Hughes.net?
I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
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Meta will no longer accept political, election, or social issue ads in the EU from October, citing incoming regulation.
Ending Political, Electoral and Social Issue Advertising in the EU in Response to Incoming European Regulation
From early October 2025, we will no longer allow political, electoral and social issue ads on our platforms in the EU. This is a difficult decision - oneMeta Newsroom (Meta)
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33668110
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targetsClare Considine
Fri 25 Jul 2025 13.19 EDT
Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio... appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targetsClare Considine
Fri 25 Jul 2025 13.19 EDTVideo footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio... appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33668110
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targetsClare Considine
Fri 25 Jul 2025 13.19 EDT
Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio... appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targetsClare Considine
Fri 25 Jul 2025 13.19 EDTVideo footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio... appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
Clare Considine
Fri 25 Jul 2025 13.19 EDT
Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio... appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”
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this is what "western values" actually means
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Intel abandons chip plants in Germany and Poland, confirms more layoffs
Intel abandons chip plants in Germany and Poland, confirms more layoffs
: CEO Lip-Bu Tan says strategy shift will focus on customer needs, efficiency, and cutting costsDan Robinson (The Register)
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Transparent PCBs Trigger 90s Nostalgia
Transparent PCBs Trigger 90s Nostalgia
What color do you like your microcontroller boards? Blue? Red? Maybe white or black? Sadly, all of those are about to look old hat. Why? Well, as shared by [JLCPCB], this transparent Arduino looks …Hackaday
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The late 90s to early 2000s PCs I remember were that god awful beige color that I absolutely hated. It was fucking horrible.
Like in my mind, I associate that particular color of beige to dinosaur tech that's not worth having around.
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SilverStone reveals the FLP02 late-80s style tower PC case — proudly beige but thoroughly modern inside
Supports massive modern GPUs, up to 360mm AiO CPU coolers, and has a Turbo button fan controller.Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)
I love that. I still have the very first computer I ever bought, a Power Mac G4
I keep saying that some day I'll modify the case to house my current PC.
My favorite feature of that case was the latch you can see on the side, you pull the latch and the entire side opens downward, no screws. .
Ukraine Airport Terror vs. Russian Casey Jones
Ukraine Airport Terror vs. Russian Casey Jones
Ukraine is again attacking innocent Russian civilians. This time, it is in the form of hundreds of their Drone Terror Swarms which shut down passenger flightsGuy Somerset (Pravda English)
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
On the morning of 2 May, teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when they were pulled over by the Florida highway patrol.
In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest.
A highway patrol officer asked everyone in the van to identify themselves, then called for backup. Officers with US border patrol arrived on the scene.
Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targetsClare Considine (The Guardian)
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"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION]
Remember the UK new safety law.
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Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules | TechCrunch
Reddit users in the UK will have to upload their ID or a selfie to access potentially harmful content.Lauren Forristal (TechCrunch)
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Not to me, yes the app sucks, yes the use case of the app also sucks, yes devs are either super green or even mostly AI (these have been discussed extensively and I agree with all).
But can't commend public release of such sensitive data in such a place. You can still bury this app and the company without compromising people's sensitive data. Makes for less of a show and less opportunity to boast but yea.
yes devs are either super green or even mostly AI
Solely blaming the devs tells me you have no experience with Firebase security
That's exactly what hacking is.
'90s hacking movies may have given you a different idea of what cybersecurity looks like, but this is what the real world is like
Also, Google deserves a scolding here. Firebase's default configuration is absolutely atrocious. One of the few critical vulnerabilities I've seen where the system is working as intended. Dubbed the hospital gown vuknerability because they leave the backend wide open by default
Firebase's default configuration
I'm going to get on my grumpy old man soapbox. I understand making things idiot proof for end users. End users are idiots. But do we have to make things super safe for developers now too? Do we want to add a warning to rm so we don't accidentally remove the wrong directory?
Any developer who doesn't know to check permissions and accessibility on their database deserves to have their AI vibe coding bot taken away.
