Open Mesh - 6/2005

I write regularly about Wi-fi and as Chicago begins to investigate municipal wiring ideas, I came across this clearly written article about how Center for Neighborhood technology is working with Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) to get neighborhoods where folks can't get DSL connected to the Internet. These meshnets sound terrific. You can use old computers to run them, the software is open source (non-proprietary) which means it is free, and it is working. Open Mesh - 6/2005 Techies in Chicagoland get involved, the next public hearing where alderman from the Committee on Finance and Committee on Economic Capital and Technology Development will call for input from the public about low-cost, high-speed internett access is on Thursday July 28, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. at Malcolm X College West Side Learning Center, 4624 West Madison St. Room 105. See you there.