People's Open Network
People's Open Network is a community wireless mesh network being built by a local volunteer group, Sudo Mesh, based in Oakland, California.[1] It is a project of the Sudo Room hackerspace.[2][3][4] As of 2017, there were more than 50 network nodes functioning across Oakland.[5] Founders of the People's Open Network want to give more people access to better and cheaper communication tools while creating platforms for locally relevant and decentralized web applications.[6]
Community members can join the network by purchasing an internet router and installing open-source firmware on the device. Once plugged in, the router can connect to the active mesh network and double as a hotspot that automatically connects with others in range. The group even runs educational workshops to spread awareness and help the public learn to create their own mesh networking solutions.[7]
Matt Senate, one of the founders of Sudo Room, told Tech President in 2014 that Sudo Mesh is “building and growing a network run by and for the community." Senate explained that Occupy Oakland offered a new style of governance and that the People’s Open Network was building that community ethos into the telecommunications infrastructure.
Jenny Ryan, a cyberanthropologist, free culture advocate, and one of the original members of the Sudo Mesh team, noted the East Bay has long nourished a particularly radical streak, largely at odds with authority. She told Tech President that Oakland “building a community-owned telecommunications infrastructure is one piece to the larger picture of building autonomy and people power.” [8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Welcome to the People's Open Network". peoplesopen.net. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ↑ "Mesh Network - Oakland - LocalWiki". localwiki.org. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ Peters, Adele (2017-12-19). "Want To Guarantee Net Neutrality? Join Peer-To-Peer, Community-Run Internet". Fast Company. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ↑ Kalish, Jon (2017-05-09). "How a Retired Nurse Provides Her Small Vt. Town With Internet". PC Mag. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ↑ "How a Retired Nurse Provides Her Small Vt. Town With Internet". PCMAG. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ "Marc Juul, People's Open Network | The Pollination Project". The Pollination Project. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ "Mesh Networking - Is This the Beginning of a New Kind of Net Neutrality?". MOBI. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ↑ "Oakland's Sudo Mesh Looks to Counter Censorship and Digital Divide With a Mesh Network". TechPresident. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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