We need to find a name that clearly resonates with people. Add your name ideas!
Shortlist
We've talked about having one name for the network and one name for the organization, such that anyone can join the network without being part of the organization.
Naming combinations
We've been yelling out "mesh the planet" for a while and today it was suggested that it could be a name for the mesh network or group. We have already bought meshthepla.net meshtheplanet.net meshtheplanet.org and meshtheplanet.com
Here are some of the naming combinations that have been discussed by the core group recently:
- SSID: peopleswifi.org
- Group: meshtheplanet.org
- SSID: peopleswifi.org
- Group: <A non-descriptive name. E.g. mycelium>
- SSID: peopleswifi.org
- Group: meshtheplanet.org
- SSID: meshtheplanet.net
- Group: peopleswifi.org
- SSID: peopleswifi.net
- Group: ?
- Campaign: meshtheplanet.net
- The campaign would not be an organization but a rallying banner and a website that lists all the world's mesh groups.
- SSID: meshtheplanet.net
- Group: Freedom Uptime
- SSID: meshtheplanet.net
- Group: Aerial Underground
- SSID: stealthiswifi.net
- Group: meshtheplanet.org
Group-favourite names and possible problems
- peopleswifi.org
- It really should be .net, but .net is taken.
- Wifi-specific, which could make it less suitable as the name for the network in general, but fine for the SSID.
- A bit boring/generic-sounding?
- meshtheplanet.net
- Is the ending of net.net a bit awkward?
- Most people don't know what a mesh is.
- wirelesscommons.net
- A bit long.
- A bit boring.
- How many people (taking into account a very wide audience) know what the word commons means?
- People's Wireless Network (PWN)
- It's long. No pwn.something domains are available. peopleswirelessnetwork.net is available but long.
- 510pen
- Tied to geographical location.
- Confusing when spoken.
- In a previous poll most people were against keeping the 510pen name.
- citizenwifi.net
- Are we excluding non-citizens?
- Wifi-specific.
- stealthiswifi.net
- Obscure reference (depending on audience).
- Wifi-specific.
Suggested names
networkunderground dot net comcomcom dot io (community commons communication) c3net dot io openindirection dot net commonconnect dot net hydracom dot net freedomuptime dot net uncensor dot io openrelay dot io manytomany dot io infinitebandwidth dot net indirection dot io homegrowninternet dot org internetliberationfront dot net wirelessliberationfront dot net peoplesrepublicofwifi.net freetether dot net hotandcoldrunningwi dot fi patchroot dot net aerialunderground dot net freepeoples dot net peoplesfree dot net wearethenetwork dot org youarethe dot net stealthiswifi dot net stealthisinternet dot org invisiblecommons dot net unfilter dot io patchfilter dot net patchbounce dot net patchsignal dot net lastmile dot io firstmile dot io packetflow dot net insecurewifi dot net multihop dot org rooftophop dot net peopleswifi dot org indirection dot io freesync dot net nodebounce dot net roofbounce dot net unroutable dot net cantstopthesignal dot io nodehop dot net citizenwifi dot net gaiamesh dot net rebelwifi dot net firefi dot net localareawifi dot net fairfi dot net commonswifi dot net wirelesscommons dot net wycelia dot net wicelia dot net radiofreefi dot net
- 510pen
- Mycelium
- Wicelium
- Sudo Mesh
- Meta Mesh
- Root Net
- Super Web
- The Trunk
- The Field
- Localia
- Locus Est
- Hive 10
- Orga Net
- Open and Notorious
- Sudo Net
- RouteAround or RouteAround.net
- Interworks
- Blob Net
- Netizen
- Ubility
- Wifi Republic
- Wiphoria
- Network Underground
- Oakland Wireless Network (OWN)
- Oakland Community-Organized Resilient Network (OCORN)
- Oakland Community Network
- Cutting Out the Middleman (COM)
- Undying Network Institute (UNI)
- Open Networks Anonymous (ONA)
- High-density Urban Mesh (HUM)
- Open Urban Routing (OUR)
- Bay Area Wireless Transmission (BAWT)
- Bay Area Wireless Network (BAWN)
- Freeband
- Bandgang
- WiFiGang
- WiFree*
- WyFy
- Mycelium (org name)
- WiON*
- ViOWN
- WeOWN
- AlwaysON
- OaklandOWN (Oakland Open Wireless Network)
- Zonal Open Wireless Network (ZOWN)
- OaklandOWNs (Oakland Open Wireless Networks)
- Network Substrate
- Oakland Matrix (OM)
- Oakland Wireless Matrix
- People's Wireless Network (PWN) **
- People's Open Wireless Network (POWN#)
- Webility
- Wibility
- Ubility
- Youbility
- WeFi **
- Localia
- Wicalia
- wearethenetwork.org
- weareinternet
- wearethe.net
- wefi.net
- People's Local Area Network (PLAN) - "Everyone needs a PLAN!"
- pla.net
- co.fi
- vi.fi
- Community Open Wireless Network (CoOWN)
- Oakland Community Open Resiliency Network (OCORN)
- Community Wireless Network (CoWN)
- Community Local Open Wireless Network (CLOWN)
- Connecting Local Oakland Wireless Networks (CLOWNs)
- bandgang.net
word list
Add to it and use it for inspiration:
hack hacker organic fair copy remix create sync information digital net network slack citizen federated band tera terrestrial earth gaia mesh free open access horizontal decentralized local neighborhood village grassroots rebel pervasive ISP service provider people's rebel ether 2.4 roof antenna node replicate bits binary invisible wave electromagnetic packet route peer p2p CQ (seek you) hop flow signal noise stream broadcast omni receive forward bounce aerial path circuit circuitous rambling ramble roundabout indirect omni patch tangle web public rumble patch free speech filter data share give scarcity utility community commons comms com connect multi cast multicast underground participate liberate liberation homegrown line of sight unmetered tether disrupt owned relay trust seed grow tree roots