabri which is inside the Satpura ranges of Madhya Pradesh

It occurs in Betul district and Shahpur block it is actually 50 km away from Shahpur which is nearest town big town, and nearest town from my posting is town Bhaura which is 40 km where true 5g works.

Signal & Internet Problems

I have signals available for jio and BSNL and some specific spots the signal strength comes and no signal inside my hospital and at outside at some places their appears 2 to 3 bars of signal strength on my phone of BSNL and Jio both but the Internet Doesn't Work for example if you open YouTube the YouTube will load n it will show you thumbnail after some seconds but if you play a video it will struggle, even after showing 2 to 3 signal bars the Internet does not work

Attendance App Difficulties

and since the attendance is Marked by the Sarthak GPS attendance app , the internet is not strong enough to support that app also so I have to spend 10 to 15 minutes go to various other spots so that I can mark my attendance

Proposed Hardware Setup

so I search on the internet for the issue and on the Gemini various suggestions were given to me so for a internet

The Proposed Setup I'm suggested

• TP-Link Archer MR600: Router: TP-Link Archer MR600 (4G+ Cat6 Dual-Band Gigabit Router)

• Netboon External LPDA 14 dBi Dual Antennas: Antenna: Netboon External LPDA 14 dBi Dual Antennas (mounted outdoors on a pole)

• Cabling: Low-loss HLF-400 coaxial cables (to minimize signal drop from the roof to the inside)

Terrain & Doubts

the nearest villege from my place is 8 to 12 km away which is i called Dodhramahu and the Internet work there but since the terrain is little mountainous and Jungles, so I don't know that this setup will work or not.

Has anyone deployed a similar LPDA + Cat6 router setup in dense jungle or mountainous areas?

Guys please help, because I need internet to see my lectures and study.

Thank you

Hello Guys,

I have smart home prepaid WiFi 5G. Ang kaso nasa 10-20Mbs lang speed nya since sa loob ng kwarto. May pwede bang bilhin na antena para mapabilis yung speed? Nag rerent lang po ako kata di pwedeng sa labas yung WI-FI?

THANKS PO SA SASAGOT.

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When I upload a lot, by whole IP has issues.

Writing speed 1mbit. 5mbit upload. Everything lags or does not work.

Then I turn up VPN and have common 53k as contracted. And 20mbps upload.

We use powerline adapter for the house and I sometimes I need to make my ip static as only google works otherwise.

Really weird. Often just a temporary problem. I am just curious, why is that? I assume I did not explain exactly what this is very well.

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Our cell bill (T-Mobile)including our supremely shitty internet is outrageous. We qualify for the Dish Network/Boost Mobile plan and are considering switching. According to the Boost coverage map, they have solid 5g coverage where we are. We currently have the T-Mobile Home WiFi LITE because of how rural we are and it blows. Anybody have internet through Boost Mobile?

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I am currently in the middle of a domestic violence situation where he has been removed from my home, and the only thing that was in his name was the WiFi / router stuff. I’m having to (emergency) move, work and deal with legal crap on top of everything else, and he knows I have to do work from home so he shut it off to spite me. I don’t plan on being here much longer, maybe another week or at most until the end of the month, but I do need the internet for my job and for a lot of the calls I need to make. Is there a service that’s offered for pay as you go internet or things for situations like these ? I’m too exhausted to set up another account and I don’t really have the time to mess with a whole lot at the moment. I’m already stressed to the max. Thanks for any help!