"If you use the internet and are based in the Alton area, maybe you might like to help with a project a number of us are trying to start. BT currently don't offer any broadband internet offerings in Alton, however we do have several people with permanent internet connections who may be prepared to share their connection "at cost" with others. What we are planning is to create our own mini "Wide Area Network" around Alton using low cost wireless network adaptors. These adaptors require no connection to the phone network and no licence to use, just a small antenna similar to a TV aerial on the roof of your house or building."

http://www.kcip.com/wireless/

March 2002

Welcome to arwain

Fed up with the high cost of internet access and network installation? Want to explore the promise of Broadband ? Looking for a flexible, future resistant and cost effective solution to local network needs?

Now with arwain everyone can build the new network. arwain members are building a PILOT network in Cardiff right now, using off the shelf and license free wireless network technology (802.11) and developing free software to manage the connections.

arwain is now a fast growing membership an eclectic, not-for-profit club, open to anyone.

www.arwain.net

Currently, this is a small network, and everyone in it is known to everyone else. As such there aren't really any problems with issues of trust and scalability. If the network expands, however, this may change. I am not sure what everyone else's intentions for this network are, nor do I want to impose what I think upon everyone else. However, currently the main reasons for this at the moment seem to be primarily as a learning experience, which hopefully this can remain for the time being.

Below are some ideas, and future services. Some of these will be implemented, other's won't

• OSPF/BGP Essential for handling routing over more than one hop. Also useful for building redundant links and if looking at wireless networking.
• Redundant routing over wireless links There are a few people in Edinburgh interesting in a wireless lan using 802.11 networking. Combining this with a number of cable modems and adsl, and it could make a very stable network.
• LDAP for a global userbase I currently have ldap over my lan on weegie, and I will be getting replication working with that as well soon. With that, it should be possible to have one authorative ldap database for the whole vpn. From this, users can be given access to open services on the whole network in one go.
• Kerberos authentication More of a toy really, but it may be nice if anyone's interested.
• Communal Services exposed to the outside world

http://mail.weegie.net/backnet

The PENNY WLAN

BATH - United Kingdom

Following suggestions from Charles Babbage (the worlds first operational research, programmable calculator and cybernetic systems pioneer) Sir Roland Hill set up the world's first modern postage stamp based postal service here in the ancient Roman city of Bath, based on the original and revolutionary concept of "The Penny Post" ... Inventor William Friese Greene pioneer of cinema movie pictures began work here. In recent years Bath has been at the centre of promoting Community WLANS around the World. It has hosted the first experiments in community network media and is home of the first International Community WLAN promoting website www.wlan.org.uk.

The ethos of the "Penny WLAN" like the "Penny Post" is "Universal quality service at zero to low cost".

http://www.wlan.org.uk/community-internet

Local enthusiasts aim for a long range U.K. Government LICENCED "Amateur Radio WLAN Repeater" (also believed to be the first of its kind) sited on a hill and tall residential block by courtesy of G7ABU the University of Bath Radio Society.......

BRIGHTLINGSEA WLAN

Brightlingsea WLAN

This website shows what broadband is really all about. WiFi can deliver a broadband service for Brightlingsea now. Meanwhile, BT has been dragging its feet, claiming for many years that they have been unable to deliver an economic broadband service over its old copper lines. It is now time to catch up with the 21st century.

http://www.mhccorp.com/broadband4brightlingsea/welcome.html

Oct 2003

CONSUME - BRIGHTON

Welcome to the website for the Brighton nodes of consume.net, which is a project run by private individuals with the purpose of creating an open, fast, free, wireless computer network..

The basic idea is that you get an 802.11b wireless network card, connect an external aerial to increase the range, and connect them up to form a network. You then have the possiblity of sharing any broadband internet services that might be available, free of charge.

http://www.radiolink.net/consume-brighton/

Pier To Pier - BRIGHTON

Alec Waters

http://www.piertopier.net

Nov 2003

Bristol

SS Gt. Britain

Bristol - U.K.

Historic in communications as builders' of the world's first modern ocean passenger liner, first steel suspension bridge and first high speed supersonic passenger aircraft.

