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17:49
As Ron says, rack rentals are a good place to get some hands on experience. You can also use network emulation software to simulate networks to some degree. Depending on the software, these can be limited to the learning environment to nearly fully fledged emulated devices.
 
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19:10
Must be wireless only broadband in that village. But I laughed at this, "Earlier this year, UK telecoms regulator Ofcom warned that microwaves could reduce Wi-Fi signals." Thank you for figuring out earlier this year something that we network engineers that largely deal in wireless have known for well over a decade.
Can't even count the number of times someone using a microwave within a quarter mile has caused Wi-Fi issues. My favorite was the microwave that bled out enough signal to wipe out the Wi-Fi in half a commercial building when simply plugged into a power source.

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