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About the server and internet connection at a regional. I don"t think that if you had a server at a competition, you would even need an internet connection. The most important information people would be after at a specific regional would be taking place there, so you could just have someone there entering it onto the server at that competition. That server could then be connected to a couple of wi-fi base stations and thus set up a wireless network at the regional. As to this "server," I think if you pared down your competition database to the point where it provided the necesary information without being gaudy (something almost entirely text and low-quality pictures in the gallery) you could have an average computer as your server. If you had more than one base station (as will probably be necesary if you do set up a wireless network), you could have several people bring in computers to use as servers and have each one connected to it"s own base station and you could have the computers etherneted together so all the servers would have the most current information. Of course, if you did this it would require several wi-fi base stations and anyone who wanted to connect to it would have to have a wi-fi card.
You could also do the same just by setting up an ethernet LAN at the competition and borrow the computers and routers from members of the FSN. (Apologies for misunderstandings and length)
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