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Subject: Re: [Mesh] Re: [sudo-discuss] Re: [omni-events] changing our
internet to Monkeybrains
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:03:24 -0800
From: Jenny Ryan <jenny(a)peoplesopen.net>
To: mesh(a)sudoroom.org
From a mounted mast, we can't hit anything north of the 24/580 bridge iirc
LMI is preferred due to being solar-powered. They have the same
reseller/sharing terms as Sonic.
Monkeybrains would be cool if we can get it :) Omni is unfortunately
surrounded by highways and condos, hence not being the hub of WiFi we'd
love it to be...
On 2/10/23 14:40, Ajay Tallam wrote:
> Hi all,
> Â It seems important to know the costs before moving forward.
> Also, I believe there were a few proposals on the table from my
> earlier thread about creating a point to point link?
> One was to just have one of the neighbors get sonic/lmi fiber and
> shoot to them.
> The other was to share internet with the long haul, just shoot it down
> shattuck, which would greatly support that struggling space that has
> the gigabit LMI service but it's a strain on the budget for us (LH).
> Also, I remember being told that LMI is much preferred to Sonic due to
> its policies around resharing internet. I would want to know what
> Monkeybrains policy is, it feels contingent to ensure all decisions
> made don't impact the Mesh or other projects.
> I'd like to suggest investigating these options before moving
> forward. I would be interested in being in any conversations,
> installs, etc.
> warmly,
> ajay
>
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I talked with Monkeybrains and apparently we can get internet from them! It
will be much better than what we have now, and our politics and goals are very
aligned.
from their website:
https://www.monkeybrains.net/
"Monkeybrains is a San Francisco based ISP founded by Rudy Rucker and Alex
Menendez in 1998. With their crew of like-minded renegades, these two are
bringing affordable, hassle-free, month-to-month internet service to the
residents and businesses of San Francisco. Monkeybrains customers appreciate
our incredible speed-to-cost ratio and our ability to install quickly, with
minimal wait time from lead to install.
In the late 90's Monkeybrains started out as a dial-up ISP running out of a
warehouse in San Francisco. We ran the whole thing with a few desktop
computers connected to a bunch of modems. In the early 2000s we moved
operations to the datacenter and began offering web hosting and collocation
services. In 2009 Monkeybrains dramatically expanded the ISP by offering
wireless Internet access. We have come a long way since those dial-up days!
Monkeybrains now operates a hybrid network of fiber optic and high capacity
wireless links servicing over 20,000 locations with over 100 new locations
coming online every week. With every installation, we push the limits of
available technology and over-deliver bandwidth. We took this approach during
a recent campaign where Monkeybrains delivered 300Mbps+ to approved residents
of San Francisco using equipment only previously seen on commercial buildings.
Our focus within San Francisco has enabled us to have a personal relationship
with the individuals, businesses and communities we serve. In addition to our
personal approach to service and support, Monkeybrains takes a progressive
stance on Net Neutrality and we believe the Internet should be secure,
unbiased and available to all! View our customer map to see if we are
available in your area."
Does anyone know who we have internet service with now, how much we pay, and
whether there's a penalty for cancelling after we get service with
Monkeybrains?
Does anyone have questions or objections to Omni switching over?
-jake
Hey folks!
At a recent meeting we agreed to change the meeting schedule back to how it
used to be: now, general meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month,
and all other Wednesdays are parties. You can still bring up any business
at a party, but the change is meant to allow people to know which meetings
are likely to be most active.
I will be at Sudoroom for tonight‘s party and encourage anyone to stop by
in person or online. The next real meeting will be the first Wednesday of
March. The agenda for tonight‘s party is hang out and share projects, and
discuss a new calendar plug-in I’m testing. If you wanna add anything else
this agenda, reply below!
Here is the calendar I’m testing. The big differences are that it’s much
easier to make events in this plug-in, and anyone can sync the calendar to
Google calendars or icalendar. Thoughts?
Sudoroom.org/calendar-two
Andy
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412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
I attended my first thursday javascript session and everyone agreed to
rename it Progrmaming! everything! everywhere! all at once!
I stuck Michelle Yeoh on the flyer if that's ok (I don't want to make stuff
too commercial but her hot dog fingers and the movie reminded us that stuff
is always perpetually changing)
Last session we talked about using chatGPT. Even though it's trendy it was
a cool debate, and someone used it to create a learning curriculum for
learning programming, and even had it construct lessons plans that he was
tweaking.
The conversation got a little spicy we talked about if chat gpt would
replace teachers (some people thought it would, some though it wouldn't.).
The next one is next Thursday!
https://sudoroom.org/events/javascript-thursdays-2023-02-02/
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
I want to make a newsletter for sudoroom! I think it's pretty cool and it
will help donations as well as showcase lal the cool stuff people are doing
Here's the monthly rock paper scissors collective newsletter!
It's pretty cool. I think ours would be less frequent, maybe once every
two months?
https://mailchi.mp/rpscollective/new-rpsc-location-and-latest-news-8837070?…
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i'm looking for a connector (with wires already on it ideally but i'll take
the kit if that's what's available) like this:
https://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/sd/436450800_sd.pdf
number 43645-0800 which is the eight-pin connector but i also happen to need
two of the two-pin ones, although those are less of a problem for me right
now.
I'm talking about the "plug" end which has holes for metal pins to stick into,
from a connector that mounts on a board. I need the end that goes on wires.
thank you!
-jake
weird question but
i'm looking for plastic drinking straws to use for bike wheel lights. I know
they're illegal in california so i figure people probably have some stashed
and hoarded and don't want to give them up, but we need them.
we're planning another bike light making session and then a bikelight
installing event before the next East Bay Bike Party, which happens on
February 11th from Rockridge BART (nearby sudoroom!)
I want to make lights like these to go on wheels:
https://www.radlicht.com/store/products/radlicht-bike-wheel-light-red/
we have tons of battery holders with switches, plus we can make some sort of
automatic thing to turn them on - not sure how to do that yet so suggestions
are welcome! Probably a two-state tilt thing that charges a capacitor to turn
on a FET to turn on the lights, so it only takes power when the wheel is
turning.
-jake
Hey Peter,
Thanks for drawing my attention to the occultation.
It was fun to watch even with the light pollution we have in the city.
When mars got very close to the moon, my eyes couldn't see it because the
moon is so much brighter but the Griffith Park telescope in LA streamed the
view of the setting and rising of mars nicely.
Here's a photo taken by my friend Hector in Waterford, CA
[image: signal-2023-01-30-182913.jpeg]
