Will there be Wifi at nationals?

[Compnerd]

Does anyone know if there will be wifi provided at nationals?

[Alan Anderson]

Don't count on it.

You'll almost certainly find an open wireless network or ten if you look in the Georgia Dome or World Congress Center, but few if any of them will give you access to the Internet, and those that do probably won't be very reliable. You can indulge in emailing, IMing, and general web browsing (and the Chief Delphi forums in particular) while you relax at your hotel.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Compnerd

Does anyone know if there will be wifi provided at nationals?

NO

[Justin]

Do you have Verizon? I recently discovered that w/most plans you can use your cell phone as a modem and get pretty good reliable access on their 3g network. The trick here is that you have "unlimited" data but the time you are online is deducted from your voice minutes. I've yet to determine if you unlimited nights and weekends work with this but I am leaning towards they don't. If I make it to nationals though you can probably find me in the stands using this service.

Fellow net addict ;-)

Justin

[geeknerd99]

Two years ago the VEX area had Wifi access. Really slow and unreliable, but a gathering spot for CD members nonetheless. At least, that was where I met Billfred, Tytus and Arefin in person for the first time. Not surprisingly, they were on CD .

[Nate Laverdure]

You could always wrap your cell phone in an Ethernet cable to boost your wifi reception.

I have it on good authority that FIRST will be issuing salad bowls and tin foil in the pits, too.

[Compnerd]

Unfortunatly, I dont have verizon.

[DarthXar]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

You could always wrap your cell phone in an Ethernet cable to boost your wifi reception.

I have it on good authority that FIRST will be issuing salad bowls and tin foil in the pits, too.

Heh. I actually have a decorative salad bowl +tinfoil above my computer desk. But I'm not wasting a cell phone.

[TubaMorg]

I'm curious as to why, of all the rules and regulations, there seems to almost universal disregard to section 3.12 of the manual?
Particularly:

• Do not arrange for Internet access on the site or attempt to connect to the Internet.

[Compnerd]

Originally Posted by TubaMorg

I'm curious as to why, of all the rules and regulations, there seems to almost universal disregard to section 3.12 of the manual?
Particularly:

It seems, that since they are not providing it to all teams, that some teams may have an advantage... Advantage for what? I have no idea... But oh well......

[Cuog]

It seems kind of weird that Wifi is not allowed in the rules however at VCU it was specially setup so that teams could get Wifi with temporary login IDs

[Compnerd]

At the St. Louis regional, they didn't restrict access at all

[TubaMorg]

That's what's strange. It's clearly against the rules in the very same section that says "no loud music" and "no running." But nearly everyone (including the people who run this thing) seems not to care. It specifically says don't connect to the internet, but elaborate efforts are put forth to make it possible. I'm going to crank up my stereo, put on my shaded eye protection, and run in the pits while dragging a running band saw behind me..... all while posting on chief delphi

[td8c]

Originally Posted by geeknerd99

Two years ago the VEX area had Wifi access. Really slow and unreliable, but a gathering spot for CD members nonetheless. At least, that was where I met Billfred, Tytus and Arefin in person for the first time. Not surprisingly, they were on CD .

ha ha our team gave Billfred a ride last year

[artdutra04]

Net Stumbler (or Mac Stumbler) is your friend.

If there are free and open wifi networks that do exist in the GWCC or GA Dome, these programs can help you find out where they are originating from, so as to help you try to get a better signal.