Will there be wifi service available this year?

[Marscrumbs]

Last year they had wifi though it was spotting by the end of the week. Is somebody going to put this up again this year?

[Token]

Yep, and it will suck just as bad as the past 7 years.

[geospyder]

Yep, and it will suck just as bad as the past 7 years.

That good!

[Token]

Mhhhm, when AT&T EDGE network service is better than the local WiFi, yeah, it sucks that bad.

[Isotopia]

Is somebody going to put this up again this year?

We'll be all be waiting to see what the fuck you have planned rather than an expectation that someone else will be doing it for your convenience.

[Kinetik V]

I've heard there's a camp planning to try out cell phone and wifi jammers on the playa. If you can't get any signal then you know that camp was successful.

[Elderberry]

I've heard there's a camp planning to try out cell phone and wifi jammers on the playa. If you can't get any signal then you know that camp was successful.

Now THAT should not be allowed at the event. If there were no internet service at the event, I wouldn't be able to go. So, if there is service, and somebody is malicious enough to block it, that is just sad. And yes it would be an act of malice.

JK

[Elliot]

Seems to me, one of the big reason to go way the eff out in the effin desert for a week, is to get a-effing-away from all the telephones and crap that clutters out daily lives.

I remember after my first year, I told anybody and everybody I could hold still long enough to hear it that Burning Man was my FIRST real VACATION in my 54 years on this crazy planet.

Having a week off from work is not a vacation. But never even once thinking about work for a week -- now that's a vacation!

[theCryptofishist]

I've heard there's a camp planning to try out cell phone and wifi jammers on the playa. If you can't get any signal then you know that camp was successful.

Now THAT should not be allowed at the event. If there were no internet service at the event, I wouldn't be able to go. So, if there is service, and somebody is malicious enough to block it, that is just sad. And yes it would be an act of malice.

JK

Ha, ha, you bit!

[Speedbump]

We also sympathize since we've got family back home and the net is likely the only possibly reliable connection we'll have to the outside, in case of emergency. We wouldn't bring the kids to BM, but haven't forgotten that we have them.

[Marscrumbs]

Is somebody going to put this up again this year?

We'll be all be waiting to see what the fuck you have planned rather than an expectation that someone else will be doing it for your convenience.

I truely appreciate the sentiment. However wifi would give me another opportunity to contribute taking advantage of the resource of the metro cyber enviroment, or I could just leave this additional art project at home.

[Elderberry]

I've heard there's a camp planning to try out cell phone and wifi jammers on the playa. If you can't get any signal then you know that camp was successful.

Now THAT should not be allowed at the event. If there were no internet service at the event, I wouldn't be able to go. So, if there is service, and somebody is malicious enough to block it, that is just sad. And yes it would be an act of malice.

JK

Ha, ha, you bit!

[Elderberry]

Seems to me, one of the big reason to go way the eff out in the effin desert for a week, is to get a-effing-away from all the telephones and crap that clutters out daily lives.

I remember after my first year, I told anybody and everybody I could hold still long enough to hear it that Burning Man was my FIRST real VACATION in my 54 years on this crazy planet.

Having a week off from work is not a vacation. But never even once thinking about work for a week -- now that's a vacation!

Unfortunately, that's one luxury I don't have. But, as long as I'm connected, I can pretty much can go anywhere, anytime; and connecting to check up on things isn't that big of a sacrifice for the freedom it provides.

JK

[Kinetik V]

Jkisha, if you really have to stay connected and it's mission critical rent a satellite phone. Relying in BRC infrastructure for your connectivity is asking for trouble.

And I apologize for firing you up like that.

[mthyer]

I've heard there's a camp planning to try out cell phone and wifi jammers on the playa. If you can't get any signal then you know that camp was successful.

Actually if they're jamming you'd be getting plety of strong and meaningless signal. Lots of FCC prohabitions against this one too.

[Kinetik V]

I've heard there's a camp planning to try out cell phone and wifi jammers on the playa. If you can't get any signal then you know that camp was successful.

Actually if they're jamming you'd be getting plety of strong and meaningless signal. Lots of FCC prohabitions against this one too.

Yeah, you would get a great signal that gets you nowhere. That's true. But as for the jammer...being in telecom for so long I know jammers exist. Seen some first hand. As for if such devices were to ever be tested in the wild remains to be seen. But there's a few people who have the legal authority to make and test 'em and some of those people love Burning Man....

Take those facts, add in a little creative license...you get the above post. It made a few people smile...mission accomplished.

Moving on...the playa has been a great place to experiment with antennas and repeaters. Having someone with an Extra Class amateur radio license to teach me has been wonderful.