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