Clifton Suspension Bridge

http://www.bristolwireless.net/index.php

The Bristol branch of the Consume network. To enhance the community by providing a high-speed data network for everyone.

consume.andylaurence.co.uk

Easton Community Centre: Study
http://www.psand.net/clan/

July 2002

BRISTOL WIRELESS

Bristol Wireless is a co-operative set up to develop a free-to-access broadband intranet using radio, with the emphasis on supplying ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) that are relevant, permanent and affordable to communities that find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide.

It sets out first and foremost to provide a local, high speed wireless computer network to serve the immediate community and allow them access to a high speed internet connection for information and entertainment. Bristol Wireless seeks to create a digital environment built by local people for local people.

We will introduce completely profit-free broadband internet access that can deliver distance learning, non-commercial internet radio, television and video communications via local, community-owned co-operatives, businesses or groups..

We are currently running a grant-funded project to provide internet access to parts of the St Pauls and St Werburghs areas of Bristol.

http://www.bristolwireless.net/

October 2007

Calder Co-Operative

In May 2003, 3-C was just an idea. By the end of September, we had nearly 300 members and by the middle of October we're already the main supplier of broadband to the Hebden Bridge area.

3-C grew from the need for broadband in Hebden Bridge and the Calder Valley exchange areas, and the realization we were in danger of being left behind in the technical possibilities offered by the new technology. We wanted to put our area back at the forefront of digital developments.

In March 2002, the Hebden Bridge Web started its campaign for broadband, including an online forum. Extensive informed discussion on this forum revealed that there was very wide concern at the lack of fast Internet access.

http://www.3-c.coop/wireless.html

Dec 2005

CORK WIRELESS

Republic of IRELAND

http://www.corkwireless.com

Oct 2003

Our Objective

"Always Available Low cost BroadBand + Free Community Broadband Network"
"Easy to access just turn your machine on press a button or click an Icon and you are in"

http://www.digitalparish.com/HayComNet.html

http://www.digitalparish.com/index.html

May 2003

Essex Broadband

Essex Broadband is a not-for-profit project to provide wireless broadband Internet access to specific areas of Essex (Basildon will be covered initially) from as little as £15 per month. All money is put directly into maintaining and building the network further.

Essex Broadband is a project to provide county wide broadband Internet and also the generation of a community media service which can be used to carry VoIP (Telephone Calls & Radio), Video (real time streaming media, such as Television pictures) and the Internet.

The network will be a fully routed network, which would also allow connections from any point in it to any other point in the network, allowing full high bandwidth two way point to point communications, which allows real time near television quality video communications (videophone calls) and other P2P applications, such as Gnutella and Kazaa (Lite).

http://www.essexbroadband.com/index.php

7th July 2003

WEST ESSEX WLAN

Roothings.net is a not-for-profit company set up to manage the introduction and direction of Broadband Internet access to villages in west Essex not connected by BT or the Cable TV companies. The company is an amalgamation of the three groups that submitted bids in the East of England Development Agency's "Connecting Communities Competition". The three groups are Hatfield Heath Broadband, Hatfield Broad Oak Broadband and The Rodings Broadband.
The purpose of this site is to provide information and to encourage dialogue on the proposed introduction.

http://www.eastspace.net/hfbb/

Oct 2003

Profit-free broadband internet access can give access to broadband to all sections of the community. This provision of free, high speed access to a network can encourage participation in modern neighborhood community development with the provision of a local intranet.

You will need a PC and a 802.11b wireless adaptor. You will probably also need some sort of antenna unless you are very near to one of our nodes. If you are able to help by installing an AP (wireless access point) with internet access at your home/work then you will be helping everyone in the area as well as getting you in contact with local users ....if you cant and just want access to our network or the internet that's fine as well

That's what community WLAN is all about, "helping each other"

This initiative in setting up EWLAN is being taken up locally by a small number of Computer Enthusiasts and Radio Amateurs who have been involved for some time in an amateur radio network but now the opportunity for everyone to use WLAN's has been provided by the easy availability of wireless cards for PCs

http://ewlan.g8gon.com/

"FRARS members with an interest in wireless networking are keen to experiment with this technology and build a community wireless network. Members of the Flight Refulling Amateur Radio Society are currently working on building a community wireless network which will give members 11mbps access to each other and the Internet. This network will use cheap 802.11b network cards.

