[sudoroom] Getting an Oakland Backbone

[Susan Mernit]

I'd like to use the media to help move this--my understanding is there's
been lots of efforts, all rebuffed. I'd like to help in terms of covering
and supporting this--what if we met at sudo next weds PM and mapped out the
state of this project and what we knew as a starter and what we'd need to
answer etc?
S

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan at oaklandlocal.com> wrote:

> Dear Sudo people.
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> I had the wonderful opportunity last night to talk to Brewster Kahle (
> http://brewster.kahle.org/about/) of the Internet Archive (
> http://archive.org/) for a long while about the emergence of Oakland's
> tech communities and of our activities at Sudo Room, Oakland Local, and
> Tech Liminal. [Susan - he told me to pass along his warm regards.]
>
> I was psyched to learn that Brewster has been making serious efforts to
> enable open WiFi across cities & neighborhoods in the Bay Area (&
> elsewhere). There's some coverage of his initiatives in connection to San
> Francisco housing projects (
> http://gawker.com/373658/brewster-kahles-internet-archive-brings-broadband-to-sf-housing-projects)
> and more recently on our side of the bay, in Richmond (
> http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/10/archive-org-founder-talks-free-wifi-with-richmond-officials/
> ).
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> I shared with him some of our initial discussions about solar powered WiFi
> routers providing public access to the Internet from the top of foreclosed
> and abandoned properties around town. I even took him through the 5-year
> adverse possession plan to get easement property rights to keep them there
> permanently. He was intrigued and most importantly gave a strong indication
> that he would like to support our efforts and particularly in helping
> create the backbone across Oakland that would facilitate mesh networks. As
> a first step, he suggested that we map out 25 or so of the taller buildings
> around the city that would allow us to put some antennae equipment on their
> roofs.
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> If anyone is interested in working on the project and/or sharing their
> thoughts about it, that would be hella great.
>
> -Eddan
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