List of wireless community networks by region

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Some wireless community network projects are:

[edit] Community networks by region

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

[edit] Africa

[edit] Ghana

Wireless Ghana — http://www.wirelessghana.com/

[edit] South Africa

Wireless User Group South Africa — http://www.wug.za.net
Johannesburg Area Wireless User Group — http://www.jawug.za.net
Cape Town Wireless User Group — http://www.ctwug.za.net
Durban, South Africa. Durban Wireless Community — http://www.dwc.za.net
Potchefstroom Community Network — http://www.pcn.za.net
Pretoria Wireless Project (Centurion) — http://www.pwp.za.net
Pretoria Wireless User Group — http://www.ptawug.co.za
Stellenbosch Community Network — http://www.scn.za.net
Wireless Africa, South Africa — Wireless Africa Wiki COIN Blog http://www.fmfi.org.za

[edit] Zambia

LinkNet, Macha, Zambia — Linknet Linknet Wiki Site

[edit] Asia

[edit] India

AirJaldi Community Wireless Mesh Network, Dharamsala, H.P. — airjaldi.com

[edit] Indonesia

Batam Wireless Internet Community (BWIC), Batam Island, Kepulauan Riau — bwic.blogspot.com/

[edit] Nepal

Nepal Wireless Networking Project — nepalwireless.net

[edit] Australia & Oceania

[edit] ACT, Australia

Canberra Wifi — http://www.canberrawifi.com

[edit] New South Wales, Australia

Bathurst Wireless — http://www.bathurstwireless.org
Coffswifi.net — http://wifidog.coffswifi.net
Sydney Wireless — Sydney — http://www.sydneywireless.com

[edit] Northern Territory, Australia

The Mesh, Darwin — http://the-mesh.org
Darwin Wireless, Darwin — http://www.darwinwireless.com

[edit] Queensland, Australia

Darling Downs Wireless, Toowoomba — http://ddw.net.au
Brismesh — Brisbane — http://brismesh.proboards.com/
Townsville Community Wireless — http://townsville.wireless.org.au
Cairns Wireless — http://cairns.wireless.org.au
SuncoastMesh, Sunshine Coast http://www.suncoastmesh.org.au

[edit] New Zealand

Wireless Nelson Project — http://wirelessnelson.co.nz (No Longer a project. This has now formed into a business. Although there are free services for original members.
Marlborough Wireless Project — http://www.marlwifi.org.nz
Yobbo Wireless Community — http://yobbo.co.nz/wireless.htm
Computer Clubhouse 274 Community Wireless — http://www.clubhouse274.org.nz

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

Funkfeuer, Vienna, Graz, Bad Ischl — http://www.funkfeuer.at
LZB-Net, Hofkichen — http://www.lanzenberg.at
Funkfeuer Wels, Wels — http://wels.funkfeuer.at
Funkfeuer Linz, Linz — http://linz.funkfeuer.at
Funkfeuer Traunviertel, Traunviertel in OÖ — http://traunviertel.funkfeuer.at
Funkfeuer Salzkammergut, Salzkammergut — http://salzkammergut.funkfeuer.at/

[edit] Belgium

ReseauCitoyen, Brussels — http://www.reseaucitoyen.be/wiki
WirelessAntwerpen, Antwerp — http://www.wirelessantwerpen.be
WirelessBelgie, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbelgie.be
WirelessGent, Belgium — http://www.wirelessgent.be
WirelessBrussel, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbrussel.be
WirelessLeuven, Belgium — http://www.wirelessleuven.be
WirelessBrugge, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbrugge.be
WirelessBlankenberge, Belgium — http://www.wirelessblankenberge.be

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

wireless.ba, United wireless communities in Bosnia — http://www.wireless.ba
wireless.rs.ba, United wireless communities in Republic of Srpska — http://www.wireless.rs.ba
saWireless, Sarajevo — http://sa.wireless.ba
Viwa net, Visoko — http://vi.wireless.ba
NEON Solucije, Kalesija — http://www.neon.ba
BLwireless, Banjaluka — http://www.blwireless.net
BDB@wireless, Banja Luka — http://www.bdb.rs.ba
mo-wireless, Mostar — http://mo.wireless.ba
LPwireless, LP — http://www.lpwireless.net
BNWireless, Bijeljina, http://www.bnwireless.net
NeumWIRELESS, Neum — http://www.neumwireless.org

[edit] Czech Republic

Almost all community networks in Czech Republic have peering between each other.

