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Posts Tagged ‘internet’

From one Oakland rooftop to the next, volunteers expand free open internet network

By Mickey Capper | September 14, 2018
Sudo Mesh co-creator Jenny Ryan makes a few tweaks to the ad-hoc AirFiber test setup.

Sudo Mesh volunteers are hopeful that with the new resources and the right work, they can blanket all of Oakland in a functioning mesh network—a free and open web—within 5 years.

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Oakland students receive free internet access from Sprint

By Vianey Alderete | October 17, 2017 | 1
Irma Avila and her daughters Stefany and Carmen received two free hotspot devices at the event organized by OUSD as part of Sprint’s 1Million Project.

Oakland students receive free hotspots as part of Sprint’s 1Million Project.

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Oakland Public Library now offers mobile internet hotspots for check-out

By Rosa Furneaux | September 5, 2016
Oakland residents can now check out internet hotspots from Oakland Public Library's West Oakland (pictured) and Melrose branches. Photo by Rosa Furneaux.

A new program from the Oakland Public Library is helping bridge the tech divide by providing free internet at home for Oakland’s young and old.

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Mesh network offers potential for free wireless Internet in Oakland

By Jake Nicol | November 27, 2013 | 7
Map showing potential nodes of a planned wireless mesh network in Oakland. (Courtesy of Sudo Mesh)

Sudo Mesh brings volunteers together to bridge the “digital divide”

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That suspicious car might be casing your network

By iesterman | November 18, 2008 | 1

The van with all the laptops inside, going slowly up and down the street? Could be an example of “war driving”–casing neighborhoods for wireless networks. Click here for the story.

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