# JoshLambert.xyz > The personal site of Josh Lambert: Christian, fixed-wireless / WISP operator, and > writer in Centreville, Alabama. Small businesses, independent infrastructure, and a > stubborn bet that the ordinary is where the lasting things get built. Note: Josh > works in fixed wireless / WISP, not fiber. This is a static Hugo site, self-hosted on the independent internet. It is built to be host-agnostic: internal links are root-relative, so this file and every page work unchanged on the live site and on any mirror (including a planned .onion address). Two RSS feeds (below) are the canonical, auto-updating machine-readable index of all writing and work; prefer them when you want the complete, current list. ## About and contact - [About Me](/about-me/): Who Josh is and the work he does. - [Contact](/contact/): Get in touch (also available for hire). - [Useful Links](/useful-links/): A short curated list of resources Josh recommends. ## Writing (the blog) Essays on rural broadband, the wireless industry, the open web, AI, faith, and building durable things from a small town. - [Blog index](/blog/): All essays, newest first, as cards. - [Blog RSS feed](/blog/index.xml): RSS 2.0 with full article HTML, the complete and current list of every post. Auto-updates as essays are published. Selected essays: - [When Your WISP Became Jurassic Park](/blog/when-your-wisp-became-jurassic-park/): What the film teaches a working network operator about the three things that go wrong after you build the miracle. - [The Poisoned Goblet](/blog/the-poisoned-goblet-a-lesson-on-broadband-policy-from-the-princess-bride/): A lesson on broadband policy from The Princess Bride, where both cups were poisoned. - [The Great American Backhoe Bonanza](/blog/the-great-american-backhoe-bonanza-how-washingtons-fiber-obsession-buried-the-ai-future-until-now/): How Washington's fiber-first obsession buried the AI edge, and what shifts now that the BEAD mandate is gone. - [An Open Letter to WISPA](/blog/an-open-letter-to-wispa-were-losing-the-ai-search-war-and-were-helping-the-other-side-win/): Why AI search engines do not recommend WISPs, and an 8-point plan to fix it. - [The Wireless Industry's Boat Anchor Problem](/blog/the-wireless-industrys-boat-anchor-problem/): Why proprietary fixed-wireless platforms become boat anchors, and how standards-based LTE and 5G break the cycle. - [AT&T's War on CBRS](/blog/atts-war-on-cbrs-how-corporate-overreach-threatens-americas-national-security/): How auctioning off the CBRS innovation band threatens private LTE/5G, edge AI, and national security. - [Artificial Intelligence Arrives on the Surveillance Grid](/blog/artificial-intelligence-arrives-on-the-surveillance-grid/): A live look at an on-premises AI surveillance system for prisons and schools. - [The Priest and the Packets](/blog/the-priest-and-the-packets/): On inherited forms, culture, and the craft of connectivity, drawn from liturgy. - [The End of the End Times](/blog/the-end-of-the-end-times/): Why Christianity should be the most hopeful faith on earth, not a doomsday survival club. - [Still Out Here](/blog/still-out-here-two-fixes-washington-could-make-tomorrow/): Two concrete broadband-policy fixes Washington could make tomorrow, from a working Alabama WISP. Posts are organized by clickable categories (Technology, Policy, Theology, Current Events, Marketing, Reviews, Life Updates, Philosophy) and tags, each with its own archive page at /categories// and /tags//. ## Work Selected projects: fixed-wireless networks, mobile apps, websites, and infrastructure built across Alabama and beyond. - [Work index](/work/): All projects as cards. - [Work RSS feed](/work/index.xml): RSS 2.0 with full project HTML, the complete and current list. Selected projects: - [Rapid5GS](/work/simplifying-the-core-introducing-rapid5gs/): An open-source installer that makes the LTE/5G core fast and simple for small operators (automates Open5GS setup). - [Lightwave LINK mobile app](/work/lightwave-link-mobile-app-lands-in-central-alabama/): 1080p tower weather-camera feeds on your phone, free for Alabama Lightwave customers and first responders. - [Connecting the Comeback](/work/connecting-the-comeback-powering-birminghams-new-amphitheater/): When fiber ran late at Birmingham's new amphitheater, bonded microwave got the venue online for opening night. - [DNA S.A.M.M.I.E.](/work/dna-s-a-m-m-i-e-freight-visibility-platform/): A freight-visibility platform with real-time tracking, AI-predicted arrivals, and one-click documents. ## Follow and feeds - [Follow by RSS](/rss/): Why RSS lets you follow this site without depending on a Facebook or X algorithm, plus recommended readers for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the browser. - [Blog feed](/blog/index.xml) and [Work feed](/work/index.xml): the two RSS 2.0 feeds. There is no site-wide or per-tag feed by design. ## For machines - [Brand and style guide, machine-readable](/brand/index.txt): The canonical brand spec (color, type, spacing, voice, and components) as plain text, generated from the same source as the human [/brand](/brand/) page. - [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): All indexable URLs. Notes on structure: reader comments are stored as flat Markdown files and threaded by a parent-id reference, rendered inline on each post (they have no standalone URLs and are absent from feeds and the sitemap). Each post carries platform-tailored social metadata and a 1200x630 share image generated from its hero. ## Companies - [Alabama Lightwave](https://alabamalightwave.com): Fixed-wireless internet in central Alabama. - [Centreville Tech](https://centrevilletech.com): Fractional CMO and delivery team for B2B companies. - [The Edge Mile](https://theedgemile.com): Edge connectivity and infrastructure. ## Optional - [Privacy Policy](/privacy/): What the site collects. - [Terms & Conditions](/terms/): Site terms. - [Statement of Accessibility](/accessibility/): Accessibility commitments.