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

Mon Jun 17 13:01:30 PDT 2013

Let's meet and talk about what you are thinking about doing, and how it all
works.

I'm free all day today if you want to grab a coffee someplace, or similar.

-steve

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Miguel Vargas <unroar at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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