[sudo-discuss] [OpenOakland Brigade] [OpenOakland] Community Wireless Networks Across America

Mon Jun 17 12:09:24 PDT 2013

Steve,

Yes! We've been on the hunt for locations in the hills. Lets coordinate a
scouting trip to your house with a couple people from the mesh team.

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not really sure if this is useful or not, but I'd be willing to donate a
> spot on my roof for an antenna. I'm part way up the hills, and have a line
> of sight view of Lake Merritt, chunks of downtown, and a wide swath of the
> flats of Oakland, Emeryville, and Berkeley. Not sure if I can see the
> sudoroom, as it is probably obscured by some taller buildings between here
> and there.
>
> http://goo.gl/maps/bGpNk
>
> Is this useful? Perhaps as a relay between different neighborhoods or
> something?
>
> -steve
>
> On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Miguel Vargas <unroar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Reading that description I'd say our mesh network project at sudoroom is
> probably farther along than what he's offering for giving help, though it
> would still be great to get his help. We recently purchased 100 routers and
> our putting together plans for doing outreach in a neighborhood, which is
> probably going to be  San Antonio in Fruitvale.
>
> If anybody is thinking of donating please consider giviving to our local
> project instead at
> https://www.wepay.com/donations/oakland-community-mesh-network
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Tony Barreca <tony.barreca at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> There's an active Mesh Network project in Oakland once again, the central
>> locus of which is at Sudoroom.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:05 AM, howard dyckoff <howarddy at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Most of the Mesh network activity was previously confined to SF.
>>>
>>> I think there was some activity in North Oakland 2-3 years back.
>>>
>>> If I recall correctly, the cells have to be within half a mile or a
>>> third of a mile of each other....  pls verify, I'm sure the range has
>>> increased  gradually.
>>>
>>> And I think the min cost of a local neighborhood transmitter and
>>> antennae was between $500 and $1000 a few years ago.  I hope that pricing
>>> is better now.
>>>
>>> The problem, I think , is that the areas most in need of this have fewer
>>> and less successful neighborhood associations and fewer households that
>>> could afford to setup mesh nodes.
>>>
>>> That's unfortunate since this could provide really inexpensive internet
>>> access for everyone.
>>>
>>> I am sure "Business Improvement Districts" could be involved, but there
>>> are few of them operating in  East and West Oakland.  We'd need a big
>>> grant to cover those areas -- or a lot of neighborhood organizing.
>>>
>>> And we'd have to plan for some of the equipment being stolen.  As an
>>> example, the new library at 81st Ave, where we held an event earlier this
>>> year,  had many of its computers stolen a few weeks after it opened.
>>>
>>> But I don't want to be too negative here.  I would definitely support
>>> this effort.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Eddie Tejeda <eddie at codeforamerica.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>>
>>>> Checkout this cool project by Preston Rhea, from Open Technology
>>>> Institute at the New America Foundation. He's thinking that Oakland will be
>>>> one of the pilot cities. There  are existing local mesh network projects in
>>>> the area, right? People know how those projects are doing? This could be a
>>>> collaborative opportunity.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://crowdhitch.millennialtrain.co/campaign/detail/1330
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  The project is to spread locally-managed community wireless mesh
>>>>> networks around the country. I'll teach local technologists and community
>>>>> organizers how to use regular Wi-Fi routers and free, open source software
>>>>> to build their own community Internet infrastructure.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The project will use Commotion <http://commotionwireless.net/>, a
>>>>> free, open source software project designed to make it easy for anyone to
>>>>> set up their own mesh network. We'll share tools and methods for
>>>>> participatory technology pedagogy, and the routers that we set up together
>>>>> will remain with the locals to seed their own mesh networks. With these
>>>>> seeds spread, people in each city can continue to grow locally-managed
>>>>> Internet networks and spur innovation on a shared platform accessible to
>>>>> any resident.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Eddie A. Tejeda
>>>>  @eddietejeda
>>>> 2012 Fellow, Code for America
>>>>  http://codeforamerica.org
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