TheHalifaxJones@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYSK some cities in the US are starting to build an affordable community built wifi network that goes around big telecom companieswww.nycmesh.netexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkYSK some cities in the US are starting to build an affordable community built wifi network that goes around big telecom companieswww.nycmesh.netTheHalifaxJones@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squarememe_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoI hope they are aware of https://freifunk.net/ and don’t start from scratch completely. They’ve been doing that kinda stuff for over a decade and have developed a modified OpenWRT version and maintain lists of compatible routers
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI see freifunk networks more rarely nowadays. They also are notoriously slow. Usually the mobile phone network is faster, even in Germany.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNYC Mesh has been around for more than a decade. I assume they talked to other similar projects when building it.
I hope they are aware of https://freifunk.net/ and don’t start from scratch completely. They’ve been doing that kinda stuff for over a decade and have developed a modified OpenWRT version and maintain lists of compatible routers
I see freifunk networks more rarely nowadays. They also are notoriously slow. Usually the mobile phone network is faster, even in Germany.
NYC Mesh has been around for more than a decade. I assume they talked to other similar projects when building it.