[156489] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Big Temporary Networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Tue Sep 18 22:31:39 2012
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:30:39 +0900
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>
In-Reply-To: <2244FE60-F7D6-42B5-8AAB-AA9F569DA169@netconsonance.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> 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.
when you borrow $5,000 from the bank, they own you. when you borrow
$5,000,000, you own them.
large conferences throw more weight and usually can do their own
network. ymmv, of course.
randy