Is Ukraine Heading for a Coup? Sources Reveal Plan to Sideline President
Is Ukraine Heading for a Coup? Sources Reveal Plan to Sideline President
A political storm is brewing in Ukraine, as internal opposition groups move to challenge President Volodymyr Zelensky, fueled by protests over controversial anti-corruption reformsPetr Ermilin (Pravda English)
Interview with Pezeshkian by Carlson: Breaking Through the Wall of Western Lies
Interview with Pezeshkian by Carlson: Breaking Through the Wall of Western Lies
Israel and the U.S. as Warmongers: How Tehran Seeks to Halt Chaos in the Middle East In July 2025, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gave a historicВиктор Михин (New Eastern Outlook)
The Sweepstakes of Death: How Ukraine Resurrected the Ghosts of Murderous Regimes
The Sweepstakes of Death: How Ukraine Resurrected the Ghosts of Murderous Regimes
Ukraine’s new digital kill-points reward system, praised in the West as innovation, marks a chilling return to the ancient logic of ritualizedФил Батлер (New Eastern Outlook)
Nuclear Potential of Russian Submarines Can Cool Any Western Hothead
Nuclear Potential of Russian Submarines Can Cool Any Western Hothead
The powerful nuclear weapon potential of Russian nuclear submarines is capable of cooling any hothead in the West, and a nuclear shield is a guarantee of Russia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said…Sputnik International
Russia Has Tripled Production of T-90M Tanks: Can it Keep Up with Wartime Attrition?
Russia’s defence sector has significantly increased production of T-90 main battle tanks, from approximately 90-110 tanks per year in 2020-2021, to 280-300 tanks inMilitary Watch Magazine
Others would have already been imprisoned: Protests in Ukraine were organized by the owners of the regime — Azarov
Others would have already been imprisoned: Protests in Ukraine were organized by the owners of the regime — Azarov: EADaily
EADaily, July 25th, 2025. Protests in Ukraine after the adoption of the law on limiting the powers of anti—corruption agencies — NABU and SAP - were organized by the owners of the Kiev regime, the authorities would not tolerate any spontaneous action…EADaily
Oh...... yeah. Okay. I get it.
Russia is afraid of losing their paper-thin excuse for invading a sovereign nation, so they're already trying to astroturf the idea that any coming change in the government is just a sham.
Pretty good move really, though I guess that's to be expected from one of the worlds most dedicated, professional and experienced propaganda machines.
I'm sure you know the phrase "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence", yet while there are almost 400 sources documenting the Uyghur Persecution on the dedicated Wikipedia page, the basis for your argument is a photo of a city?
If what you're trying to say is that there is a genocide in Gaza that is not adequately documented by our media I'm all with you, but since this thread is attracting some deniers, maybe it's important to remember that this doesn't erase a completely disconnected fact that is documented by every major human rights organization (here is, for example, the whole report by Amnesty International: xinjiang.amnesty.org/).
That there is or was a “Uyghur genocide” is the extraordinary claim, for which there is extraordinarily scant evidence, which is why the UN dropped it three years ago. Almost no predominantly-Muslim country buys the Uyghur genocide narrative, because they know it’s bullshit, because they talked to the Uyghurs themselves.
twitter.com/un_hrc/status/1578…
#HRC51 | Draft resolution A/HRC/51/L.6 on holding a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of #China, was REJECTED.
The US tried to foment division in China by funding and organizing Salafi terrorist into Xinjiang, and once those efforts failed, it concocted and promoted a genocide narrative.
- The Xinjiang Genocide Allegations Are Unjustified
- The Uyghur Human Rights Project is a product of the National Endowment for Democracy, which is the American government’s main regime change NGO.
- Uyghur genocide allegations
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- US-Funded Uyghur Activists Train as Soldiers of Empire
- A Reddit AMA Claiming To Be A Uyghur Quickly Exposes A CIA Asset Slandering China
- The blueprint of regime change operations How regime change happens in the 21st century with your consent
The only countries pushing this narrative are the “always the same map” imperial core countries, which just so happen to be largely the same countries supporting Israel’s genocide.
It’s never to late to develop real media literacy or to understand how the US incessantly prosecutes regime change operations globally.
UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief
The UK government’s ban on Palestine Action is at odds with international law, according to the UN human rights chief.
Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said on Friday that the UK’s decision to proscribe the campaign group as a terrorist organisation was “disproportionate and unnecessary” and called for the designation to be rescinded.
