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Finally, Google managed what we tried to get going with http://www.nodedb.com/index.php ... ten years later.

This is the largest area that has good operational mesh networks everywhere, all operated for free by the people, over 4000 nodes.
So here comes the greedy bastard corporations to screw it all up, WTF?
http://www.nodedb.com/australia/
http://www.locustworld.com/

I am a member of a community wireless network over Thessaloniki, in Greece. We have named many of our nodes based on the Lord of the Rings universe and Middle Earth places, so there is "Morgul", "Amon Sul", "Tirith", "Rivendell" etc. nodedb link

Rock-on, dewd! You've been at this for a while now, that and NodeDB -- Good to see you slashdotted!

That was PGE Park in Portland. It seems to be up and running, but I hadn't heard anything since the park got all snippy.

http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/or/portland/vie w.php?nodeid=512
http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/Node512

Check out NYC Wireless for a pretty comprehensive map of wifi hubs. And these are just the reported ones! There's some serious coverage in our fair city...

There's free wireless at Bryant Park, as well as plenty of other locations. Deal with it.

What, you mean like Athens Metropolitan Network?
Very cool i would say...
At take a look at the node count
To these people it's very usefull.

Try this...

NodeDB

We had this problem on the WaFreenet, so we set about creating some software to fix it.

The result was frottle. It's a bit of a kludge, but essentially provides a virtual token bus over ethernet. It runs at the wrong layer (UDP), but is suprisingly effective. Before, with 14 clients to the HillsHub AP (many clients in the 10's of kilometers), we'd get crippled throughput rates below 10kB/sec. Now multiple users can sustain data rates above 80kB/sec (or better depending upon load).

Actually, there are some new node maps at Node DB

yes, check out nodedb.com

Most WaFreeNet nodes are listed here

yes, check out nodedb.com

Most WaFreeNet nodes are listed here

The Sheraton on Burlington St. still has WiFi access.. it sits on a "ped mall" and you should be able to get access from around that area. I lived there for a couple years (grew up in SE Iowa but lived in I.C. before I moved to Philadelphia). I would recommend staying in Iowa City instead of Des Moines. Better people, more things to do.. etc etc.

Sorry that my post is all over the place!

Maybe this link will help. http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/?

Hudson Heights.

It's generated a fair amount of interest among residents even though there isn't a decent place to sit within range. It happens to cover the local public school (CSD6M287) but from the logs I'm not seeing any regular use and no one has contacted me from the school.
It would, in my estimate, be a great thing for the co-ops to get together and set up cheap co-operative internet perhaps with wireless access as a public service possibly gain enough groundswell to start a community freenet and even a freebox program. When I have a bit more time (I already volunteer) I might bring it up again but I don't see it getting beyond us hobbyists I don't see anyone stepping forward to take on this second (and third) full-time job as neighborhood ISP and technical mentor.

OpenNodes

The Wi-Fi FreeSpot Network

NodeDB

80211hotspots.com

The problem is that these are all incomplete, and don't keep up with each other. If someone starts another, please comb through these sites and take user comments on reliability, continued existence, free/price, etc.

You mean like this? Free international listing of public / open wireless internet nodes ...

In most areas of the US, I would say you have a valid point, but it's pretty easy to make a non-profit sustainable wireless zone over Manhattan because of the sheer density of the island.

The key is having enough wireless routers out there to provide a signal for a bunch of radii of coverage so that there are no "dead zones." In a place like LA, you'd need 100s and 100s of routers spread over relatively sparse sprawl. The nice thing about Manhattan is you can have one or two people put up a router and that router will theoretically cover hundreds to thousands of people.

This is exactly why (if you look at the map found at the wireless map) you'll see that Manhattan is ridiculously well covered, but the other boroughs (which are sparser) are not.

Will this work in all of America? Keep in mind that after Manhattan -- The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens are the three densest counties in America (with SF as #5.) And it's not really working in any borough outside of Manhattan...

What, like nodedb? That might be a start. :)

A similar project for the Portland, OR Metro Area is located here.

My personal node (via nodedb) is here.

Join us.

A similar project for the Portland, OR Metro Area is located here.

My personal node (via nodedb) is here.

Join us.

List this one.

you know, here in san francisco, the attitude takes it even further into the public's hands. i am sitting at a (non-Starbucks) cafe at california and divisidero, and my PCMCIA 802.11b card sniffs not only the free WAP at the cafe proper, but also the chinese restaurant across the street, and the dude around the corner who not only makes his WAP available, but LET'S PEOPLE KNOW. And let's other people know. Pretty soon those people start talking,and even communicating in other ways.

The internet itself has been described as the great equalizer. Grassroots wireless networking has the potential to put one more bullet into the chest of inequality, and then the internet may begin to continue it's evolution from shitstream teevee/radio corporate fuckfest, to the greatest tool mankind has ever made. ...Then we throw out the dixie cup...

This reminds me of something in a slashdot article I saw a few months back.

Australian WAN