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[[File:Ujima_House.png|300px|thumb|right|Ujima House in Wembley]]
[[File:Ujima_House.png|300px|thumb|right|Ujima House in Wembley]]


Possible new home of London Hackspace, open for hacking from sometime in July 2018 to at least July 2020.  At 6000 square feet is (557.4 sq m) across two floors, it reflects an opportunity to use space effectively.  
Open for refurbishment in July 2018 to at least July 2020.  At 6000 square feet is (557.4 sq m) across two floors, it gives us an opportunity to use space effectively.  


Note that this is not the whole building, we are looking at most of the ground and first floors.
Note that this is not the whole building, we are looking at most of the ground and first floors.


This is the initial wiki page for the space.  [[Ujima_House/Improvements|'''Lots of Improvements''' to do]] is a list of improvements for long-term hacking in the space.  
This is the initial wiki page for the space.  There is a separate Google Doc for active tasks to work on in the space.  


[[File:Ujima_House_Floorplan_Ground.png|300px|thumb|right|Ground Floor Plan]]
[[File:Ujima_House_Floorplan_Ground.png|300px|thumb|right|Ground Floor Plan]]
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== Current questions ==
== Current questions ==


* '''What is the broadband availability at the place? Is there fibre already?'''  According to the [https://availability.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker SamKnows broadband checker], we can get BT Openreach FTTC and FTTP service but not cable-based broadband.  
* '''What is the broadband availability at the place? Is there fibre already?'''   
 
There is shared fiber broadband for the tenants of the building. Our [[Networking]] page has more details on this.
 
According to the [https://availability.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker SamKnows broadband checker], we can get BT Openreach FTTC and FTTP service but not cable-based broadband.  


An example check with BT using the address for "Honeypot Nursery, Ujima House, 388 High Road, Wembley, HA9 6AR" we see BT Infinity 2 (76Mbit/19Mbit up) is available.  Honeypot Nursery formerly occupied the proposed LHS location and is about 350 feet from the [https://availability.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LWWEM LWWEM Wembley Exchange] but may also get service from [https://availability.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LWNWEM LWNWEM] as well.
An example check with BT using the address for "Honeypot Nursery, Ujima House, 388 High Road, Wembley, HA9 6AR" we see BT Infinity 2 (76Mbit/19Mbit up) is available.  Honeypot Nursery formerly occupied the proposed LHS location and is about 350 feet from the [https://availability.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LWWEM LWWEM Wembley Exchange] but may also get service from [https://availability.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LWNWEM LWNWEM] as well.
* '''Where do the Ethernet cables pictured in photos 21 and 'ground floor cabinet' go?''' Unknown at this time - we'll need to trace where they go in our next visit.  
* '''Where do the Ethernet cables pictured in the 'ground floor networking cabinet' go?'''   These cables were going to jacks in the refurbished part of the ground floor.  They shall be repurposed wherever possible.


=== Crime risk ===
=== Crime risk ===