FRARS have undertaken projects related to Wireless LAN technology, which have been written up and included on this site for your information."

14km 802.11b WLAN Test at 5.5Mbps

(Photos)

SWR Meter

http://www.frars.org.uk

March 2002

GLASGOW NET

http://lodge.glasgownet.com

http://lists.glasgownet.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/

glasgownet.com

Dec 2002

Hastings Community Mesh Network

. Feeed provide community wireless networking with internet access in the Hastings, St. Leonards-on-sea and Eastbourne area. In some areas the Feeed service is available right now. Other neighbourhoods will be coming on-line shortly. Check our Node Map to see if your location falls within one of our coverage areas. Or join the website to register your interest and we'll do our best to get you connected first!

Soon you'll be able to connect to the Feeed Mesh and Broadband Internet from homes, offices, hotels, cafes.... well anywhere really, across Hastings, St. Leonards and Eastbourne. And because there's no wires involved, its as easy to use as your mobile phone!

As a not-for-profit group, we concentrate on keeping costs low, so membership of the Feeed Mesh Networking Club is inexpensive and flexible. You may try our service to see if you like it, or unsubscribe for those times when you're not using it.

www.feeed.net.

Oct 2003

ILKLEY NET

Ilkley Wireless! is the idea of 3 Ilkley youngsters, Steven, Stephen and Andrew
Who all believe that the internet should be for everyone who wants to use it and not just those who can afford £30 a month.

Currently the only area's covered by the service are:
East Parade Very good coverage
Gordon Street Very good coverage
Thwaits Avenue Good coverage
West Parade Good coverage
Dean Street Good coverage

http://www.ilkleynet.co.uk/

Jan 2004

Isleham Broadband -

East Cambridgeshire District

We have introduced a community Wireless Broadband system which has enabled villagers (you) to access the Internet reliably at high speed. BT Broadband will not come here to Isleham for a long time.

This is an Isleham community based service - its objectives are to enable everyone to participate and have access to low cost high speed Internet. It will not make large profits but will be sustainable. An allocation of surplus profits will be used to fund further Isleham community projects.

http://www.islehamnet.co.uk/

March 2004

Carlow WAN

Cork WAN

Limerick WAN

Waterford WAN

Wexford WAN

http://www.irishwan.org/

Isle of Wight WLAN UK

• RyDE & surounding villages (Courtesy of BroadBandWight)1,000 plus user network planned
• BemBridge, Seaview, St Helens, Brading
• NewPort & Carisbrooke
• SandownAndShanklin
• East & West Cowes
• Ventnor
• FreshWaterAndWestWight Live with free wireless network service and subscription broadband!(Courtesy of TurboWeb.www)

And later other villages

http://consume.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/IoWNetWorkPlan

Dec 2002

Kent Wireless - England

Kent Wireless is a group of individuals interested in creating a community wireless network in the Kent area. Basically the goal is to be able to go anywhere in Kent and have free net access via an 802.11b connection. We plan to have nodes throughout Kent..

So far we have nodes in Maidstone, Gillingham, Rainham, Rochester, Chatham, Sittingbourne and Herne Bay.

http://www.kentwireless.net

KINGSBRIDGE - S. DEVON

http://www.kingsbridgelink.co.uk/

Oct 2003

Lancaster Mesh

LancasterMesh runs on the Locust World system, and all configuration and registration is done at Wiana. To Join in, create a wireless node using the Locust World system and set your SSID to "LancasterMesh", and as long as you are within range of another node you should automatically become part of the mesh. Feel free to join in the forums, or if you want to take part in developing LocustWorld to run on a Linksys WRT54G, take a look at the LocustWorld/WRT54G wiki.

