Community Wifi

= Community Wifi =

Status: Not Taken Forward (Incubated)
The activities detailed here fall outside of the OKFN's core competencies and there was no significant degree of support among members for taking this forward.

--RufusPollock 2007-01

Aims

 * to support local community wifi networks (eg @ Freedom Bookshop, Whitechapel - PL)
 * encourage wider uptake
 * conduct research into long-term implications of wifi networks, notably funding: corporate, governmental, services tax
 * promote rural broadband access

Methods:


 * wifi 'publicity stunt': Trafalgar Sq? Westminster Sq?
 * Westminster council: have they already set up infrastructure?
 * economic analysis to demonstrate efficiency of model.
 * lobby as necessary.

Issues:


 * interference / licensing of frequencies
 * security

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