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arrow-up1519arrow-down1external-linkFunctional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly languagewww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·9 months ago3 is possible if the physical run to your home is in bad shape. I’ve known two people who had weather dependant internet due to that.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoActually, I’d chalk it up to a radio backhaul between the fiber demark and the ISP’s router. Providers do weird shit sometimes. But I’d be surprised if getting a fiber connection wet would affect it.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoFiber can be surprisingly resilient to bad connections so if water is getting into a lose connection or very minor break that could be messing with the laser path and increasing the optical loss
3 is possible if the physical run to your home is in bad shape. I’ve known two people who had weather dependant internet due to that.
Actually, I’d chalk it up to a radio backhaul between the fiber demark and the ISP’s router. Providers do weird shit sometimes.
But I’d be surprised if getting a fiber connection wet would affect it.
Fiber can be surprisingly resilient to bad connections so if water is getting into a lose connection or very minor break that could be messing with the laser path and increasing the optical loss