File under Share Community…….Community Wireless Networks.
Share your network, share your resources, share your knowing….any and all of that fits nicely into the ideas that went into the foundation of the Personal Telco Project. Way back in 2002 the PTP put a open community wifi hotspot/node in the heart of Portland's downtown, a place called Pioneer Square, and it is still serving the community today.
Building a local community wireless network has never been easier. The routers have come way down in price and way way up in ability. You could easily set up a 20-30 $ device on your existing home network and share a little or a lot of your internet connection and/or local resources. Groups like the PTP exist in part to help you with setting up such a thing, answering questions on how best to keep it running and to let you share your newfound knowing with others just starting out. Look around for a group in your neck of the woods (http://freenetworks.org/)
The Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Portland, Oregon dedicated to the idea that people have a central role in how their networks are operated. We do that by bu…
