[Noisebridge-discuss] MonkeyBrains donates a new uplink to Noisebridge

[Seth David Schoen]

Jacob Appelbaum writes:

> Good news is afoot with the internet uplink situation at 2169!
> 
> MonkeyBrains is running a pilot program in the Mission to provide
> affordable high speed Internet. They're pretty friendly to non-profits
> and they'd probably like to talk to more of locals looking for uplinks.
> 
> This fine local ISP has donated a new uplink to Noisebridge for the
> duration of one year (until ~Nov/Dec 2010). This includes transit to the
> internet and it's quite fast! The link is rated at well over ~50/30Mbps.
> We've been asked to keep a "9am-5pm profile of 1 or 2Mbps with spikes to
> 10Mbps" and to keep the "2 hour 25Mbps downloads to off hours." In
> general, we're unfiltered and we can easily burst to 30Mbs _right now_.
> Try to be reasonable and we'll probably remain unfiltered.

Wow, neat!  That sounds like a generous offer.  What kind of technology
would the uplink use?  Is it also a wireless link with some kind of
equipment on the roof?

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