In response to a comment left by Linda last night, I’ve updated my GoFundMe Campaign For a Stronger Cell Signal Booster:

This is the booster I need to buy: https://www.repeaterstore.com/collections/home-office-kits/products/surecall-triflex?variant=858334729

The tech who recommended it understands my topographic situation and based on how my current booster is working promises a 30-day money back guarantee that I will see a ‘night and day difference.’

With shipping to Canada, this booster comes in at just over 1,200CAD. It is ridiculous that I need to buy something like that when there is a great signal in the uninhabited hills above my valley, but that’s my situation.

My community is slow to get together on projects like these. I’m the only person who needs internet access NOW. Please help me improve my internet situation in the next couple of weeks rather than months.

How does this help the bigger issue of the Canadian government giving telecom monopolies too much power? It doesn’t. But it could change the life of one person in distress.

I’ll close off by sharing a story Dr. Jane Goodall told me one day that has always resonated with me and which I feel is relevant here:

There was a man taking a morning walk at the beach. He saw that along with the morning tide came hundreds of starfish and when the tide receded, they were left behind. With the morning sun rays, they would die. The tide was fresh and the starfish were alive. The man took a few steps, picked one, and threw it into the water. He did that repeatedly.

Right behind him there was another person who couldn’t understand what this man was doing. He caught up with him and asked, “What are you doing? There are hundreds of starfish. How many can you help? What difference does it make?”

This man did not reply, took two more steps, picked up another one, threw it into the water, and said, “It makes a difference to this one.”