Mesh/11 April 2013
Attendees
- Connor, Roman, Marc, Jenny
Notes
- Update on current state of the project
- Want to research the giant mesh projects in Germany and Athens
- Roman advises against Ubiquiti UAP line. recommends Ruckus
- Fon - large-scale initiative for sharing bandwidth / creating a global map of access points
- CloudCracker
Needs
- Hardware: Antennas, routers, rooftops
Low-Bandwidth Mesh
- Decentralized Twitter, bootable USB with a map and messages being transmitted via software-defined radios
ISPs in the Bay Area
- MonkeyBrains, Cogen (http://www.cogentco.com/),
- WebPass
- Unwired - line of sight to the East Bay hills
Action Items
- Awesome Foundation Grant Proposal
- Install new router at LOLspace (Roman)
Future Dates
- April 18: Test satellite dishes w/ new wifi usbs, 5pm(?) at sudo
- April 20-21(?): Install new node at LOLspace
- May 6: One Laptop Per Child Dissertation Defense