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The biggest challenge is to find a decent site with the ability to get hold of a good (at least 100meg) internet connection.

*it's possible to rent a connection via satellite for a reasonable price. An event I recently attended had a commercial video photographer using one, and it wasn't a big-bucks setup by any means. Afaicr he had at least 10meg but more may be possible - he considered it feasible for connecting communities, not just for single temporary use. Site equipment included a smallish dish on a trailer. Artag.
** Satellite Internet has high latency, 10-20x that of a normal connection. [[User:Robert|Robert]] 07:22, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
** I thought that was the case, but the connection was made available for use and I didn't find it a problem. Perhaps I wasn't very demanding and put any delays down to the shared use, but it was by no means as bad as I expected.
*** It definitely does - the laws of physics demand it! Also satellite tops out at about 10 meg best-case. [[User:Russ|Russ]] 08:30, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
** The Multiplay events manage it (though they're held at a racecourse, but they have camping.). tomwardill.
*** Something like a racecouse/track or airbase that's geared up for events already would be a good place to start looking [[User:Ms7821|Ms7821]] 08:02, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


== Similar events ==

Have a chat with the organisers for their experiences

* Barncamp
* Dork camp
* Maker Faire (including Brighton on 3rd September)?
* HAR 2009
* CCC Camp 2011
* Multiplay

== Possible sites ==
Priority is to be near/connected to a good Internet pipe.

===Data centers===
* Somewhere near [http://www.thebunker.net/colocation/facilities/ash/ The Bunker]? 
  - i'd say The Bunker site itself, there's plenty of green space. Newbury/Greenham Common site may be more central not sure of their acreage there tho. -- mikepea

* There is a [http://www.datacentermap.com/ data centre map]

===Event venues===
* Donington!
* Multiplay have used Newbury racecourse in the past, had camping and fast internets.
* [http://www.the-observatory.org/ The Observatory Science Centre]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Marston_Airfield http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Marston_Airfield]
** The closest exchange is 1 mile away and is not unbundled.
* [http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/ Jodrell Bank]
* [http://www.landforevents.co.uk/charvil.html Charvil] - FTTC in surrounding area
* [http://www.landforevents.co.uk/newburywest.html Newbury West] - FTTC in surrounding area
* [http://www.landforevents.co.uk/whitchurch.html Whitcurch] - FTTC in surrounding area
* [http://www.bovingdonairfield.co.uk/ Bovingdon Airfield] - Cable in surrounding area
* Essex University - They regularly hire out large areas for events and have an insanely huge net pipe which we should be able to hook into (HAL done similar in 2001) - also possibly any other university campuses we might be able to use

==Rejected sites==
* [http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ Bletchley Park] DorkCamp 2011 was nearly here, but turned out to be too small
* [http://www.dorsetadventure.co.uk/ Poole & Dorset Adventure Centre] another Dork venue, "limited to about 20 people indoors and 30 in tents"