Darren.

http://www.lancastermesh.co.uk/

April 2006

Lancaster Wireless

Lancaster Wireless - U.K

This site is designed as a place for people in Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and the surrounding area with an interest in creating community wireless networks to get together and share information, ideas or just ask questions.
Pictures:

http://www.lancasterwireless.org.uk/gallery/albums.php

http://www.lancasterwireless.org.uk/

March 2004

Leeds and Area Consume

[Click to Map]

This isn't an official "Consume" web site ... what it is though is an attempt to kick start some form of wireless network in the Leeds area.

http://www.503.gink.org/consume/

Dec 2002

A club to promote the use of high speed computer networking using licence-exempt wireless transmission throughout the L&D area for the benefit of the local community.

http://www.wlan.freeuk.com/

Get involved with Manchester Wireless

and help build

a broadband network in your own community

Manchester Wireless are dedicated to setting up a free, public wireless network in Manchester. We believe that the data networks of the future will be as important infrastructure as roads and railways, and it is vital that these networks are not monopolised by a small few, but are run in the interests of the local community.
  Manchester Wireless aim to create a city-wide wireless network using freely available off-the-shelf hardware, and free, open-source software.

http://www.manchesterwireless.net/

2004

The wireless alternative

Martlesham Heath. A housing estate that sits in the shadow of BT Adastral Park, where BT develop exciting new technologies to bring high speed, low latency, always on broadband connectivity to the majority of the UK population.... .......But not to Martlesham Heath.

In the absence of ADSL, there is a way out of the 30-56k sometimes-on often-crackly-line frequently-disconnected hell that we live in. It is called 802.11.

This technology allows computers that are not physically connected to communicate with each other to speeds 2-10 times faster than ADSL to ranges of 500m

http://www.martleshamwireless.org.uk

August 2002

Here are some notes about building a wireless network for use by the community around you. The technology is used to provide high speed, permanently on connectivity between the members of your community. In the case of the network we built in our village we have a measured throughput of 6 Mbit/sec. This is more than fast enough for applications such as IP telephony, video conferencing, multi-player network games or streaming MP3 from a central server. A secondary function of the network is to provide access to the Internet as anyone connected to the network.

All this can be had for a very small amount of money and some money by using standard off the shelf wireless ethernet equipment using the 802.11 family of standards.

The notes given here I hope will provide the necessary knowledge for a reasonably technically motivated individual person or group to get going and who to talk to when you get stuck.

http://www.sentinet.demon.co.uk/

May 2002

What is MUCLAN?

MUCLAN is a community Local Area Network operating in Magor and Undy, South Wales. It uses 802.11 wireless networking technology to provide very high speed data communication between users. This is suitable for, among other things, file transfers, online gaming and voice/video chat. MUCLAN is a non-profit project run by a local team of wireless networking enthusiasts.

http://www.muclan.net/

April 2003

Nottingham Radford - U.K.

The Basic NanNetidea is to build a wireless network which is run by the Radford CommUnity for the radford community. Hopefully this will be able to support VideoConferencing, DistanceLearning, IrcChat, InstantMesssaging, InternetRadio, email, local news and other network services. This must be inexpensive enough to allow all members of our community, no matter what financial group to connect to the network, and experience broadband networking. Using new technologies such as WiFi (802.11b) and the RonjaProject it is now possible to make low cost BroadBand acess a reality. Interested? Good!

{Originator of the term "Comm Unity"}

http://www.naan.org.uk/

Dec 2002

Broadband - by the community, for the community

Oxfordshire Rural Broadband is a not-for-profit organisation striving to bring Broadband Internet services to rural communities in Oxfordshire.
In the ever changing world of community broadband, ORB has updated its strategy to ensure anyone living in Oxfordshire and its neighbouring areas can benefit from community broadband - regardless of whether its ADSL, wireless or any other technology. We hope this will move the debate on from simply bits and bytes to how the community and business environments can benefit from broadband. Click here to read more.

http://www.oxonrb.net

Jan 2004

Reach & Swaffham Prior

Community Network

What is RaSP?

The highly successful Reach and Swaffham Prior Community Network was started in the summer of 2003 to provide Broadband Internet access to homes and businesses in the villages of Reach and Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire. The whole project is community based and is planned, installed, run, maintained, and to some extent funded, by volunteers. We are very lucky to have a team of skilled and dedicated individuals prepared to give so generously of their time and resources.

http://www.rasp.org.uk/

Nov 2004

Sheffield - U.K.

[Click to Map]

Shefnet is a project to provide city wide boardband Internet and also the gerneration of a community media medium which can be used to carry voices over ip, video, real time streaming media and the internet.

