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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.