Does anyone have an idea of monthly data amounts that we used at the Bunker?
We hit 500gb last month, but I think that’s very unusual and Ty was backing
up everything on the internet.
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So normally 100 to 200GB?
I can be there to help. I think it makes sense for me to arrive later around noon and help until the end as I’m not an early riser and I have to take a pallet jack away at the end.
Hey all,
I made a Doodle to help organize when people can come and help move.
I broke the day into 1 hour long segments; you can select multiple segments.
- Type in your name
- Click on the times you can be available! The (Yes) Option is a maybe.
- Click Save!
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If we’re going with Telus DSL, then we might as well go with TekSavvy DSL instead. It’s competitively priced, and much more aligned with our values as a hack space, I would think.
I’ve been a customer at two locations for over five years and can’t recommend them enough. Only ever had one problem and it was the last mile (Telus’ fault) anyway.
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Can definitely +1 TekSavvy. One downside is that they’re effectively single-homed in Western Canada and their only production upstream is Hurricane Electric. Net result is that most of your local traffic will round-trip through Seattle to get to Shaw or Telus, which adds ~8ms. Pretty negligible, but not ideal.
Also they seem to only offer 15/1 to business (ADSL2+ max), which is a bit odd since they seem to be set up to do VDSL on the residential side. Or maybe they just haven’t updated their website.
Don’t forget the dry loop fee, activation and modem when calculating cost.
Edit: Maybe this thread should be split from the topic.
We had Teksavvy at 45 west.
Nothing but problems, I assume they where Shaw/Telus problems but either way they took weeks to resolve on their end.
We switched to shaw at the bunker and never had any issues.
I would like to stay with one of the evil three (shaw, telus, shady-tel) at the shoebox.
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Last mile problems are a bitch to resolve no matter the provider. Each has their own pet failings. Shaw likes to let entire regions run in saturation for months at a time with severe packet loss during peak hours. Telus techs like to accidentally the jumpers in the SAC during installs and bring down other customers, and the DSL technology doesn’t deal well with poor line quality, as was likely the case at 45 west; it’s pretty far from the CO and an ancient building with janky wiring.
Anyway, not my call, just offering experience and a healthy dose of FUUUUU to the criminals at the big two (who is shady-tel?). From the sounds of things it’ll be Telus then. Since they’ve made the information stupidly hard to find on their website, I’ll link it here: http://business.telus.com/en/business/bc/internet/office-internet
Shady-tel is a hacker made Cell phone network that operated at TOORCAMP and Burning man . It was also the name of the local area cell phone network (That may or may NOT happen) that operated overtop of 45 west about ~4 years ago or so during an event that has some rings in the logo.
I will give a beer to the first one that sends me a picture of themselves holding a Shady-tel sim card.
Honestly, it is your call. If you’re willing to do the work, then no one else can really criticize.
I don’t have any specific experience with any of these internet providers, but 2 years is a long time for TekSavvy to work through its issues. Telus is also probably one of the more evil corporations in Canada at the moment.
From Smartt (Burnaby based, www.smartt.com)
I have checked on the availability of the service at #104 - 1715 Cook Street
Vancouver and 25.0 Mbps download and 5.0 Mbps upload is available. The
following are the details of the service:
Maximum download speed: 25.0 Mbps
Maximum upload speed: 5.0 Mbps
Static IP address: included
Data traffic : unmetered
Port activation fee: $75.00
ADSL dark loop set up fee: $75.00
ADSL modem : Ni charge
Monthly fee: $99.95
Monthly fee includes the dark loop.
plus tax
Steve
I can be at Cook Street around 5:30pm to help with whatever needs doing at that point.
Should I bring tools for bench setup? if so, what tools do I need?
It sounds like there’s a group that’s got internet well in hand. Excellent!
From the Doodle it would seem we have a big need for someone who can get to Penske in Burnaby to rent the truck. Nothing works without the truck. Who will answer the call for a noble and virtuous champion!?
Important question for those people who disassembled and moved the lathe!
Is it significantly shorter now than when it was completely assembled? I
have a measurement at 58 inches by 28 inches.
I ask now because we need to move it and the other large equipment through
a corridor that is only 57 inches wide, and has a ninety (90) degree bend
in it.
That’s going to be difficult if the lathe is still at its original length.
I’d also strongly recommend that we focus on moving the standard sized
pallets first and save any large equipment until near the end when we have
more people to help.
… how big is the laser cutter?
The laser cutter has an approximate footprint of 50 inches by 33 inches.
I can collect a truck - where and has it been booked/paid for?
If the palettes can turn at the corner then there will be no issue getting the lathe in the door.
If the palettes have to… strafe?.. then it won’t be impossible, just tricky.