[109588] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: an over-the-top data center
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Mason)
Tue Dec 2 07:15:59 2008
In-Reply-To: <08A31BEE-F5A7-4B31-9A09-1E9F2A8E1B3A@orthanc.ca>
From: Ian Mason <nanog@ian.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:15:39 +0000
To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 1 Dec 2008, at 19:19, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
>
> An alternative would be to run a microwave link to shore, but I'm
> not sure I would want to bet the farm on the mechanics necessary to
> keep the dish aligned.
>
Actually this is pretty straightforward. Systems exist for getting
rock steady film from moving helicopters and I'm sure that a system
that can keep a camera aimed at a point can do the same for a
microwave dish.
Ian
