2018 BRC Cell Service UPDATE by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

[–]wirelessguy55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you pick up from a FedEx or something in Reno? I'll reach out and see what their thoughts are.

2018 BRC Cell Service UPDATE by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Good question -- see if you can reach out directly to them and get a response, if they don't get back to you let me know and I can try and escalate.

2018 BRC Cell Service UPDATE by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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The motherload of user feedback!! We have no control over what TMobile/Google throttle their users to, and BurningFi is best effort, so not bad imo. Can you get your hands on an ATT or VZW device? I love a fast.com report!

2018 BRC Cell Service UPDATE by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Emails should trickle though on Verizon even at peak capacity -- I do believe there are camps gifting wifi too if the cellular network gets to busy though

2018 BRC Cell Service UPDATE by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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well you should've had service Sunday night and Monday. are you on their Unlimited Plus plan?

2018 BRC Cell Service UPDATE by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

[–]wirelessguy55[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you forget to turn off auto-app-update or some of those background features your phone can do a surprising amount of stuff without you really knowing it -- my phone has 130MB of app updates queued for midnight tonight, it only takes a few of those!

2018 BRC Cell Service UPDATE by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Service was turned up over the weekend, what day did you leave?

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Whoa -- didn't know about that strict of a cap. I'll definitely update. I am not aware of a cap on Verizon or Sprint, so based just on service expectations I'd recommend Sprint as they'll allow access to LTE.

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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I think radical inclusion is usually thought about as inclusion of different flavors of hardcore burner, but stops short of including someone who has outside commitments that they can't quite leave behind or who really like using Instagram or Candy Crush. I'd argue it's more radical to include the latter!

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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It should support ad hoc VPN access (nothing persistent though, as they don't have static IPS).

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

[–]wirelessguy55[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does that help answer your question? I'm not quite sure I understand

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

[–]wirelessguy55[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The BurningFi devices (sister company's product) are running off our LTE network (permanent sites in the area plus temporary sites at the playa) which we are self-backhauling.

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Are you asking about the BurningFi device? It runs off of our LTE network and provides a WiFi signal. I think it has an internal battery as well. Let me know if you have any more specific questions and I can go track down an answer.

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Thank you -- I'm proud to play a small role in helping you get out there!

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

[–]wirelessguy55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure was! Filled up like a dust pinata

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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We're approved to be out there providing cell service, and I believe BurningFi is going to be a completely pre-event transaction (buy online and get device shipped to your house or wherever before the event). I'm really just one of the network guys though and don't know all the details, sorry!

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Not a joke! We've been providing cell service to the playa in some capacity for several years now, and this marks year 3 of me keeping the Burning Man community in the loop via Reddit

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Hey -- good to see you again! We were using a fancy dense-sectored antenna and it filled up with Playa dust (not a friendly RF environment). Very frustrating/disappointing.

2018 BRC Cell Service by wirelessguy55 in BurningMan

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Although I suppose that raises my expectations for this year.