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We need to find a name that clearly resonates with people. | 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 | |||
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*SSID: peopleswifi.org | |||
*Group: <A non-descriptive name. E.g. mycelium> | |||
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*SSID: peopleswifi.org | |||
*Group: meshtheplanet.org | |||
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*SSID: meshtheplanet.net | |||
*Group: peopleswifi.org | |||
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*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. | |||
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*SSID: meshtheplanet.net | |||
*Group: Freedom Uptime | |||
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*SSID: meshtheplanet.net | |||
*Group: Aerial Underground | |||
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*SSID: stealthiswifi.net | |||
*Group: meshtheplanet.org | |||
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*SSID: rooftophop.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. | |||
==Naming Poll Results== | |||
*1. Peoples WiFi (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) | |||
*2. People's Wireless Network (PWN) loses to Peoples WiFi by 10–6 | |||
*3. Tied: | |||
**Wireless Commons loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–7, loses to People's Wireless Network (PWN) by 10–8 | |||
**510pen loses to Peoples WiFi by 10–8, loses to People's Wireless Network (PWN) by 12–7 | |||
*5. Tied: | |||
**Commons WiFi loses to Peoples WiFi by 12–4, loses to Wireless Commons by 11–5 | |||
**People's Local Area Network (PLAN) loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–7, loses to Wireless Commons by 11–5 | |||
*7. Wireless Liberation Front loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–6, loses to Commons WiFi by 11–7 | |||
*8. Freeband loses to Peoples WiFi by 10–6, loses to Wireless Liberation Front by 9–6 | |||
*9. Tied: | |||
**Share This WiFi loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–4, loses to Freeband by 10–5 | |||
**RoofTopHop loses to Peoples WiFi by 9–6, loses to Freeband by 9–6 | |||
*11. People's Open Wireless Network (POWN#) loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–6, loses to Share This WiFi by 9–7 | |||
*12. Local Area WiFi loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–6, loses to People's Open Wireless Network (POWN#) by 10–6 | |||
*13. Open Wireless Network (OWN) (write-in) loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–5, loses to Local Area WiFi by 9–6 | |||
*14. Tied: | |||
**FireFi loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–5, loses to Open Wireless Network (OWN) (write-in) by 9–5 | |||
**Network Underground loses to Peoples WiFi by 12–4, loses to Open Wireless Network (OWN) (write-in) by 8–6 | |||
*16. CitizenWiFi loses to Peoples WiFi by 12–4, loses to Network Underground by 7–5 | |||
*17. Aerial Underground loses to Peoples WiFi by 12–4, loses to CitizenWiFi by 8–4 | |||
*18. Steal This WiFi loses to Peoples WiFi by 11–6, loses to Aerial Underground by 7–6 | |||
*19. ShareWiFi (write-in) loses to Peoples WiFi by 14–3, loses to Steal This WiFi by 11–6 | |||
*20. WirelessCommons.net (write-in) loses to Peoples WiFi by 18–1, loses to ShareWiFi (write-in) by 17–1 | |||
*21. CommunityWiFi (write-in) loses to Peoples WiFi by 19–1, loses to WirelessCommons.net (write-in) by 18–2 | |||
= Suggested names = | |||
<pre> | |||
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 | |||
</pre> | |||
*510pen | *510pen | ||
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*Super Web | *Super Web | ||
*The Trunk | *The Trunk | ||
*The Field | |||
*Localia | |||
*Locus Est | |||
*Hive 10 | *Hive 10 | ||
*Orga Net | *Orga Net | ||
*Open and Notorious | *Open and Notorious | ||
*Sudo Net | *Sudo Net | ||
*RouteAround or RouteAround.net | |||
*Interworks | |||
*Blob Net | |||
*Netizen | |||
*Ubility | |||
*Wifi Republic | |||
*Wiphoria | |||
*Network Underground | |||
*Oakland Wireless Network (OWN) | *Oakland Wireless Network (OWN) | ||
*Oakland Community-Organized Resilient Network (OCORN) | *Oakland Community-Organized Resilient Network (OCORN) | ||
*Oakland Community Network | *Oakland Community Network | ||
*Cutting Out the Middleman (COM) | *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: | |||
<pre> | |||
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 | |||
</pre> |