Other Community Networks
We aren't the only name in town when it comes to community networks. Other people are building community networks in other places! Here's a short list of networks that we know about in the US.
This Wikipedia article has more information about other networks around the world.
A lot of these networks are Meshtastic or other similar protocol low bandwidth texting networks. They are not what we would consider broadband internet networks.
Updating this table to include protocols used by each network would be helpful to differentiate between broadband networks and Meshtastic style networks.
United States:
| Name |
City |
Website |
Status: | Organizational Hub / Contact Info |
| Tucson Mesh | Tucson, AZ |
https://www.tucsonmesh.net/ | Slack - tucsonmesh.slack.com |
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| People's Open Network |
Oakland, CA |
peoplesopen.net | IRC - #peoplesopen.net on Freenode | |
| CUWiN | Champaign/Urbana, IL |
https://cuwireless.net/ | Unknown |
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Seattle Community Network
WISP / LTE based community internet access |
Seattle, WA |
https://seattlecommunitynetwork.org/ | Active, Ongoing expansion | Discord - https://discord.gg/XH6gq6Fj |
| Personal Telco Network |
Portland, OR | https://personaltelco.net/wiki/PersonalTelco | Seems out of date? |
IRC - Information Mailing List - https://personaltelco.net/wiki/MailingList |
| Philly Community Wireless |
Philadelphia, PA |
https://phillycommunitywireless.org/ | Active, Ongoing expansion | Email - phillycommunitywireless@gmail.com |
| Project Waves | Baltimore, MD | https://www.projectwaves.net/ | Active |
Email - contact@projectwaves.net |
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LAX Mesh
Startup idea, no network yet |
Los Angeles | https://laxmesh.net | - | |
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LCWA
Volunteer run WISP |
Santa Fe, New Mexico | https://lcwireless.net | Active |
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Mass Mesh
Yggdrasil based WiFi mesh network |
Boston | https://massmesh.org | Probably abandoned. Github last updated in 2023 |
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Newport Mesh
Volunteer run WISP |
Newport, Vermont | https://newportmesh.org | Maybe abandoned? Website seems out of date. |
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| SB Mesh | Santa Barbara, California | http://sbmesh.net | Abandoned (Website is down) |
https://twitter.com/sbmeshnet |
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SudoMesh / People's Open Network
Custom code based WiFi mesh network |
Oakland, California | https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh | Somewhat active. Mostly a mesh software project. |
https://twitter.com/sudomesh |
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Spokane Mesh
Meshtastic |
Spokane, Washington | https://spokanemesh.net | Active | https://twitter.com/spokanemesh |
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Mesh 129 |
Lane County, Oregon | https://mesh129.net |
Abandoned (Website is down) |
https://twitter.com/mesh129net |
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MetaMesh
WISP based community internet access |
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania | https://www.metamesh.org | Seems to be active. | https://twitter.com/MetaMeshWC |