Mother of all community networks in Czech Republic:

CZFree.Net, Czech Republic — http://www.czfree.net/

Neutral czFree eXchange (NFX) members:

Czela.net, Čelákovice, Czech Republic — http://www.czela.net
HKFree.org, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic — http://www.hkfree.org
KLFree.Net, Kladno, Czech Republic — http://www.klfree.net
LBCFree.net, Liberec, Czech Republic — http://www.lbcfree.net
PilsFree.net, Plzeň, Czech Republic — http://www.pilsfree.net
UNHFree.net, Unhošť, Czech Republic — http://www.unhfree.net
KHnet.info, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic — http://www.khnet.info
mh2net, Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic — http://www.mh2net.cz
Evkanet, Ostrava, Czech Republic — http://www.evkanet.net
CZF-Praha, Prague, Czech Republic — http://www.czf-praha.net
Krivonet, Křivoklátsko, Czech Republic — http://www.krivonet.info/
JM-Net, Prague, Czech Republic — http://www.jmnet.cz/
SLFree.Net, Slavičín, Czech Republic — http://www.slfree.net/

Other important Czech community networks:

Gavanet, Varnsdorf, Czech Republic — http://www.gavanet.org
AirDump.Net, ACzW, Czech &mdash — Wireless Community
NobodyNet, Holýšov, Czech Republic — http://www.nobody-network.net
PVFree.Net, Prostějov, Czech Republic — http://www.pvfree.net
Svobodna Praha, Praha-východ. Praha - Benice, Uhříněves, Kolovraty, Nedvězí, Lipany, Křeslice, Pitkovice, Královice, Nupaky, Újezd, Čestlice, Průhonice, Říčany — http://www.svobodna-praha.net

List of almost all CZFree-compatible community networks by regions (in Czech language):

http://wiki.pvfree.net/index.php/Podobne_site_v_CR

[edit] Croatia

Map of Croatian Wireless Networks, — http://www.mreze.org/
Croatian Wireless Association, — http://www.hrfreenet.hr/
VGWireless, Velika Gorica — http://www.vgwireless.hr/
RiWireless, Rijeka — http://www.riwireless.net/
Dugave Wireless, Dugave, Zagreb — http://www.dugave.net/
PUWireless, Pula, Zagreb — http://www.pulawireless.hr/
BSWireless, Baška, Krk — http://www.bswireless.net/
BKWireless, Bakar — http://www.bkwireless.com/
DJWireless, Đakovo — http://www.djw.hr/
KAWireless, Karlovac — http://www.kawireless.hr/
VRWireless, Vrbovec — http://www.vrw.hr/
ZBWireless, Zabok — http://www.zabok-wireless.hr/
ZDWIreless, Zadar — http://www.zdwireless.hr/
WirelessKZ, Krizevci — http://www.wirelesskz.net/
ZGWireless, Zagreb — http://www.zgwireless.net/
Međimurje Wireless, Čakovec — http://www.mwireless.hr/
Extreme Wireless, Varaždin — http://www.extremewifi.hr/
OSWireless, Osijek — http://www.oswireless.hr/
ZNET, Zagreb — http://www.znetonline.net/
WiFiHR, Zagreb - Vrbovec — NETWORK http://www.wifihr.net/ COMMUNITY http://www.wifihr.org
Ludbreg Wireless, Ludbreg — IRC: ludbreg.dyndns.ws:6667 WEB: http://ludbreg.dyndns.ws

[edit] Denmark

DIIRWB, Djurslands International Institute of Rural Wireless Broadband — http://www.diirwb.net/

[edit] Finland

OpenSpark — https://open.sparknet.fi/

[edit] France

Fédération France Wireless — http://www.wireless-fr.org/
- List of French community, — http://www.wireless-fr.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=8
Lille sans fil — http://lillesansfil.org/
Wifi Montauban, France — http://www.wifi-montauban.net/
Toulouse Sans Fil, Wifi Toulouse — http://www.toulouse-sans-fil.net/
Rural Area Networks Webring, http://ran.vaour.net/cgi-bin/ringlink/list.pl?ringid=ran