He said: “UK domestic counter-terrorism legislation defines terrorist acts broadly to include ‘serious damage to property’. "But, according to international standards, terrorist acts should be confined to criminal acts intended to cause death or serious injury or to the taking of hostages, for purpose of intimidating a population or to compel a government to take a certain action or not.
“It misuses the gravity and impact of terrorism to expand it beyond those clear boundaries, to encompass further conduct that is already criminal under the law.”
UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief
The UK government’s ban on Palestine Action is at odds with international law, according to the UN human rights chief.
Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said on Friday that the UK’s decision to proscribe the campaign group as a terrorist organisation was “disproportionate and unnecessary” and called for the designation to be rescinded.
He said: “UK domestic counter-terrorism legislation defines terrorist acts broadly to include ‘serious damage to property’. "But, according to international standards, terrorist acts should be confined to criminal acts intended to cause death or serious injury or to the taking of hostages, for purpose of intimidating a population or to compel a government to take a certain action or not.
“It misuses the gravity and impact of terrorism to expand it beyond those clear boundaries, to encompass further conduct that is already criminal under the law.”
A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say
An OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Having a ChatGPT-Induced Mental Health Crisis
Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Tea App Breach Exposes 72,000 Selfies, ID Photos and Other User Images
The images had been in a "legacy data system" that contained information from more than two years ago, the company says.
A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users
A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users - Internet Society
Earlier this year, the UK government ordered Apple to provide access to encrypted data in the company's cloud storage service, iCloud.John Perrino (Internet Society)
Xiaomi's Xring O1 Chip: Everything You Need to Know About the New Powerhouse
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/33432512
Xiaomi recently announced its Xring O1 chipset, and if you’re curious about the details, here’s what you need to know about it.
Intel will cancel 14A and following nodes if it can't win a major external customer — move would cede leading-edge nodes to TSMC and Samsung
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/30921919
Then exit the leading-edge process technologies completely.
Intel reveals it’ll shed 24,000 employees this year and retreat in Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/30916880
Intel will push out 24,000 people over the full year. It’s already laid off thousands.
Archived version: archive.ph/2025.07.24-210043/t…
Intel reveals it will shed 24,000 employees this year and retreat in Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica
Intel says it will retreat from planned projects in Germany and Poland, end its operations in Costa Rica, and finish 2025 with just around 75,000 employees in total.Sean Hollister (The Verge)
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Second monitor not working on Fedora 42 (Solved) [RTX 4070Ti]
I just got this laptop and the second monitor is clearly detected by Fedora, as the monitor layout popup pops up, but the monitor doesn't actually work.
I assume this to be an NVIDIA problem, but as I have no experience with NVIDIA-based issues, I thought I'd ask here.
Here's my system specs:Operating System: Fedora Linux 42 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.15.7-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 24 × Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.8 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: Intel® Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 83LU System Version: Legion Pro 5 16IAX10H
Side note - is it not detecting my GPU?
From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked
From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked
The use of tracking meters, popularized by apps such as Duolingo and Snapchat to reward their most dedicated users, has become widespread. However, addiction specialists and psychologists have raised concerns.Camille Ribot (Le Monde)
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Understanding The Data Center Water Regulation Debate
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), there has been a dramatic rise in data center construction. However, this high demand for AI comes with a steep environmental cost, particularly for water consumption. Water is used at data centers to manufacture IT equipment, cool machinery, and generate electricity. These practices can consume millions of gallons of water daily, prompting both national and international legislation on transparency and sustainability.
On the other hand, some are hesitant to enforce regulation. Data centers provide substantial economic benefits, including job creation, tax revenue, and technological advancement. Critics argue that imposing strict environmental regulations could lessen these benefits by increasing operational costs and potentially driving companies overseas. Others are concerned that well-intentioned limits on water use might unintentionally lead to riskier cooling methods that rely on more energy-intensive processes.
However, water scarcity is a growing global threat, and data centers are becoming central to this dilemma. Excessive water withdrawals can disrupt local ecosystems and economies. Supporters of regulation highlight how policy can encourage innovation in closed-loop systems and free-air cooling to reduce freshwater dependence.
