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  • mctoasterson@reddthat.comtoOpen Source@lemmy.mlOpen source e reader
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    10 months ago

    Another option- Kindle paperwhite or even an old Gen 1 / gen 2 Kindle keyboard or other e-ink model. The old models can be battery swapped with only a guitar pick and a Philips screwdriver.

    DNS ad blocker like PiHole, to block all the ads and telemetry while connected to WiFi. Keep WiFi off if not actively transferring books, as it wastes battery.

    Sideload all your own books via whispernet free WiFi transfer or just plain USB.

    Get free books from Gutenberg/Libgen/IRC/Usenet.

    This is very workable and results in being able to read almost whatever you want for $0/year.


  • I know Google Fiber generation 1 setups were Fiber to the home (to a “Fiber Jack”) with a provided router that had 1 gigabit Ethernet port and a coax/MoCA output. Then each TV receiver box got its connectivity via MoCA from the router (most of the customer homes were already set up for cable to any area there was a TV) and put out 100mb ethernet from each of those endpoints (these also doubled as Wifi APs).

    What I’ve never heard of is an ISP offering a MoCA coax to your house and you having only a MoCA receiver. Supposedly the max distance between MoCA devices is about 300 feet.

    Seems more likely the person asking the question actually just has a cable modem and could put their own router downstream of it if they wanted?