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Re: Fwd: [newtech-1] Barclays wifi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben)
Wed Aug 28 10:04:11 2013
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:57:56 +0100
From: Ben <ben+nanog@list-subs.com>
To: joly@punkcast.com
In-Reply-To: <CAM9VJk2Mmr7rzfwFJ1oQ+jSLt+4JYOy60N-mYbOTh+AJiV2Cqw@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 28/08/2013 04:10, Joly MacFie wrote:
> From the NY tech meetup list. Any one here care to comment, off or on =
list?
>
> j
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dean Collins
>
> Anyone know more about Barclay Wifi -
> http://www.fastcompany.com/3007452/innovation-agents/brooklyn-nets-barc=
lays-center-slam-cam-puts-every-dunk-your-face
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Can they really stream hidef video to 19,000 devices simultaneously in =
hd
> via wifi?
>
> Surely they are hitting some spatial limits=85..? (eg I know when my =
old
> company sold a DECT platform to the ASX we ran into bandwidth limits fo=
r
> the number of base stations in a single room)****
>
Also hinted at here=20
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/super-bowl-plans-to=
-handle-30000-wi-fi-users-at-once-and-sniff-out-rogue-devices/=20
(and also at Arstechnica where I think the guy said he had a=20
multi-million dollar budget to get it working )
Basically, looks like a lot of expensive kit from the green giant PLUS a=20
great deal of attention during installation PLUS lots and lots of=20
sysadmin time to make it work !
I also seem to recall some interesting eeewwToob demos from xirrus who=20
also specialise in high density kit.
