[wirelesstoronto-discuss] Seeking advice - hotspot in a public park

[Jon Alexander]

Thanks Gabe -- that certainly helps frame a starting approach.

It may prove too much work for me right now, with other things looming, 
but I intend to at least seek out and talk the idea up with some 
Kensington stakeholders e.g. Streets are for People, KMAC, KMWG, the 
BIA(s), etc.

J.

Jon Alexander
w.416.348.9710.x3039
c.416.805.4332



Gabe Sawhney wrote:
> Hi Jon --
> Bellevue Square is a nice little park, and it's surrounded on all 
> sides with houses and shops.
>
> As far as I know, there's no way to get access to a reliable & secure 
> power source inside the park.  So then it'd be a matter of beaming 
> wifi in from one of the neighbours. 
>
> I'm going from memory here, but I think the north and west sides have 
> denser tree coverage.  This might mean that it'd be harder to get a 
> strong signal into the park from those sides. 
>
> I think the steps would be:
> 1) Decide which part(s) of the park need best coverage.
> 2) Find people whose home/shop faces the park, and who would be 
> willing to allow a wifi router to be attached to the exterior of their 
> building.
> 3) Figure out if the line of sight from those locations would give you 
> the coverage you're looking for.
> 4) Figure out if the router host is also willing to share their 
> bandwidth, or if you need a separate backhaul solution.  (mesh from 
> someplace else?  run separate dsl?)
>
> Does that help?
>
> Gabe
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Jon Alexander 
> <jon.alexander at utoronto.ca <mailto:jon.alexander at utoronto.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Hi folks -- I'm thinking about starting a little initiative to see if
>     it's feasible to put up a hotspot in Bellevue Square Park in
>     Kensington
>     Market.
>
>     I haven't previously installed a wireless hotspot in a park, but
>     some of
>     you probably have, perhaps in Dufferin Grove or elsewhere.
>
>     I don't want to impose on your time, but if those of you who know,
>     would
>     kindly shoot me back one or two pieces of advice on how to get
>     started,
>     I'd be grateful.
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Jon
>
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>     Jon Alexander
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>     c.416.805.4332
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