This is where Shefnet comes in. Shefnet is a colony of consume.net. A Volunteer Group of cooperating individuals who are Not a telecoms company , which is helping roll out nodes. Shefnet will not operate any nodes like the telecoms companies, the public will.

This is achieved by the community pulling together and provide the infrastructure to allows every body to access the net, share infomation and there resources with each other in a city wide network. This type of network can be expanded it has no limits.

Once our network has meet the critera to be joinned to the other active colonies around the country. and then around the globe. with the use of ip in ip tunnels. when the network is even larger these tunnels will be removed to allow native routing of information purly accross radio wireless links. Shefnet also promote the use of other techonlogies such as the cabled media and line of sight laser wireless.

Sheffield has currently got a node list available which it is growing. However until recently there was no coordination and information available on how to implement the infrastructure to be used in the city. There are several sites in Sheffield and surrounding areas which are active, and are ether live or going live in the near future.

http://www.shefnet.org.uk/

Nov 2002

MERSEYSIDE

There are...

• NO monthly ISP subscription charges.
• NO phone call charges.
• NO time limits when you can use the service.
• NO Membership costs for joining Southport Wireless

http://www.southportwireless.co.uk/

Dec 2002

SOWN the Southampton Open Wireless Network

[Click toMap}

SOWN (the Southampton Open Wireless Network) is a project which aims to build a free-to-use wireless network in Southampton, UK. Our initial focus will be around the University campus and Portswood / Highfield areas since that is where we live and spend most of our time, however anybody is welcome to join in and start setting up additional coverage in their area. For more detailed information take a look at WhatIsSown.

If you're interested in participating or just want to experiment with wireless LAN in general, please get involved! Your best bet is to join the MailingList or pop into #sown on irc.sown.org.uk, we hold weekly Meetings which are open for all to attend.

• NodeList - A list of nodes in SOWN & their status
• HowTo - How to build a node
• RecentEdits - What's new
• Links - Handy pages we've stumbled across
• WikiVirgin - If you're feeling confused!

http://www.sown.org.uk/

Nov 2002

SOUTH WITHAM

BROADBAND

Barry

village website www.southwitham.net

Helen

www.wireless.southwitham.net

Jan 2004

Stour Valley

Wireless Broadband

Stour Valley Wireless broadband for people in Bures, Lamarsh, Alphamstone, Wormingford, Glemsford and surrounding areas on the Essex & Suffolk borders to join forces in creating a broadband inter-village computer network with high speed Internet connections, basically a Community Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP).

Your Internet connection is always on and does not use your telephone line, you don't even need a telephone to use this service! Free voice calls to others on the Internet.

Providing wireless broadband since summer 2003

http://www.stourvalleywireless.org.uk/

November 2004

SurreyWireless

http://consume.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/SurreyWireless

Dec 2002

Sutton Wireless

Hi thanks for dropping by and taking the time to look.

I decided to start this little forum because there were allot of nodes in my area, and so I thought it would be best to have a place to sit and chat about what our plans are.

Join in if you want, or just lurk in the corner over there with my next-door neighbours cat. I assure you we won't bite, but the cat I can't speak for

http://www.barwick.net/forum/

Dec 2002

We are currently planning a wireless local area network to cover Whalley Range, provding FREE access to the site, files, radio, and possibly even broadband internet access. Watch this space!

http://www.whalleyrange.org

7th July 2003

Wireless Worcs

[Click to Map]

Plans are to cover all main and other areas of Worcs with an open wireless network with Broadband access. Broadband can be provided to any town or rural area with even just a small demand. .

Main areas to be covered.

• BromsGrove?
• EveSham?
• DroitWichSpa?
• KidderMinster?
• MalVern
• PerShore
• ReDDitch?
• StourPort?
• UpTon?
• WorCester?

http://www.wirelessworcs.com/

Dec 2002

Wennington

Community Broadband

Description:

This book details a rural wireless broadband initiative carried out by a group of small businesses and dedicated volunteers in order to bring 21st century communications to their community.

Broadband is SO important to businesses today, and this community was out of reach of the incumbent telco, BT, and alternatives eg satellite.

