List of wireless community networks by region

Some wireless community network projects are:

Community networks by region

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Africa

Ghana

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

South Africa

See also South African wireless community networks

• 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

Zambia

• LinkNet, Macha, Zambia — Linknet Linknet Wiki Site

Asia

India

• AirJaldi Broadband networks in rural areas; [4]
• Digital Empowerment Foundation Wireless for Community Network; [wforc.in]

Indonesia

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

Nepal

• Nepal Wireless Networking Project — nepalwireless.net
• Community Wireless Mesh Network, Kaski — Kaski WMN

Australia & Oceania

ACT, Australia

• Canberra Wireless Network — http://www.cwn.net.au

New South Wales, Australia

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

Northern Territory, Australia

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

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

South Australia

• Air-Stream Wireless Incorporated, South Australia — http://www.air-stream.org.au

Victoria, Australia

• Ballarat Wireless — http://www.ballaratwireless.net
• Bendigo Wireless — http://www.bendigowireless.net
• Melbourne Wireless — http://www.melbournewireless.org.au
• Lara Wireless — http://larawireless.net/

Western Australia

• Western Australian Community Access Networks Inc., Perth — http://www.wacan.asn.au/
• WAFreeNet, Perth — http://www.wafreenet.org

Tasmania, Australia

• TasWireless, Tasmania — http://www.taswireless.net

New Zealand

• Yobbo Wireless Community — http://yobbo.co.nz/wireless.htm
• Computer Clubhouse 274 Community Wireless — http://www.clubhouse274.org.nz

Europe

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/
• Funkfeuer Graz, Graz — http://graz.funkfeuer.at/
• Funkfeuer Weststeiermark, Voitsberg, Deutschlandsberg — http://weststmk.funkfeuer.at/

Belgium

• DraadloosMechelen, Mechelen — http://www.draadloosmechelen.be
• 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

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

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 — 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

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 — http://ludbreg.dyndns.org

Denmark

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

Finland

• OpenSpark — https://open.sparknet.fi/

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

Germany

• Freifunk.net, general page for Germany — http://www.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Aachen, wireless community in Aachen, Germany — http://wiki.freifunk.net/Freifunk_Aachen (since 2012)
• Freifunk Augsburg, wireless community in Augsburg, Germany — http://augsburg.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Berlin, Berlin, Germany — http://berlin.freifunk.net/ (since 2002/03)
• Freifunk Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany — http://www.freifunk-bielefeld.de/
• Freifunk Bochum, Bochum, Germany — https://www.das-labor.org/wiki/Bochum.Freifunk.net
• Förderverein Bürgernetz Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany — http://www.fbn-dd.de/
• Freifunk Chemnitz, wireless community in Chemnitz, Germany — http://www.chemnitz.freifunk.net
• Freifunk Darmstadt, wireless decentralized community mesh in Darmstadt, Germany — http://www.freifunk-darmstadt.de
• Freifunk Dresden, wireless communities in Dresden, Germany — http://www.ddmesh.de/ and https://www.fbn-dd.de/der-verein/
• Freifunk Freiburg, wireless communities in Freiburg, Germany — http://freiburg.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Gießen, wireless community in Gießen, Germany — http://wiki.freifunk.net/Freifunk_Gie%C3%9Fen
• Freifunk Gronau, wireless community in Gronau (Westf.); http://gronau.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Halle, wireless community in Halle, Germany — http://halle.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Hamburg, wireless community in Hamburg, Germany — http://hamburg.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Hannover, wireless community in Hanover, Germany — http://hannover.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Jena, wireless community in Jena, Germany — http://freifunk-jena.de/
• Freifunk Kiel, wireless community in Kiel, Germany — http://freifunk.in-kiel.de/
• Freifunk Köln, wireless community in Cologne, Germany — http://www.freifunk-koeln.de, Köln/Bonn http://kbu.freifunk.net
• Freifunk Leipzig, wireless community in Leipzig, Germany — http://leipzig.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Lübeck, wireless community in Lübeck, Germany — http://luebeck.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Lüneburg, wireless community in Lüneburg, Germany — http://freifunk-lueneburg.de/
• Freifunk Mainz, wireless community in Mainz, Germany — http://freifunk-mainz.de/
• Freifunk Munich, wireless community in Munich, Germany — http://freifunk-muenchen.de/
• Freifunk Oberhausen, community in Oberhausen, Germany — http://wiki.freifunk.net/Freifunk_Oberhausen
• Freifunk Oldenburg, Freifunk in Oldenburg, Germany — http://freifunk-ol.de/
• Freifunk Paderborn, Freifunk community in Paderborn, Germany — http://paderborn.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Potsdam, wireless community in Potsdam, Germany — http://www.freifunk-potsdam.de/
• Freifunk Remscheid, community in Remscheid, Germany — http://wiki.freifunk.net/Freifunk_Remscheid
• Freifunk Rheinland, region Rheinland, around Düsseldorf, Germany — http://wiki.freifunk.net/Freifunk_Rheinland_e.V (since 2010)
• OpenNet Initiative, Rostock, Germany — http://www.opennet-initiative.de/
• Freifunk Weimar, wireless community in Weimar, Germany — http://weimarnetz.de/
• Freifunk Wermelskirchen, wireless community in Wermelskirchen; http://wermelskirchen.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Wuppertal, community in Wuppertal; http://www.freifunk-wuppertal.net/

