Get ahold of me outside of Slashdot... myke at hempfest.org...

SlashDot is just one avenue of researching this...

Being as the event is free to attend, including the cost of wifi into the ticket price wouldn't work here. It is for the festival organizers, not the public...

I should also point out that the 4G this year has been much better than previous years, but still leaves much to be desired.

With over 1000 volunteers who need to check in for insurance and permit reasons, doing that on paper would create even longer lines. The 4G isn't used for YouTube, FaceBook, Reddit, etc. only for check-in...

Yeah, that's EXACTLY how we run things. Funny how people can make judgements on people they've never met and events they've most likely never attended...

It's amazing how the "non-stoners" can come out sounding less intelligent than those who partake, isn't it...? That's why you posted under "Anonymous Coward."

I can confirm that the post appeared by the next day after posting it, and it was definitely posted after the 2013 event, in preparation for the 2014 event.

I would love to have a mesh setup, suggestions on software/hardware..?

As this isn't open to the general public, we will have less need for caching since the internal systems are mostly text based web pages...

The hotspots will be password protected...

It's funny how the "non potheads" can't think outside the box enough to realize this is for the 2014 Hempfest, not the 2013 one which ended last weekend on the 18th... ;)

Cable, fiber, and DSL are difficult, if not impossible, to run into Myrtle Edwards park, and I'm guessing the city would never allow it unless it was their idea.

As a passive repeater, possibly...?

OP was completely sober when posting the question. Trust me, I know him. ;)

We do have generators on-site...

You missed a few stereotypes in there...

True, but I'm getting a head start on the 2014 (August 15-17, always the third weekend in August) Hempfest... ;)