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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. 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.
- 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 Ms7821 08:02, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Have a chat with the organisers for their experiences

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

Bletchley Park DorkCamp 2011 was nearly here, but turned out to be too small
Poole & Dorset Adventure Centre "limited to about 20 people indoors and 30 in tents"

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+*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.
+** 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)
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