[sudoroom] Getting an Oakland Backbone

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I'm hella interested - let's start a map and get our psychogeography on!

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On 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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