[Noisebridge-discuss] OT: 510pen, an east bay community wireless mesh network

[Naomi Most]

Awesome. I've been wanting to start or help with a project like this for
quite a while.
My home is at Vulcan Studios, about 1/2 mile from Fruitvale station.  We
have something like 250 people living here among the 50-some studios.  Most
studios maintain their own internet connections.  My own studio provides
connections to 2 other studios and it's awkward and often completely
imbalanced in terms of usage.

What I'm getting at is that I'd love to use the Vulcan as an East Oakland
epicenter and test bed for what you're talking about.

About the Vulcan: it's a warehouse community (now gated!) of artists,
hackers, makers, and gearheads.  We have a couple of front-facing public
institutions: The Roll-Up Bazaar (a combination DIY bikeshop, bike parts
outlet, computer outlet and fix-it shop, and second-hand shop) and the
Vulcan Thai Cafe (decent for brunch).

--Naomi

http://twitter.com/nthmost


On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:14 PM, mark burdett <mfburdett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi noisebridgers, for those of you who live/work/etc in the east bay I
> wanted to let you know about a project I've been working on, called
> 510pen.
>
> Our vision is to build a community wireless mesh network, providing
> low-cost broadband internet access across the east bay.  "Anchor
> nodes" (e.g. offices of community organizations, cafes, folks' homes
> and apartments) will connect the mesh network to the Internet, and we
> also hope to link with other local community wireless networks.
>
> Eventually the network could incorporate itself as a cooperative (like
> the rural telecommunications coops that built the U.S. telephone
> network decades ago); for now we're operating as a sub-project of a
> 501(c)3 non-profit so we can receive grants and donations.
>
> We're just starting to soft-launch the project now (i.e. haven't even
> finished the logo yet), but we're already setting up some test
> deployments of mesh infrastructure in Oakland and Berkeley.
>
> Ping me if you might be interested in setting up a mesh node, which
> will require a small investment in hardware -- unless you happen to
> already have a wireless router compatible with our (open-source) mesh
> firmware, e.g. http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=Pico2HP&eq=&Tp=
>
> Meanwhile you can follow us in the usual places e.g.
> http://twitter.com/510pen
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/510pen/93829078599 to get more updates!
> And, we've been using this list:
> http://lists.cernio.com/mailman/listinfo/cernio-cwn for technical
> discussion re: 510pen and other community wireless networks.
>
> --mark B.
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