A mesh network grows in Oakland... 5 days left to help us bootstrap!

[Jenny Ryan]

Greetings,

The sudo room mesh networking group has gotten to the point where we are nearly ready to launch a free community wireless network in Oakland, California!

We will be launching the first part of the network with 100+ wifi nodes, and we need your help to raise the money! Even a single dollar helps! We've 9 days left and about $700 to go:

  https://www.wepay.com/donations/oakland-community-mesh-network

Even if you can't contribute monetarily, please consider forwarding this to your friends / social network of choice. You can use this tweet:

A #mesh network grows in #Oakland. Help them bootstrap free as in freedom alternative Internet! http://bit.ly/15UT357

We will provide a free wireless network controlled and maintained by the local community. The network will be used to provide both local community services, post-disaster backup connectivity and free internet connectivity focusing on the less connected communities.

If you're more interested in donating equipment directly, look at our wishlist:

  https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Wishlist

Check out our wiki to learn more about our process, add to our growing list of tips and resources, or join the conversation directly by signing up for our mailing list and stopping by to visit us on IRC (#510pen on Freenode)!

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Jenny
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[rushkoff]

Wow. So beautiful to hear this! I will Tweet.