[sudoroom] Getting an Oakland Backbone

[Eddan Katz]

Have those previous efforts been documented somewhere? Who should we talk to that was involved in those attempts?


On May 11, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Susan Mernit wrote:

> 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?
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> 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.]
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> 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.
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> -Eddan
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