OMG!!! That's fantastic, Russell! - Sam
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]>wrote: > > Today I received the text of an agreement with the City of Portland > for transfer of decommissioned hardware previously owned by MetroFi. > My understanding is that initially, this will consist of the 80-some > devices currently on City facilities, that City of Portland > Transportation crews can remove. The agreement has three > stipulations, none of which seems a problem, paraphrasing: > > a) no warranty; > > b) the City will deliver the donated property to one site of our > choosing (and has some reasonable conditions on this occurring in > a timely fashion); > > c) if we can't use some of the donated property, we are required to > dispose of it in an environmentally responsible manner with > qualified regional recyclers and/or disposal facilities. > > With the understanding that Free Geek would be a qualified regional > recycler and that they'll accept the parts we can't use, I see no > insurmountable problems in these requirements, and after I consult > with the PTP Board of Directors, I am prepared to sign the agreement. > > One of the challenges will be to find a place to store the devices. > Initially, we can accept the devices at my house. I have some storage > space available. In order to stack more densely, the SkyExtenders can > have their omni-antennas, mounting hardware and power injectors > separated in about 15 minutes. The result is the "main can" portion, > which is about 24 inches tall and about 12-inches in diameter at the > base, tapering to 9 inches in diameter at the top. In this condition, > the devices can easily be reconstituted later for use intact. > > 80 devices at 2 cubic feet each is 160 cubic feet, that's about 13 > linear feet of devices stacked 6 feet high. > > Should we find that intact-use is infeasable, with another 10-20 > minutes work we can break these down into much smaller and/or > disposable parts that would stack more densely. > > In addition to my basement, we have had an offer of storage space in > the basement of OakTree Digital (downtown), which we'll need to > confirm. > > In addition to 12 we have received previously and the 80 we should be > receiving soon, we may be in line for the 600-some-odd more devices > that are on PGE-owned street lights, though that is a bit further off, > as the City determines how it intends to have those taken down. > > There are several ways I'll be looking for help amongst members and > friends of PTP. First, we could use help in the dismantling. Also, we > may need help storing and/or transporting devices, loading and > unloading. If people besides me want to experiment with these things, > to determine some way of creatively reusing them and/or add to the > public body of knowledge about them, that would be utterly fantastic. > Just contact me. > > We will also be seeking partners in the community so that these > devices might be put to use. We'd like to work with those partners to > find mounting locations and bandwidth that can be used to support > community wireless networks. > > Thanks! > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > [email protected] > > -- > The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ > Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate > Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ > Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette > List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- Sam Churchill (www.dailywireless.org)
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