I like the idea of busting out the hardware and at least confirming that it works across a room, then stepping outside and testing if we can establish a connection between two parked cars.

Andrew R Gross, (he/him)
412.657.5332    -   shrad.org


On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 8:00 AM ajay t <atallam@gmail.com> wrote:
replying partialyl to myself, partially to jake below..
And if it wouldn't work to do a p2p link, how far can we get, and maybe find some allies on the way? (eg the apt bldg across the street that used to have gear?)

Per gMaps it looks like a straight shot, however are there hills, tall buildings, trees, etc?  Is there a way to ascertain this online?
In the meantime, I just did a quick G street view, and it looks like the building right across on 47th and perhaps a billboard or 2 might be the only tall/blockers, I'm not sure what that means the options are, going in front, going over, otherwise? (On shattuck) Also where does Omni have mesh connections with in the neighborhood, would it make more sense to go from there?
warmly, ajay

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 12:48 PM Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote:
Just to be clear, we don't have much expectation of success having a network
link down Shattuck Avenue, especially the 1.2 miles to Long Haul (and I think
there's a hill in the way) but it will be fun to attach nodes to cars with
sunroofs and try stuff.

I think the best bet is to try to pair up with EBDCR, which is basically across
the street.  We need to contact LMI and establish that EBDCR is eligible and
whether 1G or 10G (although either would be fine)

one reason we need it to be LMI is because Sonic and AT&T don't allow "sharing"
of a connection and LMI does.  But also LMI is local and cool and Sonic is
corporate and AT&T is literally the devil.  But all three companies sell AT&T's
infrastructure.

-jake

On Wed, 26 Oct 2022, Andrew R Gross wrote:

> Hey!
>
> A few folks wanna bust out the microwave internet machine and try to see
> how far down Shadock we can go and still maintain a connection. Jake said
> we should try to get Marc to show us how to set the stuff up. Marc, are you
> in the US? If not, when will you likely be back? Or would you be able to
> remotely tell us how to set the stuff up?
>
> Thx!
>
> *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
> 412.657.5332    -   shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
>


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