As a broadband notspot, stuck on dial up Internet connections, they set to and provided their own affordable broadband telecommunications network using wireless infrastructure and available expertise.

Wennet, Lancashire, UK now reaches more than 40 users, and the effects are felt throughout the community - businesses, families and individuals.

Read how they achieved this simple solution, and the benefits that are now being enjoyed. This is a replicable solution available to any rural, or even urban, community who cannot access sufficient bandwidth to enjoy the benefits of the Internet, Web 2.0, VoIP, video conferencing, B2B connectivity, uploads, and more.

Product Details:

Printed: 83 pages, 6.14" x 9.21", perfect binding, full-color interior ink

PDF (20297 kb)

Download: 1 documents (PDF), 20297 KB Publisher: Lindsey Annison Copyright: © 2006  Standard Copyright License Language: English Country: United Kingdom (Great Britain) Lulu Sales Rank: 6,051

Keywords:

http://www.lulu.com/content/488550

Jan 2007

Wireless Network Access Project

WNAP is a volunteer group of enthusiasts dedicated to creating a coherent community wireless network. As well as building our own wireless nodes, our aim is to work with other groups and individuals. Eventually we hope to be part of a UK wide wireless network open to all.

At present we are concentrating our efforts in the Lancashire region and the surrounding county borders.

List of nodes: http://www.wnap.org.uk/nodes.htm

If you are interested in using the WNAP network or building a wireless node.

Get Involved

http://www.wnap.org.uk/

Nov 2002/

http://www.air.net.au/

 

Our Mission

Develop a wide-area, low-cost 802.11 wireless coverage umbrella in Austin, TX.

Our Reasoning

One of the key things the recent media coverage on wireless freenets has focused on is the concept that those of us putting up freenets are doing so to provide connections to the masses...the suggestion is that, in doing so, we're taking business from the broadband providers... but the thing is, most of the people who are using the networks are the same guys putting up the AccessPoints and antennas. And the reason we start these user groups is because the access points on our own homes don't quite span to the areas we might want to be able to connect from. Even the folks who use the wireless networks but don't put up amplified antennas still usually have wireless over broadband in their homes...So in most cases, freenets aren't taking business from the providers, we're just giving their existing subscribers more places from which to connect...

http://aawug.org/

"When I arrived at Carnegie Mellon in January, 1994, I learned that some graduate students had established a high-speed wireless network connecting their homes in Oakland with the university campus. I decided, "I've got to have that." One of the students, Tom Warfel, offered to set up a connection for me if I would make a contribution to W3VC, the Carnegie Tech Radio Club, and help with the work."

Bruce MacDowell Maggs - Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/bmm/wireless.html

BAWIA is an alliance of neighborhood wireless network operators. BAWIA does not run a network itself, but facilitates communication between people who are interested in operating and using these networks. Initially, we expect that these networks will be used primarily for access to the Internet. In time, however, we hope to link the various neighborhood networks together into a metropolitan area network (we call this "trunking").

Though organized with a focus on the Boston metropolitan area, no specific geographic limitations have been imposed. Participation is not limited by location.

http://www.bawia.org/

Cette page reprend nos divers essais en Wireless avec toutes les informations dont vous auriez besoin sans pour autant faire des calculs et installer des softwares qui vous prendraient des jours à comprendre. Nous sommes actuellement en contact avec un taux de transfert de +/- 550 Kb/s.

 Sachez que Microwave Office 2002 est tout de même le soft le plus fiable en calcul d'antenne que nous avons essayé parmi plein d'autres... Attention aux bidouilleurs,la précision pour la réalisation de ces antennes demande une extrême rigueur quand aux respect des cotes !

 En ce moment,nous sommes entrain de vouloir réaliser des amplis de puissance et amplis de réception afin d'augmenter nos signaux surtout avec des conditions météo nuisantes (grande pluie,brouillard,etc...) INDEX

                                                                                        Bonne réalisation,

                                                                                       Rick,Jeff & Steph.

http://membres.lycos.fr/wbw2440/index.html

August 2002

Brisbane Mesh

Wireless Metropolitan Area Network

Brisbane Mesh is a collection of people interested in participating in a free wireless, metropolitan-area network over Brisbane, Australia.

