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This would be a cool project. Count me in if something like this happens
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PTAWUG still active?
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acidrain
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If I'm still here, I'm sure many are. Dade above is also one of the OG's if I recall.
Not only cheap fibre, but with the advent of internet based mesh networks (tailscale) also makes it pretty much obsolete.
Not Wug related but your avatar makes me happy every time I see it. I have three ZX81s and still mess around with them often.
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Would have been interesting to use the 60Ghz spectrum for the backbone. You can get 1Gbps up and 1Gbps down using these:
Me three! (NetBird would work well ;-)
Peon
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nahoR
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PTAWUG - Now thats a name I haven't heard in a long time...
I still have photos of a get together on my google drive.
I still have photos of a get together on my google drive.
Yeah, good old PTAWUG. I moved into a complex in 2010 in PTA East and the one guy was a member. He convinced the body corporate to agree to a high pole in the center of the complex, on the communual ground, where we placed a directional dish and a omni antenna. This connected to a main site in Constantia Park or Moraleta and then retransmitted it to whoever wanted to join in the complex.
Only he and I did, but I was able to do so with a mikrotik in my garage window.
Then I moved in 2016 and he moved just before or after it, and got fibre within a couple of months in my new place. So the need for it quickly fell away.
At the time the best internet I had was a WISP and later Telkom LTE, so this really fulfilled "other needs" that required more bandwidth.
Only he and I did, but I was able to do so with a mikrotik in my garage window.
Then I moved in 2016 and he moved just before or after it, and got fibre within a couple of months in my new place. So the need for it quickly fell away.
At the time the best internet I had was a WISP and later Telkom LTE, so this really fulfilled "other needs" that required more bandwidth.
Tim_vb
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Hows Meshastic going - seems like a fun DIY project to get involved in
Slowly picking up momentum in Cape Town.
Some resources ...
* Meshtastic in South Africa (@Danie_V 's detailed write-up)
* Meshtastic Map (Nice interactive map showing nodes)
* List of Active ZA nodes
* Realtime Graph of the ZA mesh
Tim_vb
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I think it's time for a meshtastic thread on myBB
Anything going on in Pretoria?
Would have been interesting to use the 60Ghz spectrum for the backbone. You can get 1Gbps up and 1Gbps down using these:
60Ghz only works less than 1km (in reality 500m) so not going to work between suburbs..
HartsockZA
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that's what you think...
ubnt baby wootage
HartsockZA
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Ubiquiti UISP 60GHz/5GHz Wave Long Range Radio | Wave-LR
Ubiquiti's WAVE-LR is a long-range 60GHz radio system with an integrated high-gain antenna, GPS, precision mount bracket, and a 5GHz backup radio.
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quovadis
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that's what you think...
airFiber 60 Long-Range - Ubiquiti Store
Long-range 60 GHz radio system that pairs in PtP mode or connects to a Wave AP as a client in PtMP mode.
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Keen as a runner bean. (did someone restart a CTWUG or. MESH thread?)
Any chance of LoRa too? I. E. Low power sensor network. The things network side is still around
www.thethingsnetwork.org
Any chance of LoRa too? I. E. Low power sensor network. The things network side is still around
The Things Network
We are building a global open free crowdsourced long range low battery IoT data network.
www.thethingsnetwork.org
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