What are your thoughts on AI’s water consumption? Do you think that there should be more regulation? Or, do you think the future benefits and promises of AI outweigh the environmental costs?
Understanding The Data Center Water Regulation Debate | ACE
As artificial intelligence (A.I.) continues its exponential rate of development, the demand for data has never been higher. However, meeting the expected needJosh Gehring (Alliance for Citizen Engagement)
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Mercedes Gives Customers the One Thing They've Always Wanted: Microsoft Teams
Mercedes Gives Customers the One Thing They've Always Wanted: Microsoft Teams
Just when you thought in-car technology couldn’t get any worse, Mercedes and Microsoft have teamed up to put Teams in your vehicle.Jeff Perez (Motor1.com)
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Best os choices and use cases for a netbook with 2ram?
Bunsenlab Linux I suppose, but do know if it's the single core atom version web browsing will be very slow and YT will only work in 240p after spending 10 minutes loading and you gotta use Chrome.
Mine has a Windows XP dualboot for retro gaming and Office 2007 flies on this thing. (Though it's not very compatible with newer versions of office)
Retro gaming is the best use case including ps1 emulation. I've been thinking of putting native dos on it, because some dos games are lagging in dosbox. (like imperium galactica 1 and even Prehistoric 2..)
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in reply to IWW4 • • •Any sat internet that does not use low earth satellites is a giant pain. Pings measured in seconds, very low bandwidth, and very low data caps.
Pick basically anything else if you have the option.
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in reply to IWW4 • • •It's one of those use cases where I would very reluctantly take the L and order Starlink.
Classic satellite Internet is borderline unusable. Forget about any sort of call or video chat, you'll be seconds behind on watching streams. If you want to stream yourself, it won't be great and the stream delay will be horrible.
You can do bulk download, like downloading large games, that's about the only thing that works well.
Also last I heard, the data caps and bandwidth were also really crap.
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in reply to IWW4 • • •Hughes will work okay as a backup internet if that's what you're after. Typically when people talk about Hughes they're really desperate and satellite is the only option at all.
I would very much rather not feed the nazi either, but that was my only Internet option I'd probably have to consider it. Although I also probably wouldn't consider moving somewhere without decent connectivity, given I'm a sysadmin and really need the bandwidth.
IWW4
in reply to Max-P • • •I have Verizon AT&T and other wired options were I am, but i live on an island that has numerous outages so I am exploring satellite, craned WISP options.
Thanks for the feedback man.
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in reply to IWW4 • • •Hughes.net is slow and has an absurdly low data cap. I wouldn't personally use it.
There's Starlink... but, you know, "Elon".
Other than that you have Viasat. About the same price as Starlink.
viasat.com/
Unlimited data but "Download speeds are up to up to 25- 50 Mbps, 25-100 Mbps or 25-150 Mbps based on location."
Global Communications | Services, Solutions & Satellite Internet
Viasat, Inc.IWW4
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in reply to IWW4 • • •I don't use any satellite personally, I have fiber, but I had to evaluate them for other reasons.
Viasat seems the most... viable. ;) But the speeds... oh... the speeds.
At least they don't have the data caps.
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in reply to IWW4 • • •I used to work for a WISP and the number one thing I heard from most of our customers was how shitty Hughesnet is. I have never heard a good thing about them, even before I got into this kind of work or knew much about networking. The only reason anyone ever had them was because they didn't know about terrestrial based WISPs and lived outside of an area covered by traditional landline services.
I highly recommend looking into WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers) in your area. You can get super fast speeds more typical of normal internet service, and it's also far more reliable than satellite based service. It does, however, tend to be more expensive.
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I am researching WISPs now
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in reply to Zorsith • • •Oh shit!!
Thanks for the heads up
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in reply to IWW4 • • •Former hughes repair guy here. If it's your only choice, sure. But it's utter trash. It's susceptible to so many environmental conditions. Certain geographical areas can experience various service levels too. Data caps will sneak up on you faster than you realize too. Not to mention the pole or tripod mount that has to be installed, yard dug up and holes drilled into the house. Seen plenty of tripod mounts be ripped off a roof, damaging the roof in the process.
Anyways...avoid any satellite isp if possible.
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