WISP + FISP operator, Indiana & SWFL. What makes your internet good? It is rarely the gigabit number. Also: IU / Pacers / Music / Business
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I run a WISP and fiber ISP in Indiana and SW Florida. Here's the plain-English version of what makes your internet good, from the guy who gets the 2am call. Starting with internet exchanges 🧵
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Three football games in 4K on three TVs is about 75 Mbps by YouTube TV's own numbers, not a gig. Small ISP owner in Indiana and SW Florida. If game day buffers, check the Wi-Fi to that back room before you upgrade.
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Welp... Might be time to dust off the old Reeboks.... 🤷🏾♂️ Has the player-Coach thing ever happened before?
Before you pick an internet plan, ask about upload. The FCC's broadband bar is 100 Mbps down… but only 20 up. I run a WISP and fiber ISP in Indiana and SW Florida. Here's 4 things I'd ask any ISP before signing. 🧵⬇️
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4. Any data cap, contract, or hidden fees?
The boring answers to these questions round out your complete package.
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To see who provides service in your area, visit the FCC broadband map, or contact your state official broadband office. broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home
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As a terrestrial FWA operator, we’ve been promoting this fact for decades. Speed of light is fastest without the impedance of optical cables. Hollow core helps but nothing beats PTP wireless for speed.
~100 lasers per satellite, each operating above 10 Tb/s, with over 100k satellites should be able to outcompete undersea cables.
Speed of light in space is ~40% faster than cable and the path is direct, instead of following the outline of land masses.
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A gig plan is enough for about 66 Netflix 4K streams at once.
Netflix says 15 Mbps each.
Your house is running what… two?
So be honest… what bugs you more, slow downloads or laggy video calls?
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Indy has at least two. FD-IX / MidWest-IX, 43 networks per PeeringDB, Akamai and Meta among them. And IndyIX, a nonprofit, volunteer run exchange started in 2025 with $0 port fees. Keeping Hoosier traffic in Indiana.
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One answer from the ISP side: the physical layer. AI can write the code, but someone still has to trench the fiber, climb the tower, align the radios and get a link back up after a storm. Every AI app still rides on a local network somebody built and keeps running.
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All-time leading scorer in the NBA Cup. Of course it's Luka. Pacers fan here, still not over that first Cup final… but credit where it's due. teapawt.net/NBA/status/21162475150…
LUKA DONČIĆ.
ALL-TIME EMIRATES NBA CUP LEADING SCORER.
Averaging 32.8 points per game in 13 games, Luka and the Lakers open West Group C vs. the Warriors at 10pm/et on Prime 💫
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Backup sees it from the sideline, tells QB1, QB1 goes and runs it. That's a good NOC in a nutshell. Somebody watching the graphs so the guy in the field can just execute. teapawt.net/NFL/status/21162415637…
"Casey! Thank you!"
Case Keenum told Caleb Williams what he was seeing, and QB1 executed it on the field 🗣️
@insidethenfl Week 7 Mic'd Up on X
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I run a WISP and fiber ISP in Indiana and spend my days on fixed wireless, fiber builds and local peering. What I post: what actually makes your internet good. Hint: it's rarely the headline gigabit number. Plus Pacers, IU, Music and random musings on tech, pharma and business.
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