• To provide a non-commercial community-operated wireless data communications network suitable for experimentation, education, gaming and possibly interconnection with other networks;
• To provide services to Brisbane Mesh members on a free or purely cost-recovery basis. Membership of Brisbane Mesh [to be] open to any member of the public willing to provide their own equipment necessary for connection to the mesh;
• To create a legal, well-designed (not necessarily professional) network with centrally-administered routing, frequency usage and address assignment policies to which all members agree to abide by.

Brad Henshaw

http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~mesh/

On this page you will find information relating to the status of the BBS ICT Project, which is an effort to enhance essential services and to facilitate economic development of the five project communities. The project communities are Burgeo, François, Grand Bruit, Grey River and Ramea, all of which are located on Newfoundland’s southwest coast.

The Project’s goal is to provide a high-speed wireless Network link between the project communities. The primary purpose of this link is for the sharing of teaching resources, for the use of telemedicine, and as the backbone of a wireless Internet link. This technology will enable the people and businesses of the region to create employment and awareness in each of the communities and at the same time enhance the already existing services such as health and education. Once the link between the five communities and the world at large is established, it will enable the communities to pool together their resources for the benefit of the region.

http://www.bbsict.com/

Jan 2003

BICTON FreeNet 

Antenna/AP Details: 

The AP is a LinkSys WAP11 V2.2, mounted under the roof tiles, with a 2m LMR-400 'pigtail' to an 8-slot, 15dBi, 180 degree waveguide antenna. The antenna is pointed 'due west', and because of its 180 degree beam width, effectively sees bearings from 180 to 360 degrees.

The 48 km Link Test:  

Having seen the possibility of modifying a Satellite-TV dish to become a WiFi antenna (http://trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm), I decided to do it myself.

The results were solid, 10-15 dB (SNR) link from Rottnest Island off the West Australian coast, to a number of APs on the escarpment east of Perth; a distance of 48 km (30 miles).

Rob Clark

http://www.erlang-software.com/FreeNet

May 2003

AirWeb.ca is currently building a list of wireless network locations in Canada.  If you would like to add your site to the list, please email the location, establishment name, and any other helpful information to info@airweb.ca.

http://www.airweb.ca/

August 2002

La CAÑADA

La CAÑADA WIRELESS ASSOCIATION - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Welcome to what we believe is a common sense approach to broadband Internet access.
Unlike commercial internet providers, we are a locally formed wireless network association that helps get people online in a way that lets you be a part of it, and part of our friendly online community. We strongly believe that Internet access should be in the hands of those that use it - and those that pay for it.

http://www.lcwireless.com

Dec 2005

Champaign-Urbana Grassroots Wireless

The goal of CU Wireless is to create a community public access wireless network in Champaign-Urbana by creating a free access cooperatively owned wireless backbone of nodes throughout the area with overlapping coverage areas. Individuals or organizations will fund their own nodes, a node will have wireless ethernet capacity and routing software and will pass packets to other nearby nodes. Some nodes may provide a limitted gateway to the internet depending on the capability of the node owners. Node owners may set their own parameters as far as how much of their total bandwidth they are donating to free community access. All hardware will be consumer grade off the shelf PCs. All software will be open source free (as in speech) software such as Linux.

http://wireless.cu.groogroo.com/

The word svoboda means ‘freedom’ in the Czech language.

Our network is probably the largest community network in the world (conservative estimates indicate about 15,000 connected users, but real number can be much higher).
Many small communities belong into our big CZFREE.NET community and many have their own web sites known mostly by their geographical locations.

For example:-

http://www.pilsfree.net/  community in Pilsen city
http://www.klfree.net/ community in Kladno town
http://www.czela.net/ community in Celakovice town and area
http://www.slovackofree.net/ community in Slovácko area
also founder of world famous FSO link RONJA
http://ronja.twibright.com/ is member
http://czfree.net/forum/member.php?s=e97d2748549f446d947609e8aac4043d&action=getinfo&userid=17
of our network

We consist of hundreds of local Czech communities who use commonly coordinated IP space in 10.x.x.x/8
http://ripe.czfree.net, we have created our RFCs
http://wiki.czfree-ng.net/index.php/CZF-RFC we use same routing protocols (OSPF, BGP) and many, many more.....

