Re: ATT Microcell in Austin, TX

[Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net>]

This is already how much of the cable networks operate. 

Power goes out and the pole mounted nodes go out eventually. 

> On Feb 18, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Constantine A. Murenin <mureninc () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 10:10, Darin Steffl <darin.steffl () mnwifi com> wrote:
>
> > I believe that when this happens, they should proactively block or limit video and file download/upload traffic as 
> > much as possible to make sure communications like calls and texts can go through with the highest success rate 
> > possible. Netflix and YouTube should never hinder more important communications in my opinion. Maybe it's as simple 
> > as putting a rate limit for each cellphone connected to these now overloaded sectors so no one can hog the cell 
> > capacity.
>
> This is very easy to do, thanks for the widespread adoption and use of HTTP, which lets you easily filter these sorts 
> of things in times of need and to suit the requirements.
>
> Or, what, we no longer use HTTP, because it's not "secure"?
>
> Nevermind, folks.  Don't forget to update your certs and thank IETF, Mozilla, Cloudflare and Google Chrome for your 
> lack of connectivity.  But at least you're secure, as no bad traffic can reach you now!
>
> C.