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If someone was asking me I would ask that the hotel had a decent gym and pool, or that these things were a reasonable distance away (not the case in ATL). Of course, no one is asking me... Dave According to Jared Mauch: > > > Also, it would be nice if the hotel had ethernet in the rooms > (in-house DSL or whatnot) or wireless sufficent to cover the hotel. > > If the conference moves to larger and larger hotels the wireless > covering the whole hotel isn't as possible. > > The IETF-49 density of access points was quite nice > > - Jared > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 07:26:40PM -0400, Thomas Kernen wrote: > > > > > > As long as they keep providing power sockets in the rooms for those of us who have laptops that can't survive 4 hours straight on > > battery. > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > Merit actually has enough access points (it really only takes 4-6 of > > > them... it's more of a user mindshare issue... hence the continuing > > > availability of laptop drops... note however that there are fewer at the > > > recent meeting (ie. we had almost 300 for one room at nanog 17). > > > > > > the cisco folks used about 24 access points(overkill) for the ietf in > > > sandiego that was enough to blanket the conference center and the hotel > > > below the 3rd floor... > > > > > > joelja > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Alex wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd rather see NANOG/MERIT invest in like 15 or 20 base stations, rather > > > > than wasting the time/money on the cat5 cable and switches -- etc. > > > > > > > > A wireless card costs all of $200 these days... everyone could just get > > > > one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Joe Abley wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 08:23:19AM -0800, Lucy E. Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > Our big costs were US West curcuits into the hotel (6xT1 - we could have > > > > > > > gotten away with 4xT1) and cable - we had lenghts cut to fit the table > > > > > > > layout in the ballroom. We had switches & such on hand, and we "borrowed" > > > > > > > terminal room machines from one of the student labs - > > > > > > > > > > > > If these costs were negligible, how much would it have cost? > > > > > > > > > > > > (assuming, for example, an 802.11b shot from a hotel to an already- > > > > > > connected nearby building, donated transit, > > > > > > > > > > we actually tried to do a wireless run as a backup plan, but couldn't find > > > > > an open conduit, and the hotel balked at the thought of our wiring guys > > > > > coring 11 floors in order to get to the roof... > > > > > > > > > > I don't think nanog is quite ready to go wireless only in the meeting room > > > > > although cutting down on the wired infrastructure deployed is something > > > > > that's been worked on... > > > > > > > > > > > doing wireless-only in the > > > > > > conference and having some friendly vendor loan the machines for the > > > > > > terminal room). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Joel Jaeggli [email protected] > > > > > Academic User Services [email protected] > > > > > PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > It is clear that the arm of criticism cannot replace the criticism of > > > > > arms. Karl Marx -- Introduction to the critique of Hegel's Philosophy of > > > > > the right, 1843. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Joel Jaeggli [email protected] > > > Academic User Services [email protected] > > > PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > It is clear that the arm of criticism cannot replace the criticism of > > > arms. Karl Marx -- Introduction to the critique of Hegel's Philosophy of > > > the right, 1843. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from [email protected] > clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine. > >
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