Comment on FCC commissioner writes op-ed titled, “It’s time for Trump to DOGE the FCC“

henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This is a massive reason I completely avoid HOAs. I don’t want some busybodies deciding what I can and can’t do with my property, and I’m okay with my neighborhood being less uniform as a result.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Some areas can be a lot worse than “less uniform”.

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    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The Redneck doing oil changes in his front yard is fully within his rights. Mind your own business.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s also not what I’m referring to. I work in real estate so I’ve seen it all:

        • grass four feet tall
        • a dozen vehicles parked all over the lawn
        • the entire property being used as a landfill/scrapyard
        • rodent infestations

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  sounds like a perfect setup for a torrent farm. they can’t stop you because you’re forced to pay for it.

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  • forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    do it. get a good VPN and do it. I know how these networks are usually architected - they probably will never notice. use as much bandwidth as you can over a VPN and they’ll probably never really see it. also there’s likely no bandwidth cap, since the fiber circuits that feed these units are also usually uncapped in terms of how much data they can pass per billing period, unlike Spectrum/Comcast/VZ/all the other shit ISPs out there.

    I know I don’t notice a heavy user when I look at my metrics and even if I did, I don’t get paid to care. just don’t get caught with your VPN off, they probably will see that and disable your service or give you a call and tell you you’re being a bad user a la Skippy.

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      highly recommend using containerized torrents through a VPN.

      I have transmission and openvpn containers. when the network goes down transmission can’t connect since it’s networked through the ovpn container.

      once the vpn is restored, everything restarts and resumes where it left off.

      ever since I’ve had this setup running, I haven’t had a nastygram sent to me.

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      • forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        100%, I think this is the way to go especially if you don’t want to get way into the specifics e.g. VLANs and jazz as I did

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• j0ester@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There is a condo they just finished making in my state. They stated your Internet is priced into the HOA fee - and there was absolutely no wired Ethernet; only wireless. It was $3,000/month for 850 sq ft + $500/month HOA fee.

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  • forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    yeah, this sounds about right. it’s predatory af and also the ISPs are usually pretty shit too. Most of these providers charge absolutely insane rates compared to their costs (because they can), and the people paying the ISPs aren’t the tenants - it’s the HOA or owners, and they don’t care that the users are being overcharged, so it just goes on and on.

    They often have preferential access to wiring, rack, and roof space, as well as fiber runs, they actively keep other ISPs out of the building.

    source: network engineer for an ISP, and deal with these antics daily.

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• Zenith@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Is it a covenant?

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• isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  get a lawyer and see if you can exit the hoa agreement because of some caveats

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