Quakecon: Network Operations Center tour

Mon Aug 3 20:52:17 UTC 2015

hi ethan

On 08/03/15 at 10:58am, Ethan wrote:
> 
> Getting bandwidth into the events is a pain. Huge venues are meant for large
> corporate events not lower budget cons and festivals. Venue pricing I
> believe is 750-1500$ per megabit. 100 megabit = $75,000 for the weekend. One
> year I rememeber there being a switch with 8 vlans on it sitting outside the
> back door with 8 clear modems spread out all blinking away.

for connectivity, does the hotels and convention centers still have wifi jammers 
so you cannot use your own 56Mbit wifi to get connection to the outside world ? 
if possible, stick a bunch of dark mirrored-glass covered vans outside the event
for wifi access

the "expensive part" is due to labor unions that control the workers and
everything else working the capitalistic "supply" and demand model to the max.
the unions disallow you to carry your own gear from your car to the event
which is good and bad ... 

i dont buy their $10 budweiser, $5 water, etc especially when no outside drinks
allowed inside the event

> Geeks get creative.

good thing .... and no unions to control what we did/do ...

another ( 40yr old ) boat that has long since sailed since the days
of why we had to fight off the unions in the electronics industrt ... 

pixie dust
alvin