[156458] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Big Temporary Networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jo Rhett)
Tue Sep 18 16:03:44 2012
From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>
In-Reply-To: <11570158.24452.1347546545009.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:03:00 -0700
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 13, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> I'm talking to the people who will probably be, in 2015, running the =
first=20
> Worldcon I can practically drive to, in Orlando, at -- I think -- the =
Disney
> World Resort. I've told them how critical the issue is for this =
market; they,
> predictably, replied "We look forward to your patch". :-}
So I just want to point out that this is an utterly irrelevant topic. =
Worldcon is full to the brim with really smart people who can build good =
networks, but in every place large enough to host a Worldcon the owners =
of the building make money selling Internet access and don't want =
competition. The very best we've been able to do was create an Internet =
Lounge with good connectivity, and even that isn't acceptable at most =
locations.
So this really is an irrelevant topic, unless you want to create an LTE =
network with good connectivity near the location and sell bandwidth via =
that. (Phones and tablets outnumber laptop computers by a facter of =
20:1 at scifi conventions)
Off-topic: FWIW Hellsinki is a hell of a lot more likely. Remember that =
the membership votes on where to go, and Orlando really doesn't top =
anyone's list. Especially since Orlando keeps blowing off the very =
legitimate concerns that other people have raised about the location, =
including that Disney takes a dim view of anyone except their own paid =
actors wearing costumes, and more importantly the lack of inexpensive =
food options.
If for some reason Hellsinki's bid falls apart, Spokane has better =
facilities and good LTE network support.
--=20
Jo Rhett
Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet =
projects.