If you would like more information about our network, let me know because
the web site is in Czech language only (at this moment)

"Petr Láznovský" <lazna@volny.cz>

http://czfree.net

Dec 2005

How does free high speed wireless Internet access sound to you? Several communities are now working towards this goal, so I thought we in the Philadelphia area should also pursue it. The concept is to share unused excess bandwidth with others, via 802.11b protocol. Using wireless access points and bridges, with external antennas, amazing things can be accomplished. I don't want to reinvent the wheel here so rather than explain further I am listing some great links to other wireless communities and you will see what I am talking about. If you would like to participate, email delcoair@airpower.com

http://www.airpower.com/delcowireless1.htm

I have an Internet cafe in Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, with an expensive broadband satellite connection, located 1 km from my house. The roofs of both buildings have a clear line of sight between them. At home I was previously limited to a V.90 modem connection, and remote administration of the cyber cafe network was impossible.

A fast connection between my house and the cafe was becoming more and more necessary, mostly in order to provide remote administration at acceptable speeds, but also of course to finally get fast Internet at home! Me-wann' download quicky-quicky now!

By Hassan Adly

- case-study -

http://www.d128.com/wireless/

August 2002

Guerrilla.net

This is probably the original "Community Wireless Internet" project site. Initially set up to promote people's connectivity using such as amateur packet radio. Predates the emergence of IEEE 802.11 WLANs by many years.

http://www.guerrilla.net

http://www.wlanvoorumi.cjb.net/

August 2002

We are a consortium of interested computer users who decided to get together and build a small, low cost microwave network connecting Perth suburbs together. We are currently extending our borders to cover all of Perth, and we're working with a number of other groups to develop a peering infrastructure. This will link all of us together in a new, free network.

Innaloo.net is strictly non-commercial, and you wont be able to sell transit (bandwidth) over our infrastructure or make money from the network, but there are huge benefits for individuals.

http://www.innaloo.net/

In a special ceremony held August 29th, 2001 at The Jacksonville Landing, city business and government leaders unveiled a partnership which makes Jacksonville the first major U.S. city to create an initiative to provide broad wireless community access to the Internet through the creation of multiple public Wireless Internet Zones.

A Wireless Internet Zone - or "WIZ" - is an access area providing wireless connectivity to the Internet through laptop computers or web-enabled handheld devices.

http://www.jaxwiz.org/about.html

"Comprehensive constructional details in this excellent work from KE5FX including numerous texts, schematics, PCB dwgs., photos, waveforms, spectrum analyser displays...."

Applicable to any amateur radio microwave band and where the simplest transmitter & receiver front ends (Gunn Diode+ Mixer Diode) can be DIY manufactured in basic stripline and waveguide.

Low cost ready-made doppler modules normally used for movement detection are available ready-made on the 10GHz & 24 GHz amateur bands.

http://www.qsl.net/ke5fx/#uwave

"LARIAT is a community Internet and Internet users' group based in Laramie, Wyoming. It is a non-profit mutual benefit organization organized under Section 501(c)(12) of the US Internal Revenue Code. Our purpose is to teach, promote and facilitate the use of the Internet, conducting regular meetings and classes on Internet topics. Our lectures, classes, and events are free and open to the public. We maintain http://www.laramie.wy.us geographical Internet domain as a public service to local residents, businesses, community service groups and government agencies.

We maintain a public computer facility (telecentre) through which the community can access the Internet. By adopting this organizational model, we hope to promote Internet literacy and ensure local access for all members of the community. We encourage the deployment of public Internet access terminals, and are working to help network Albany County's schools".

http://www.lariat.org/

Our aim is to create a community run wireless network in the Leeming / Willeton / Bullcreek area suitable for gaming, net access, sharing files, VOIP etc.  With the lack of good broadband alternatives in Perth, community driven  wireless networks are becoming much more popular as the good old 56k modems simply aren't fast enough.  Already there are 2 major wireless networks in Perth -  Innaloo.net and the PWNP, both of which have been functioning for quite a while and have proven very reliable and successful. 

http://www.leemingwireless.net/

LEIDEN

Netherlands