Re: Seattle Wireless Mountaintop Site

Casey Halverson <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:44:34 -0700
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SWN was just a tenant at this site and nothing more.  The owner of the  
facility is for profit, so no worries on that part.

SWN doesnt have a "charter", but even if it did, people are generally  
fine with chatting about both non-profit and profit wireless operations.



On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Ralph Sims wrote:

> Sad... Well, we're looking for a site in that area with a "somewhat  
> panoramic" view where we can locate some equipment.  We're a  
> commercial provider so we probably don't fall within SWN's  
> "charter", but we aren't adverse to paying for antenna space, etc.   
> Does the site still exist and if so, we'd like to contact the  
> operator.
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Casey Halverson <[email protected] 
> > wrote:
> It was in Enumclaw, and that SWN site was decommissioned years  
> ago.   The entire fall of the seattle-enumclaw-tacoma "link" is a  
> pathetic story that I didnt bother publishing.
>
> Nowdays, 802.11 timing and ACK's are a lot more configurable, not to  
> mention there is probably enough money for decent hardware.  But we  
> didn't really have either in late 2002/2003, so we did what we could.
>
> If you have any questions, i would be a good contact for it.  But  
> others might be curious, so keep it on the list if that is okay.
>
> >
>


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it-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>SWN was just a tenant at this site=
 and nothing more. &nbsp;The owner of the facility is for profit, so no wor=
ries on that part.</div><div><br></div><div>SWN doesnt have a "charter", bu=
t even if it did, people are generally fine with chatting about both non-pr=
ofit and profit wireless operations.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br=
><div><div>On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Ralph Sims wrote:</div><br class=
=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Sad... Well, we're=
 looking for a site in that area with a "somewhat panoramic" view where we =
can locate some equipment.&nbsp; We're a commercial provider so we probably=
 don't fall within SWN's "charter", but we aren't adverse to paying for ant=
enna space, etc.&nbsp; Does the site still exist and if so, we'd like to co=
ntact the operator.<br> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 28, 2009=
 at 11:25 AM, Casey Halverson <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:space=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquot=
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reak-word;"><div>It was in Enumclaw, and that SWN site was decommissioned y=
ears ago. &nbsp; The entire fall of the seattle-enumclaw-tacoma "link" is a=
 pathetic story that I didnt bother publishing.</div> <div><br></div><div>N=
owdays, 802.11 timing and ACK's are a lot more configurable, not to mention=
 there is probably enough money for decent hardware. &nbsp;But we didn't re=
ally have either in late 2002/2003, so we did what we could.</div> <div><br=
></div><div>If you have any questions, i would be a good contact for it. &n=
bsp;But others might be curious, so keep it on the list if that is okay.</d=
iv></div></blockquote></div><br> <br> <br></p></blockquote></div><br><br>
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