List of wireless community networks by region

Some wireless community network projects are:

Contents 1 Community networks by region 1.1 Africa 1.1.1 Ghana 1.1.2 South Africa 1.1.3 Zambia 1.2 Asia 1.2.1 India 1.2.2 Indonesia 1.2.3 Nepal 1.3 Australia & Oceania 1.3.1 ACT, Australia 1.3.2 New South Wales, Australia 1.3.3 Northern Territory, Australia 1.3.4 Queensland, Australia 1.3.5 South Australia 1.3.6 Victoria, Australia 1.3.7 Western Australia 1.3.8 Tasmania, Australia 1.3.9 New Zealand 1.4 Europe 1.4.1 Austria 1.4.2 Belgium 1.4.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.4.4 Czech Republic 1.4.5 Croatia 1.4.6 Denmark 1.4.7 Finland 1.4.8 France 1.4.9 Germany 1.4.10 Greece 1.4.11 Hungary 1.4.12 Ireland 1.4.13 Italy 1.4.14 Macedonia 1.4.15 Netherlands 1.4.16 Portugal 1.4.17 Poland 1.4.18 Serbia 1.4.19 Slovakia 1.4.20 Slovenia 1.4.21 Spain 1.4.22 Sweden 1.4.23 Switzerland 1.4.24 United Kingdom 1.4.25 Other 1.5 Middle East 1.5.1 Israel 1.6 North America 1.6.1 United States 1.6.1.1 California 1.6.1.2 District of Columbia 1.6.1.3 Georgia 1.6.1.4 Illinois 1.6.1.5 Kansas 1.6.1.6 Maryland 1.6.1.7 Massachusetts 1.6.1.8 Michigan 1.6.1.9 Minnesota 1.6.1.10 Missouri 1.6.1.11 New Mexico 1.6.1.12 New York 1.6.1.13 Oregon 1.6.1.14 Pennsylvania 1.6.1.15 Tennessee 1.6.1.16 Texas 1.6.1.17 Virginia 1.6.1.18 Washington 1.6.2 Canada 1.6.2.1 British Columbia 1.6.2.2 Saksatchewan 1.6.2.3 Ontario 1.6.2.4 Québec 1.6.2.5 New Brunswick 1.6.2.6 Nova Scotia 1.7 South America 1.7.1 Argentina 1.7.2 Brazil 1.7.3 Chile 1.7.4 Colombia 1.7.5 Uruguay 1.7.6 Paraguay 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

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.

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

Indonesia

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

Nepal

• Nepal Wireless Networking Project — nepalwireless.net

Australia & Oceania

ACT, Australia

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

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, Adelaide and surrounding areas — 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
• Geelong Wireless — http://geelong.wireless.org.au — Offline.
• Lara Wireless — http://larawireless.net/

Western Australia

• WAFreeNet, Perth — http://www.wafreenet.org
• E3, Perth — http://www.e3.com.au/

Tasmania, Australia

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

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

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/

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

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 &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

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

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 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/

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  —

Hungary

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

Ireland

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

Italy

• Ninux.org, Rome, IT — http://www.ninux.org/
• 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/

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)

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

Poland

• Outernet— http://outernet.pl/

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 ljubljana, Ljubljana — http://wlan-lj.net (meshing for general population)

Spain

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

Sweden

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

Switzerland

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

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/

Other

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

Middle East

Israel

• Arig  — Israel's Community Mesh Network.

North America

United States

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

District of Columbia

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

Georgia

Illinois

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

Kansas

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

Maryland

• OpenWiSP,^[4] Catonsville, MD

Massachusetts

• Newbury Open,^[5] Boston, MA

Michigan

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

Minnesota

• USI Wireless,^[9] Minneapolis, MN

Missouri

• WasabiNet,^[10] St. Louis, MO

New Mexico

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

New York

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Tennessee

• ConnectGallatin,^[17] Gallatin, TN

Texas

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

Virginia

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

Washington

• Seattle Wireless, Seattle, WA

Canada

British Columbia

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

Saksatchewan

• 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
• 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/

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/

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

Brazil

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

Chile

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

Colombia

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

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/

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

References

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