[edit] Germany

Freifunk Augsburg, wireless community in Augsburg, Germany — http://augsburg.freifunk.net/
Freifunk.net, Berlin a.o., Germany — http://www.freifunk.net/
Freifunk Bochum, Bochum, Germany — http://freifunk.das-labor.org/
Freifunk Brandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany — http://www.freifunk-brb.de
Förderverein Bürgernetz Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany — http://www.fbn-dd.de/
Freifunk Halle, wireless community in Halle, Germany — http://halle.freifunk.net/
Freifunk Koeln, wireless community in Cologne, Germany — http://www.freifunk-koeln.de
Freifunk Leipzig, wireless community in Leipzig, Germany — http://leipzig.freifunk.net/
Freifunk Moers, Freifunk in Moers, Germany — http://dasinter.net/ffmoers/
Freifunk Oldenburg, Freifunk in Oldenburg, Germany — http://freifunk-ol.de/
OpenNet Initiative, Rostock, Germany — http://www.opennet-initiative.de/
Freifunk Potsdam, wireless community in Potsdam, Germany — http://www.freifunk-potsdam.de/
Freifunk-Ruhrstadt.de, Zone of the Ruhrstadt, Germany — http://www.freifunk-ruhrstadt.de/
Freifunk Weimar, wireless community in Weimar, Germany — http://wireless.subsignal.org/

[edit] Greece

Wireless Networks Association, National — http://www.wna.gr/
Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network, Athens — http://www.awmn.net/
Cyclades Wireless Network, Cyclades — http://cywn.dyndns.org/
Heraklion Student Wireless Network, Heraklion — http://wireless.uoc.gr/
Patras Wireless Network, Patras — http://www.patraswireless.net/
Wireless Agrinio Network, Agrinio — http://www.wiran.gr/
Patras Wireless Metropolitan Network, Patras Patras Wirless Metropolitan Network
WANA, Amalias — http://www.wana.gr/
Imathias Wireless Metropolitan Network, Imathia — http://www.iwmn.net/
Wireless Network of Korinth, Korinthia — http://wnk.awmn.net/
Messinia Wireless Network, Messina — http://kalamata.homelinux.com/
Kefalonia Wireless Network, Kefalonia —

[edit] Hungary

Hungarian Wireless Community, Budapest — http://www.huwico.hu/

[edit] Ireland

IrishWAN, All-Ireland community radio project — http://www.irishwan.ie.

[edit] Italy

eigenNet, Pisa, IT — http://www.eigenlab.org/
NECO, Vietri di Potenza (PZ), IT — http://www.progettoneco.org
Luna, Trento, Rovereto, Riva del Garda (TN) , IT — http://www.futur3.it/rete-luna/

[edit] Macedonia

Skopje Wireless Community, Skopje — http://www.skopjewifi.com
Macedonian Wireless Community, Macedonia — http://www.wifimacedonia.net

[edit] Netherlands

Wireless Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands — http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/en/ and http://wiki.wirelessleiden.nl/ (Wiki in dutch)

[edit] Portugal

Movimento Wireless Português — http://wireless.com.pt/
nazamesh.net— (merged with Unimos — http://unimos.net)
Unimos — http://unimos.net
MVNet Wireless wiki http://moitasvenda.net/wireless, Moitas Venda, Portugal

[edit] Poland

Outernet— http://outernet.pl/

[edit] Serbia

BG Wireless, Belgrade — http://www.bgwireless.net
NS Wireless, Novi Sad — http://www.nswireless.org
VAWireless, Valjevo — http://www.vawireless.rs
Uzice bez zice, wireless community, Uzice — http://wireless.uzice.net
SuWireless, Subotica — http://www.suwireless.org
WirelessAR, Arandjelovac — http://www.arandjelovcani.com
Kruševac Open, Kruševac — http://www.krusevacopen.net
Titel Mreza, Titel — http://www.titelskibreg.org

[edit] Slovakia

SKFree.Net, Slovakia — http://www.skfree.net/

[edit] Slovenia

Projects have the same underlying network, people working on them overlap and are generally cooperative, but they differ in priorities, target population and (slightly) philosophy.

