[sudoroom] Getting an Oakland Backbone

[Susan Mernit]

We can identify people to talk more with when we meet--I don't have alot of
time for this with OL and code for Oakland coming up...but this is
important!
S

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan at oaklandlocal.com> wrote:

> Have those previous efforts been documented somewhere? Who should we talk
> to that was involved in those attempts?
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> 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?
> S
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan at oaklandlocal.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear Sudo people.
>>
>> 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/
>> ).
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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-- 
Susan Mernit

*Founder, Oakland Local <http://www.oaklandlocal.com%20>, news & community
hub*
*Knight Community Information Challenge Circuit Rider*<http://www.infoneeds.org>
Personal site <http://www.%20susanmernit.com>
House of Local consulting <http://houseoflocal.org>
Susan's tumblr <http://susanmernit.tumblr.com>
*@susanmernit <http://twitter.com/susanmernit>
@oaklandlocal <http://twitter.com/oaklandlocal>
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