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Are there similar efforts to follow in other cities? e.g Boston, SF
by tiles 7y ago
Are there similar efforts to follow in other cities? e.g Boston, SF
- frostyj 7y agocommon networks: https://common.net/ https://common.net/
- cure 7y agoYeah, see https://massmesh.org https://massmesh.org for Boston.
- krastanov 7y agoIs the Boston one seeing any progress (admittedly its current incarnation is rather recent)? I am moving there soon and would love to join a mesh network, but from my (superficial) reading of their materials, they do not have yet any nodes you can connect to (as a person not owning roof access for a "super node").
- Karrot_Kream 7y agoSudomesh https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh in Oakland
- derg 7y agoPhiladelphia: https://phillymesh.net/ https://phillymesh.net/
- na85 7y agoI believe Athens[0] was the first, or perhaps just a successful early effort. I remember being quite inspired when I read about it. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Wireless_Metropolitan_Network https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Wireless_Metropolitan...
- spzb 7y agoThere was Consume in the UK (predominantly London) from 2000. http://dek.spc.org/julian/consume/ http://dek.spc.org/julian/consume/
- thwythwy 7y agoComcast & AT&T cast SF's into oblivion: https://www.fastcompany.com/90319916/the-anti-competitive-forces-that-foil-speedy-affordable-broadband https://www.fastcompany.com/90319916/the-anti-competitive-fo...
- psim1 7y agoIf I understand it correctly, the two ways that incumbents are able to kill these efforts are through lower costs and through infrastructure restrictions. Emitting radio waves is both cheaper and lower-infrastructure than laying fiber. The question in my mind is whether the quality holds up.
- thwythwy 7y agoYou forgot pay the opposition party to demagogue. Lobbying has a higher ROI and they can keep treating internet service as a luxury good instead of a commodity.
- jnathsf 7y agoI led this project - it died with the late Mayor Ed Lee. An interim Mayor doesn’t have the political capital to lead something of this scale.
- welder 7y agoSudomesh - Oakland - https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh Althea - Portland - https://althea.net https://althea.net Freifunk - Germany - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk Open Wireless - Global - https://openwireless.org https://openwireless.org