kiberpipa.net, Ljubljana — http://kiberpipa.net (technical and DIY approach)
wlan ljubljana, Ljubljana — http://wlan-lj.net (meshing for general population)

[edit] Spain

RedLibre — http://www.redlibre.net/
Guifi.net — http://www.guifi.net

[edit] Sweden

Ipredia — http://ipredia.se/wiki/Huvudsida

[edit] Switzerland

www.openwireless.ch, Bern — http://www.openwireless.ch/

[edit] United Kingdom

Neoeon, Holderness & Humber, UK — http://www.neoeon.com/
piertopier.net, Brighton, UK — http://www.piertopier.net/
Bristol Wireless, Bristol, UK — http://www.bristolwireless.net/
Kings Hill Wireless, Kings Hill, Kent, UK — http://www.kingshill.quickanet.com/
QuickaNet Broadband, United Kingdom, UK — http://www.quickanet.com/
Cambridge Matrix, Cambridge, UK — http://www.cambridgematrix.co.uk/
Arwain.net, Cardiff, UK — http://www.arwain.net/ This link no longer relates to WLAN
South Witham Broadband, Lincolnshire, UK — http://wireless.southwitham.net/
Wireless wirelan, London, UK — http://www.wirelesswirelan.co.uk/ this is a dead link
Consume the Net, London, UK — http://consume.net/
free2air, London, UK — http://www.free2air.org/
gmap, London, UK — http://londonist.com/2007/05/free_wifi_in_lo.php/
Lancaster Mesh, Lancaster, UK — http://www.lancastermesh.co.uk/
Manchester Wireless, Manchester, UK — http://www.manchesterwireless.net/
TottonWireless.net, Totton, UK — http://tottonwireless.net/
Boundless, Deptford, London, UK — http://boundless.coop/
WLAN ORG UK, original ww promoting site — http://www.wlan.org.uk/
Airzone Broadband, Essex, UK — http://www.airzone.net/
SOWN, Southampton, UK — http://www.sown.org.uk/
RHBMesh North Yorkshire, UK - http://rhbmesh.net
WiFi Foundation, London, UK - http://www.wififoundation.org/

[edit] Other

http://www.europeopen.net/ — List of some free wireless networks in Europe - Right now site is not active]

[edit] Middle East

[edit] Israel

Arig — Israel's Community Mesh Network.

[edit] North America

[edit] United States

[edit] California

Sorted roughly from North to South:

Myrtletown.net, Humboldt County, CA
NoCatNet, Sonoma County, CA
Free the Net SF, San Francisco, CA - using low-cost mesh repeaters by Meraki
SFLan, San Francisco, CA
Palo Alto Freenet, Palo Alto, CA
SoCalFreeNet, San Diego, CA

[edit] District of Columbia

Project Byzantium - Live distribution of Linux designed for setting up mesh nodes and hosting services for wireless mesh networks.

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Illinois

Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN),^[1] Champaign-Urbana, IL
Wireless Community Networks,^[2] Chicago, IL

[edit] Kansas

Lawrence Freenet Community Network,^[3] Lawrence, KS

[edit] Maryland

OpenWiSP,^[4] Catonsville, MD

[edit] Massachusetts

Newbury Open,^[5] Boston, MA

[edit] Michigan

DetroitCONNECTED,^[6] Detroit, MI
Detroit Wireless Project,^[7] Metropolitan Detroit, MI
Hillsdale CoolCities,^[8] Hillsdale, MI

[edit] Minnesota

USI Wireless,^[9] Minneapolis, MN

[edit] Missouri

WasabiNet,^[10] St. Louis, MO

[edit] New Mexico

La Canada Wireless Association,^[11] Santa Fe, NM

[edit] New York

NYCwireless, New York City, NY
Public Internet Project,^[12] New York City, NY
Buffalo Wireless^[13] Community Wireless Network in Buffalo, NY

[edit] Oregon

Personal Telco, Portland, OR
NetEquality, Portland, OR - sells Meraki Minis

[edit] Pennsylvania

PhillyMesh,^[14] Philadelphia, PA
Wireless Philadelphia,^[15] Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh's Wireless Community,^[16] Pittsburgh, PA

