Hi all!
The
People's Open Network is just beginning - an effort to create a community-owned wireless mesh network in the East Bay, providing free wi-fi and a resilient local network hosting local applications. It works by mounting low-cost routers on rooftops and outside of people's homes. The routers are running software that enables them to automatically connect to each other and share connectivity.
For those who haven't heard, last week
Sudo Mesh announced
our developer launch. We're testing the firmware with an initial batch of ~20 nodes run by folks with networking skills who can help us debug. If this is you, please get in touch! We have a
mailing list and an
IRC channel, and meet weekly at Sudo on Thursday evenings starting at 7:30pm.
The point of this email, however, is to request folks to add to our
community outreach spreadsheet. We're reaching out to non-profits, schools, churches, libraries, coops and other communities who may be interested in supporting the mesh - either through hosting a node, getting the word out, creating a partnership w/ People's Open Network, and/or working on local services and applications we can run on the network.