Desperately Seeking Wi-Fi

Comment 1

Wow, that would be a hard one.

At first I would say it would be nearly impossbile if the venue doesn't let you use their existing internet connection. Maybe contact a local ISP or something and see if they can offer a complete setup.

If there are any apartments or other businesses near by that already have WiFi, you could see about setting up a bridge connection that would essentially extend their coverage to the conference venue.

So said Jeremy Flint on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 4:11PM GMT.

Comment 2

Thanks Jeremy. The reason why (I think) I know it can be done is that I did actually find somewhere who thought they could sort it out and they said something along the lines of "install a temporary internet connection for exclusive use...install ADSL temporarily on any existing phone line or if necessary BT can install a temporary line."

So these guys seemed like a good bet, but getting anything out of them has proved to be like getting a drop of blood out of Uluru.

So said Patrick on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 4:20PM GMT.

Comment 3

The venue has agreed to host a conference all about the web, but refuses to allow you to use their internet connection??

So said Matthew Pennell on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 4:20PM GMT.

Comment 4

Well, they don't really care what the conference is about, to be fair. The more I look into it the more I realise just *how* crap the *whole* of the UK is when it comes to wi-fi. Frustrating.

So said Patrick on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 4:27PM GMT.

Comment 5

Failing all options, persuade participants to rather talk to each other for those two days instead of looking at their notebook screens.

So said Marko Samastur on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 4:29PM GMT.

Comment 6

Talk to each other? How do you do that?

So said Tanny O'Haley on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 7:34PM GMT.

Comment 7

Well, that's what happens when you try to be witty in a foreign language. I think I'll return to lurking.

So said Marko Samastur on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 8:10PM GMT.

Comment 8

Ask the guys at Looseconnection to hook you up.

So said Andy Budd on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 9:45PM GMT.

Comment 9

If only they worked... "getting anything out of them has proved to be like getting a drop of blood out of Uluru"

So said Patrick on Friday 1 April, 2005 at 9:46PM GMT.

Comment 10

Analog line bonding + an 802.11 base station should get you a nice WiFi connection. Surely you can get POTS lines from the converter, right?

So said Daniel Flax on Saturday 2 April, 2005 at 12:05AM GMT.

Comment 11

Zoooooooooooooom....
Say again?

So said Patrick on Saturday 2 April, 2005 at 12:10AM GMT.

Comment 12

<- Here's My head

*that* just went over it

So said SteveC on Saturday 2 April, 2005 at 10:53AM GMT.

Comment 13

I think what Daniel means is that you use software to bond multiple analog dialup lines (normal telephone lines) to give an appearance of a bigger pipe and then connect 802.11 base station to it, so you can share this connection with others.

It should work, but it might take a bit of an effort to do so. If you pay for calls by a minute, it might also produce quite large costs.

So said Marko Samastur on Tuesday 5 April, 2005 at 11:48PM GMT.

Comment 14

What about someone like the Cloud? http://www.thecloud.net/
Don't know whether they do temporary installations or not. Other than that, either get the good ol' chin-wag going, or have the conference as "bring-a-wifi-box"... "Sorry, sir. No wi-fi, you're not comin' in."

So said dotjay on Thursday 7 April, 2005 at 9:49AM GMT.

Comment 15

"getting anything out of them has proved to be like getting a drop of blood out of Uluru"

Who or what is Uluru?

So said Sebhelyesfarku on Friday 22 April, 2005 at 11:29AM GMT.

Comment 16

' "getting anything out of them has proved to be like getting a drop of blood out of Uluru"

Who or what is Uluru?'

My thoughts exactly. It's the 'new' (i.e. original) name for Ayers Rock in Australia
http://www.google.co.uk/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Uluru

So said Jim on Tuesday 26 April, 2005 at 2:40PM GMT.

Comment 17

i dont know if this helps, but in the US you could purchase a Sprint wireless card and bridge the connection to other devices.....

http://www.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/devices/wireless_cards/

So said Patrick on Tuesday 26 April, 2005 at 5:37PM GMT.