[edit] Tennessee

ConnectGallatin,^[17] Gallatin, TN

[edit] Texas

Austin Wireless,^[18] Austin, TX
DFWFreeNet,^[19] Dallas, TX
Technology-for-All Wireless,^[20] Houston, TX

[edit] Virginia

Virginia WiFi Company, statewide umbrella
Richmond Free Wireless, Richmond, VA

[edit] Washington

Seattle Wireless, Seattle, WA

[edit] Canada

[edit] British Columbia

British Columbia Wireless Network Society, British Columbia, Canada — http://www.bcwireless.net

[edit] Saksatchewan

Saskatchewan! Connected, Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada — http://www.ito.gov.sk.ca/wireless-internet/

[edit] Ontario

Toronto Hydro Telcom www.thtelecom.ca/ - large area in downtown Toronto effective 5 September 2006
Wireless Toronto — http://www.wirelesstoronto.ca
Wireless Nomad, Ontario and Toronto, Canada — http://wirelessnomad.com/
Toronto Wireless Community Network — http://www.esoterraka.com/twcn/ (has ceased official operations)

[edit] Québec

Île Sans Fil, Montreal, Quebec, Canada — http://www.ilesansfil.org/
ZAP Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada — //http://zapbsl.org/
ZAP Québec, Québec, Quebec, Canada — http://www.zapquebec.org/
ZAP Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada — http://www.zapsherbrooke.org/
Centre du Québec Sans Fil, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada — http://centreduquebecsansfil.org/
Montérégie Sans Fil, Brossard, Quebec, Canada — http://www.monteregiesansfil.org/
Laval Sans Fil (Currently under construction), Laval, Quebec, Canada — http://lavalsansfil.org
Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi, Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec, Canada — http://www.ogwifi.ca/

[edit] New Brunswick

Fred-eZone, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada — http://www.fred-ezone.ca/

[edit] Nova Scotia

Chebucto Community Network, Halifax Regional Municipality — http://www.chebuctowireless.ca/

[edit] South America

[edit] Argentina

BuenosAiresLibre, Buenos Aires — http://www.buenosaireslibre.org
Mendoza Wireless, Mendoza — http://www.mendozawireless.net.ar
Proyecto Fernets, Córdoba — http://www.fernets.org.ar
RosarioSinCables, Rosario — http://www.rosariosincables.net.ar
LUGRo-Mesh, Rosario — http://www.lugro-mesh.org.ar

[edit] Brazil

Brasil Sem Fio, São Paulo — http://eclipse.ime.usp.br/wiki/index.php5/Brasil_Sem_Fio
Rede Mesh Novo Hamburgo^[21]

[edit] Chile

http://www.chilesincables.org/ The main wireless non-profit community project in Chile

[edit] Colombia

BogotaMesh, Bogotá — http://www.bogota-mesh.org
Altred — http://www.altred.net

[edit] Uruguay

MontevideoLibre, Montevideo — http://www.montevideolibre.org
SaltoLibre, Salto — http://www.saltolibre.info/
Proyecto Aurora, Canelones — http://proyecto-aurora.blogspot.com/
Inchalá, Tacuarembó — http://www.inchala.tacua.net/

[edit] Paraguay

LuqueWireless, Luque — http://www.luquewireless.net
WirelessPY, Asuncion — http://www.wirelesspy.org

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Free Global Wireless Community Newswire
- comparable list to this article
OpenSpark, OpenWRT based wireless community network.
Free WiFi in New York City: A growing list
Cambridge Matrix, Open Standards mesh for community wireless services.
FreeNetworks.org, umbrella organization
RedLibre, a FreeNetworks like project in Spain
Personal Telco's list of Wireless Communities at personaltelco.net
Wireless Community Blog

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[2] wrencefreenet.org

[3] wisp.org

[4] wburyopen.net

[5] troitconnected.org

[6] wp.org

[7] sdalecoolcities.net

[8] usiwireless.com

[9] sites.google.com

[10] wireless.net

[11] ublicinternetproject.org

[12] ufaalowireless.org

[13] .phillymesh.org

[14] .gov

[15] wireless.net

[16] tgallatin.com

[17] ustinwireless.net/

[18] wfreenet.org

[19] tfa.rice.edu

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