Recent comments in /f/newhampshire

myfacepwnsurs t1_j3mke9u wrote

My Verizon phone is terrible with reception since 5G started. Lots of dead spots in the southern part of the state even though the “coverage map” says we are in a good place. Called VZW a lot about it but they claim it’s a “tower” issue

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akmjolnir t1_j3mfqjy wrote

So here's the fiber along East Industrial Park Dr. in Manchvegas.

https://i.imgur.com/95yHcBi.jpg

As you can see there are a lot of fiber cables along that road, and even a single strand of fiber inside a bundle will fuck up service for, pontially, a large area.

There's also a hub right there, so my guess is that the reporter didn't have the correct terminology for OSP fiber and when they said a "fiber" there was really a lot more damage then that.

The video in the WMUR link shows the bottom of the pole missing, and all those damaged splice cases. It would take a while to go through and verify what was still working/passing a signal vs. damaged/dark. Then you have resplice all that fiber after removing & replacing the damaged stuff. That takes a long time, and those construction guys in the bucket trucks probably made bank that day.

But.... they can't touch a thing until the utility company renders the work area safe by either cutting off power (which they wouldn't do just to let a telco do work), or cutting power and replacing the damaged poles. After the power is rendered safe an operational, the companies that lease space on the poles can go in to do their work.

That's why outages can take a long time to resolve.

Two things of note:

  1. Browsing my map I can see that Manchester is getting some RPD node replacements/upgrades. That'll make things faster than the existing analog node architecture.

  2. The last paragraph of the second article quoted a dummy. A car accident wiping out poles and cables is the definition of "unplanned", and as a customer you don't have the right to no anything other than what they tell you. If you want that info, try and join their board.

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akmjolnir t1_j3mcpad wrote

I believe the shooting aspect on private, unposted, land only relates to in-season hunting. Using someone else's land for personal purposes without permission would be trespassing, e.g. the difference between stalking through the back of someone's 40 acre lot while actively hunting vs. dumping a pile of apples out there.

The shitty truth is that there's so little public land, so anyone can hunt on private property if it's unposted, and a lot of entitled dicks act like it (the private property) is their birthright to access the private land during the hunting season.

Anyone else doing anything else on someone's private property would have the cops up their ass.

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ZacPetkanas t1_j3m9tbd wrote

> Despite objections from the state, Lewis was later released on personal recognizance bail, according to Weare police. > > Following additional investigation into new leads, Lewis was arrested again last week on dozens of additional charges,

If those new charges occurred after his first arrest the judge who released him should be charged as an accessory to the crimes.

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akmjolnir t1_j3m5bqo wrote

If you Google (Carrier name) coverage map you'll probably have a solution to your question in two seconds.

The age of your phone also affects your reception, as new/newer phones have better antennas to connect to the expanded OTA bands.

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nullcompany t1_j3m1iqc wrote

they have this one area that's all antique bathroom stuff, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what one of the items is. It's like a very tiny bathtub, or a huge bidet. Someone said they were antique sanitorium bathtubs, where an 1800s nurse would strongarm someone into the thing and hose them down before chaining them to a bed. I'd love to find out if that's true, because I might need something like that for my work-from-home office.

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