[Battlemesh] battlemesh v4 sponsorship

[ulf kypke]

hi saverio and others,
sorry for the late mail.

1. i dont know yet if i can come to spain.
2. as far as i know, ubnt is not willing to sponsor, specially they
start to roll out hardware running more and more not opensource
software.
3. but if you want to be sure about this, you can write an open letter
from the battle mesh organisation to the ubnt's founder / ceo robert
j. pera. his mail is his first name at ubnt dot com.

so long ulf




2011/1/26 Albert Homs i Gall <alberthoms at gmail.com>:
> Didn't find any other adrres, somebody can help?
>
> 2011/1/26 Benjamin Henrion <bh at udev.org>
>>
>> I doubt you will get an answer by writing to "info at ubnt.com".
>>
>> Either you know someone inside Ubiquity...
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Albert Homs i Gall
>> <alberthoms at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I write you on behalf of the battemesh organization, hosted in this 4th
>> > version by guifi.net open network
>> > What is it?
>> > The wireless battle mesh is a kind-of a tournament between open source
>> > mesh
>> > routing protocols. Previous events had been a very productive meetings
>> > where
>> > developers, networking activists, academics shared knowledge. Protocols
>> > also
>> > improved in every event, since developers are looking at a real mesh
>> > network
>> > usage they can solve bugs, test new implementations and use others ideas
>> > and
>> > so improve their protocols
>> > Where is it?
>> > This v4 will take place near Barcelona form the 16th to the 20th of
>> > march
>> > Who will be there?
>> > We expect for this event about 50 people, mostly from european
>> > countries.
>> > They are openwrt developers, mesh routing protocols developers,
>> > networking
>> > academics and students and open networks activists. In addition during
>> > the
>> > weekend the guifi.net yearly event will take place in the same venue and
>> > we
>> > expect for this about 50 to 100 people more
>> > How it works?
>> > During the first days developers get their packages ready to be
>> > installed on
>> > the devices to be deployed. Now we use near a 100 foneras using openwrt
>> > as
>> > main software. After all the devices are ready they are deployed all
>> > over
>> > the testing area and some test are performed: packet loss, bandwith
>> > available, routing loops detection...
>> > After all the tests are made results are analyzed and shared to the
>> > comunnity and one protocol wins (or not) since it performs better than
>> > others
>> >
>> > Why we need your help?
>> > Mainly for two reasons:
>> > 1-. Travel budget: we would like to share this event with people from
>> > outside Europe, but as you will suppose travel expenses prevents people
>> > from
>> > getting to the event. It'll be very kind if you cover part of this costs
>> > 2-. Hardware: we use mainly fonera since it's a very cheap hardware but
>> > needless to say that those devices are really outdated. Since your
>> > hardware
>> > had proven to be really good and reliable and quite openwrt-friendly
>> > it'll
>> > be a really good chance to stress them up and see how they perform. A
>> > donation of several of your devices (picostation's or similar) would be
>> > of
>> > great help
>> > Why it will useful for you?
>> > For several reasons:
>> > 1-. Since all the code used is FOSS you'll have a real benchmark and
>> > it'll
>> > be easier to decide if it's worth implementing some of it to your
>> > devices
>> > 2-. Since big part of the world's community networks will be present
>> > your
>> > help will be a great marketing operation between these early adopters
>> > and
>> > encourage their networks to use more off your stuff
>> > 3-. Your FOSS helper reputation will increase
>> > 4-. Some folks will discover your existence (if's there is still someone
>> > that doesn't know your devices :P)
>> > 5-. Internet visibility when your collaboration is spread all over in
>> > blogs,
>> > social networks, web sites and so on
>> > Where can you get more info?
>> > At the event site www.battlemesh.org
>> > At wbm4 at exo.cat
>> > By phone +34622179026
>> > Waiting for your reply
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>>
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