[Mesh] Meeting notes 6/13

Good meeting last night. We covered a lot of ground. I've tried to highlight action items in red below. Wepay campaign: at 2/3ds. $1293. We have 100 mesh routers. Goals of the mesh project: - off the grid communication, - create an alternate way to communicate. more controlled by the people - a way for disadvantage people to get internet access - sustainable business model - share internet connections. everybody has to buy their own internet connection - usable phone service. - why are you paying comcast? - load balancing - access to the internet - .oakland domain name - replacing the internet not controled by the powers - encryption by default - low-bandwidth free internet Name: - sudonet mesh - sudomesh - confusion with the word psuedo - 510pen - optomesh ?? Organization: - nonprofit - 501c3 - paperwork - lots of tax forms - under noisebridge - nonprofit isp run by volunteers - 501c4 same benefits as 501c3 - “social welfare” organization - still get donor tax deduction - orgs might have bias against them - coops - can’t get tax deductible donations - nonprofit where donating can get you on the board - we need to talk to lawyers Business models - cost - buying routers - people adopt routers - people buy routers - couple of full time real employees - mounting routers/antennae - managing of network - bandwidth - electricity - advertising on splash page - name the wifi network as the web address - sell service to business districts - digital bulletin boards - skill share board - begging for cash model - OLPC model, - people pay 2x for themselves and someone else - ISPs ToS don’t allow you to share bandwidth - get local ISPs to contribute - monkeybrains? - competing with Unwired, and their radio frequency - legal advisers??? Metaplanning for node deployment - get in touch with people that have mesh network experience - get familiar - look at google earth for 3d building structures - ham license - study cram sessions - get in touch with that community - aprs network by ham radio operators - weather - packet radio - allows you to mount masts - allows you to amplify wifi - fog/rain? - aprs.fi Mesh protocol Openwrt - cjdns - new - runs as a program - scales ? - encrypted by default - untested - batman-adv - lower level - efficient multicast - no encryption - olsr - older - runs as a program - runs on a lot of devices - more tested - 2000-3000 node network - every node can be part of the mesh - windows, android, linux - babel - really easy?? - Create an image that you can flash on all routers, two options: - script after boot - web page that generates a custom compile - Get people with experience to come talk to us Plan for testing received hardware and inventory management - 100 routers - mostly ubiquity picostations - tagging - barcodes - put it in a spreasheet - etch them end - test them all Plan for getting the local community involved and finding people willing to adopt a node - highschools and college students - Community watch - neighborhood survaillance - generalized outreach Action items - form sub groups Neighborhood choice - San Antonio neighborhood - we have a good partners in the community - LOLspace/Bikery - none of us live there - maybe harder to do troubleshooting/outreach - West Oakland neighborhood