[Klug-general] Ashford Venue

[Stuart Buckland]

I'll try and get down there and have a sniff around.  Hopefully  
without drawing too much attention to myself :)

IIRC orbital.net have an antenna on top of International House  
providing Ashford with wireless internet.  It has been a few years  
since I investigated them for a business connection, at the time they  
were pretty useless and not very pleasant to deal with.  No idea what  
they are like these days though.  I believe there used to be a small  
IT FM company based in International House too, no idea if they are  
still there.  Could prove to be potential options, if they would like  
to donate some bandwidth in exchange for a mention on the website or  
something.

I'll see what the survey throws up first.

Unfortunately I didn't bring my high-gain antenna to work with me.   
I'll try and do something over the next couple of days.

Stu


Quoting "Andrew Miller (Spode)" <spode at thinkbikes.com>:

> Good point.
>
> I *think* with my 3 contract I can pay £15 or something for 10gb or  
> something. If we all chipped in at the event, that work out quite  
> cheaply.
>
> Stuart - as you are in Ashford - why not go down there and do a survey?
>
> The warehouse is used by the Ashford Youth Theatre, and I think is
> labelled as such. It's to the left of that big building opposite the
> train station (international house?)
>
> Spode
>
> Stuart Buckland wrote:
>>
>> I certainly have the kit for an HSDPA gateway but the performance   
>> will likely be terrible if being shared and I only have an   
>> allowance of 3GB per month + ridiculous charges if I go over.
>>
>> Perhaps we could do a quick wireless survey of the immediate area.   
>>  If we pick up any signals we could approach the operators.  Might   
>> need to offer something in exchange, technical services, small   
>> amount of cash, etc.
>>
>> Quoting "Andrew Miller (Spode)" <spode at thinkbikes.com>:
>>
>>> I wasn't thinking anything permanent - Karl and I were just going to
>>> bring the equipment along to each meeting.
>>>
>>> But in theory, we *could* store some stuff at the unit, for each meeting.
>>>
>>> Setting up an HSDPA gateway would just require the use of someone's
>>> notebook/eeepc :)
>>>
>>> Spode
>>>
>>> Stuart Buckland wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Speaking as someone who lives in Ashford... Top banana!
>>>>
>>>> I think I have an old ADSL router and a 10/100 hub (yes, hub)   
>>>> lying  around doing nothing if they are of any use to the KLUG or  
>>>>  anyone  else.
>>>>
>>>> I need to sort through my old kit box but I also have a fully    
>>>> functional Dell PIII which I can put up for grabs.  It ran    
>>>> faultlessly as my firewall/proxy for years but I've since   
>>>> replaced  it.  I think I also have a PIII cpu+mobo which has been  
>>>>  lying  around for years which should still work but I can't   
>>>> guarantee it.
>>>>
>>>> I'll have a look what else I have and compile a list.  It'll all   
>>>> be  pretty old stuff but I wouldn't want to dump it without   
>>>> extending  the offer.  I believe I also have an external DLT   
>>>> drive and also an  external magneto-optical drive.
>>>>
>>>> Stu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting "Andrew Miller (Spode)" <spode at thinkbikes.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm getting confirmation this evening, but the 31st as an Ashford venue
>>>>> is looking fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> For anyone who doesn't know - it's a warehouse that is directly
>>>>> opposite from Ashford International train station. So plenty of
>>>>> parking, and chairs/tables, kettle, fridge, power.
>>>>>
>>>>> As soon as the replacement MOSFET arrives, I will have a handy portable
>>>>> projector. And Karl (Buckland) and I have collected a wireless router
>>>>> and switch together, that will be deemed set aside for LUG meetings.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing we will be lacking is internet. If anyone fancies the
>>>>> challenge of using 3G/HSDPA on their phone and setting up a gateway,
>>>>> not only would this be something good to do as a group, it could be
>>>>> used at future events :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Spode
>>>>>
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