pallet of high gain (11dbi) directional wifi antenna's up for auction:
https://www.auctionbdi.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1158888078
Fitz says they can probably be won for $25 and i think he's willing to bid
on them for sudomesh
so if sudomesh wants them, they should tell Fitz how much Sudomesh will
pay for the lot. 140 pounds of antennas.
Fitz, did you have a datasheet on these antennas? I believe i recall they
were wideband in the 900MHz and 2.4GHz bands?
-jake
Last Sunday we gave out 6 nodes to neighbors of the Omni.
Most people who have joined PeoplesOpen in the past are people who are
attracted to the technical and/or political message of mesh networks.
They're willing to put in some effort and are often somewhat technically
savvy.
The people we gave nodes to on Sunday had not heard of PeoplesOpen before
we rang their doorbell, and were often hesitant about the idea, thinking
that it would be technically difficult or intimidating.
I think that we need to think about what will make it as easy as possible
for a new user to get a node set up.
Another consideration is conversion. I think it's really hard to convince
someone to hook a node up to their ISP connection and contribute upstream
bandwidth the first time you knock on their door. If the dashboard has some
information about how much data has been forwarded, this could help people
feel ownership of the network and make them more likely to contribute
bandwidth.
Draft 1:
Hi, I'm a PeoplesOpen.net node. I connect to other nodes around me to move
internet data. If there are enough nodes in an area, we form a "mesh
network" which can provide internet access without the need for an ISP.
Right now, I have 3 mesh neighbors: *mesh26*,* mesh11*, and* sally_b.*
We're connected to the internet through *mesh26*.
I've transferred *10gb* of data to and from my neighbors.
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I can also connect to a home internet connection and donate bandwidth to
the PeoplesOpen.net. Donated bandwidth is what keeps the network going.
I'll automatically stop sharing bandwidth if you are using your connection.
You can turn sharing on and off here:
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| Start Sharing |
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I've transferred *0gb* of data to and from the internet.
Hey guys Leslie jake and I are here and want to get on the roof to run
cables before it gets dark.
Anyone know where the key is?
Also I brought pizza!
Will
Hey guys,
We're planning to go door to door in the neighborhood around the omni to
set up nodes this afternoon from 4-6pm.
Plan to meet at the omni at 3:45pm.
Reply if you can make it.
Will Martin
Some people on the mesh are experiencing issues where many sites are
unreachable when accessed through peoplesopen.net
I looked into it and couldn't find anything obvious wrong, and it's fairly
strange since no-one has changed anything recently. I'm going to dedicate
some time to the issue this weekend.
In the mean time, please do let me know if anyone outside of west oakland
is experiencing this problem.
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marc/juul
