The Loud Fight Over the Most Silenced Room
2026-10-16
Texas SB 13 created school library councils so parents could second-guess librarians. In McAllen we read the law, toured every library, and used it to protect them instead.
Drew Lentz works across CTO, technical marketing, product management and solutions architecture roles in the Wi-Fi and wireless space, and runs a Passpoint-as-a-service operation. He lives in an economically challenged part of South Texas and has deployed Wi-Fi connectivity in communities that could not otherwise afford internet access, and is involved in local workforce development through Workforce Solutions and the Texas Workforce Commission. He also runs a tech nonprofit, CodeRGV, and is an active photographer at industry events.
All It Takes Is One: Fifteen Years On, South Texas Is Still Having the Same Workforce Conversation
2026-09-19
Fifteen years after Code RGV started, the South Texas gap between what schools teach and what employers hire for is wider — and one student made a booth worth it.
Cambium's radios will outlive the company: The last great thing they can do is open up the hardware & software.
2026-09-14
Cambium filed to appoint an administrator. The gear on your towers still works. What's at risk is managing it, and that is a software problem with a solution.
I tried the Ubiquiti LPR cameras & they quickly proved how the hardware, and the people, stepped up! All LPR now via API!
2026-09-08
Ubiquiti now pushes unknown license plates via API, and the checkbox appeared hours after I asked. It isn't in the release notes — plus the PoE+ gotcha.
Before You Survey a Refinery, You Need a TWIC Card and a Cotton Undershirt
2026-09-07
A refinery site survey starts with a TWIC card, FR clothing and written approval for every device — plus the site markings that keep you alive out there.
Ubiquiti Put MLO Backhaul in a Home Mesh Pack. The Radios Are the Cheap Part Now
2026-09-06
Ubiquiti's whole-home mesh three-pack ships dedicated MLO radios and 10 gig backhaul. Why 6 GHz changes node placement, and who the work shifts to.
Broadband in the Rearview Mirror, Connectivity and Opportunity On the Horizon
2026-08-31
Two days at the Broadband Communities Summit: the industry got good at infrastructure, and the unsolved questions now start after someone is connected.
The three staffers I didn't hire, and what that says about your job
2026-08-26
I was about to hire three staffers to scrape 254 Texas county websites. Grok bots named after presidents did it in under 24 hours. The job never existed.
My Outlook for Broadband Communities Summit 2026: Is the Industry Looking Further Than the Build?
2026-08-24
The Broadband Communities Summit agenda celebrates raising money and building networks, but skips affordability, spectrum and LEO satellite. What to ask in Houston.
Two thousand people uploading at once is a capacity problem, not a coverage problem
2026-08-20
Social Fest 2026 brings Keith Lee to the Rio Grande Valley, and a creator crowd breaks a venue network differently. Design for capacity, deploy Passpoint, and know who pays.
Satellite Already Won the Scalability Argument. Affordability Is the Fight That Matters
2026-08-14
SpaceX told the FCC that Starlink makes rural subsidies obsolete. Drew Lentz concedes the technology point and explains why coverage maps still miss what counts.
I Ran Out of Excuses Not to Blog, So I Built Something That Revolves Around Me
2026-08-10
Drew Lentz built a system that phones him daily, interviews him about a story pulled from 500 feeds, and turns his spoken answers into a post in his own voice.
The fiber-AI finding is good marketing and a warning about who gets left behind
2026-08-09
Fiber users reportedly ask 28.5 questions per AI session. Drew Lentz explains why that correlation is a red flag for the digital divide, and why latency matters more than the pipe.