Greece

• Wireless Networks Association, National — http://www.wna.gr/
• Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network, Athens — http://www.awmn.net/
• Sarantaporo.gr WiFi Networks, Sarantaporo http://wind.sarantaporo.gr/
• 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

Hungary

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

Italy

• Linkem Free WiFi, Roma (RM), IT; http://mywifi.linkem.com/
• NOInet, Cerveteri (RM), IT —http://www.noinet.eu/
• eigenNet, Pisa, IT — http://www.eigenlab.org/
• NECO, Vietri di Potenza (PZ), IT — http://www.progettoneco.org
• ninux.org, Rome, IT — http://wiki.ninux.org/

Macedonia

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

Netherlands

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

Norway

• Dugnadsnett for alle i Oslo, Oslo, Norway — http://dugnadsnett.no/

Portugal

• Unimos http://unimos.net
• Wirelesspt.net http://wirelesspt.net

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

Slovakia

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

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 slovenija, Slovenia — https://wlan-si.net (meshing for general population)

Spain

• guifi.net — http://guifi.net/en
• RedLibre — http://www.redlibre.net

Sweden

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

Switzerland

• Openwireless - http://www.openwireless.ch/

United Kingdom

• Bristol Wireless, Bristol, UK — http://www.bristolwireless.net
• Consume the Net, London, UK — http://consume.net
• Tegola, West Highlands, Scotland, UK — http://www.tegola.org.uk
• Hebnet, Small Isles, Scotland, UK — http://hebnet.co.uk
• SOWN, Southampton, UK — http://www.sown.org.uk
• RHBMesh, North Yorkshire, UK - http://rhbmesh.net
• Wireless Blackpool, Blackpool, UK - http://www.blackpoolunlimited.com/WirelessBlackpoolhasarrived.aspx (publicly owned)
• Cambridge Matrix, Cambridge, UK — http://www.cambridgematrix.co.uk (commercial)
• Stour Valley Wireless, Sulfolk/ Essex borders, UK — http://www.stourvalleywireless.org.uk

Middle East

Israel

• Arig — Israel's Community Mesh Network.

North America

United States

California

• Myrtletown.net, Humboldt County, CA
• NoCatNet, Sonoma County, CA
• Sudo Mesh Oakland, CA
• Free the Net SF, San Francisco, CA
• SFLan, San Francisco, CA
• Palo Alto Freenet, Palo Alto, CA
• SoCalFreeNet, San Diego, CA

Illinois

• Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN), Champaign-Urbana, IL
• Wireless Community Networks, Chicago, IL

Kansas

• Lawrence Freenet Community Network, Lawrence, KS

Maryland

• OpenWiSP, Catonsville, MD

Massachusetts

• Newbury Open, Boston, MA

Michigan

• Morningside Mesh, Detroit, MI
• Hillsdale CoolCities, Hillsdale, MI

Minnesota

• USI Wireless, Minneapolis, MN

Missouri

• KC Freedom Network, Kansas City, MO
• WasabiNet, St. Louis, MO

New Mexico

• La Canada Wireless Association, Santa Fe, NM

New York

• NYCwireless, New York City, NY
• Public Internet Project, New York City, NY
• Buffalo Wireless Community Wireless Network in Buffalo, NY
• Red Hook WiFi, Brooklyn, NY

Oregon

• Personal Telco, Portland, OR
• NetEquality, Portland, OR - sells Meraki Minis
• St Johns Meshnet, North Portland, OR 97203

Pennsylvania

• PhillyMesh, Philadelphia, PA
• Wireless Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
• PittMesh, Pittsburgh's Wireless Community, Pittsburgh, PA

Tennessee

• ConnectGallatin, Gallatin, TN

Texas

• DFWFreeNet, Dallas, TX
• Technology-for-All Wireless, Houston, TX

Virginia

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

Washington

• Seattle Wireless, Seattle, WA
• Seattle Meshnet Project, Seattle, WA

Canada

British Columbia

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

Saskatchewan

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

Ontario

• Toronto Hydro Telcom www.thtelecom.ca/ - large area in downtown Toronto effective 5 September 2006
  • This network still exists but is now commercial: http://www.onezone.ca/
• 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)

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/
• Réseau Libre Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada — http://reseaulibre.ca

New Brunswick

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

Nova Scotia

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

Cuba

• SNet, [Havanna] — [5]

South America

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
• AnisacateLibre, Córdoba — http://www.anisacatelibre.org.ar
• QuintanaLibre, Córdoba — http://www.quintanalibre.org.ar

Brazil

• Brasil Sem Fio, São Paulo — http://eclipse.ime.usp.br/wiki/index.php/Brasil_Sem_Fio
• Rede Mesh Novo Hamburgo

Colombia

• BogotaMesh, Bogotá — http://www.bogota-mesh.org
• Altred — http://www.altred.net
• Red Inalambrica Comunitaria de Bogota — http://ricb.org

Uruguay

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

Paraguay

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

See also

• Computer network
• Metropolitan area network
• Wireless community network
• Wireless mesh network
• Wireless user group

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
• FreeNetworks.org, umbrella organization
• RedLibre, a FreeNetworks like project in Spain
• Personal Telco's list of Wireless Communities at personaltelco.net
• Wireless Community Blog
• St Johns Meshnet