OK, let's see how well the MyBroadband iBurst community can work together. 
The aim of this thread is to put together a list of all the iBurst base stations, their locations and their BSCCs.
You can use iBurst's network status page and Google Maps to locate towers, described in this thread.
To find the BSCC (Base Station Colour Code) you can use the modem's Link Information web page (2Mbps modems only? or might depend on firmware), James Turton's excellent eyeBurst software or a terminal emulator (telnet, hyperterminal, putty, etc.).
Don't worry too much if you are unable to locate your base station, just post your city, suburb and BSCC. The more pieces of the puzzle we have the easier it will be to put together.
What is a BSCC?
It is not a unique identifier for a base station. When planning a radio network, colour codes are assigned to sites to represent the channel or, in the case of iBurst's HC-SDMA network, the time slot. Think back to when you were in school and had to colour in a political map in geography; no country could be the same colour as its neighbour. On the iBurst network there are 32 "colours" numbered 0 to 31, and no base station is allowed to see any other base station of the same colour.
The flipside of this is that at any location we should only be able to see one base station of a particular colour in our vicinity, so we can use the BSCC together with our location to identify the base station.
Tip
In Google Maps, click on the chain icon to generate a link. Remember to check the 'Short URL' checkbox.
Base Station Names
iBurst's Network Status page has a list of base station names. Note the name does not always match the suburb in which it is located, e.g. the base station in Cape Town named Tokai is actually located in Steenberg.
Cape Town
The aim of this thread is to put together a list of all the iBurst base stations, their locations and their BSCCs.
You can use iBurst's network status page and Google Maps to locate towers, described in this thread.
To find the BSCC (Base Station Colour Code) you can use the modem's Link Information web page (2Mbps modems only? or might depend on firmware), James Turton's excellent eyeBurst software or a terminal emulator (telnet, hyperterminal, putty, etc.).
Don't worry too much if you are unable to locate your base station, just post your city, suburb and BSCC. The more pieces of the puzzle we have the easier it will be to put together.
What is a BSCC?
It is not a unique identifier for a base station. When planning a radio network, colour codes are assigned to sites to represent the channel or, in the case of iBurst's HC-SDMA network, the time slot. Think back to when you were in school and had to colour in a political map in geography; no country could be the same colour as its neighbour. On the iBurst network there are 32 "colours" numbered 0 to 31, and no base station is allowed to see any other base station of the same colour.
The flipside of this is that at any location we should only be able to see one base station of a particular colour in our vicinity, so we can use the BSCC together with our location to identify the base station.
Tip
In Google Maps, click on the chain icon to generate a link. Remember to check the 'Short URL' checkbox.
Base Station Names
iBurst's Network Status page has a list of base station names. Note the name does not always match the suburb in which it is located, e.g. the base station in Cape Town named Tokai is actually located in Steenberg.
Cape Town
| Name | BSCC | Location |
| Goodwood | 3 | Mark Heights, Townsend Estate |
| Tokai | 24 | Telkom Technical Services, Steenberg |
| Table View | ? | Blouberg Heights, Bloubergstrand |
| Ashwood | ? | Ashwood Centre, Parklands |
| Melkbosstrand | ? | Telkom, Melkbosstrand |
| Milnerton | 16 | PPC Cement, Montague Gardens |
| Parow | 10 | Tygerberg Park, Parow |
| Parow North | 17 | Protea Park, Parow North |
| Pinelands | 15 | Garden City Heights, Pinelands |
| Plumstead | ? | Culmwood Gardens, Plumstead |
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