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Community networks by region

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Asia

India

• Dharamsala Community Wireless Mesh Network, Dharamsala, H.P. — www.tibtec.org, AirJaldi|Summit and summit.airjaldi.com

This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Indonesia

• Batam Wireless Internet Community (BWIC) - www.batamwireless.org, Batam Island, Kepulauan Riau

BWIC stands for Batam Wireless Internet Community. ...

Singapore

• Wireless@SG, a nation-wide Wi-Fi network.[1] [2]

Wireless@SG is a wireless broadband programme developed by Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) as part of its Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure initiative. ... Official Wi-Fi logo Wi-Fi (pronounced wye-fye, IPA: ), also unofficially known as Wireless Fidelity, is a wireless technology brand owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance intended to improve the interoperability of wireless local area network products based on the IEEE 802. ...

North America

United States

Arizona

• Downtown Wi-Fi Zone[3], Tucson, AZ

California

Sorted roughly from North to South:

• NoCatNet, Sonoma County, CA
• Free the Net SF, San Francisco, CA - using low-cost mesh repeaters by Meraki
• SFLan, San Francisco, CA
• Hayward Downtown Wi-Fi Hot Spot, Hayward, CA
• Palo Alto Freenet, Palo Alto, CA
• CollegeTerrace.net, Palo Alto, CA
• acelere wispdiary, Pescadero, CA
• Alameda Wireless, Alameda, CA
• City Heights Wireless Network, San Diego, CA
• SoCalFreeNet, San Diego, CA

Meraki is a company that produces devices and software for wireless mesh networking. ...

Georgia

• Atlanta FreeNet[4], Atlanta, GA

Illinois

• Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN)[5], Champaign-Urbana, IL
• Wireless Community Networks[6], Chicago, IL

The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) is a special project of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. ... Wireless Community Networks (WCN) is a community wireless network project developed by the Center for Neighborhood Technology for the Chicagoland area. ...

Kansas

• Lawrence Freenet Community Network[7], Lawrence, KS

Massachusetts

• Newbury Open[8], Boston, MA
• BAWIA (Boston Area Wireless Internet Alliance)[9], Boston, MA

Michigan

• DetroitCONNECTED[10], Detroit, MI
• Detroit Wireless Project[11], Metropolitan Detroit, MI
• Hillsdale CoolCities[12], Hillsdale, MI

Minneapolis

• USI Wireless[13], Minneapolis, MN

New Mexico

• La Canada Wireless Association[14], 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

NYCwireless is a non-profit organization that advocates for and enables the growth of free, public wireless networks. ...

Oregon

• PDX Wireless, (merged with Personal Telco)
• NetEquality, Portland, OR - sells Meraki Minis
• Personal Telco, Portland, OR

PDX Wireless was a wireless community project located in Portland, OR that merged with the Personal Telco Project. ... Meraki is a company that produces devices and software for wireless mesh networking. ... The Personal Telco Project (or PTP) was founded by Adam Shand in November 2000 after Shand read a Slashdot article about the Consume The Net project in London. ...

Pennsylvania

• PhillyMesh[15], Philadelphia, PA
• Wireless Philadelphia [16], Philadelphia, PA
• Pittsburgh's Wireless Community[17], Pittsburgh, PA

Texas

• Austin Wireless[18], Austin, TX
• DFWFreeNet[19], Dallas, TX

Virginia

• Virginia WiFi Company [20], statewide umbrella
• Richmond Free Wireless [21], Richmond, VA

Washington

• Seattle Wireless, Seattle, WA

Seattle Wireless is an American non-profit project. ...

Canada

• British Columbia Wireless Network Society, British Columbia, Canada — http://www.bcwireless.net
• Île Sans Fil, Montreal, Quebec, Canada — http://www.ilesansfil.org/
• 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}
• Laval Sans Fil (Currently under construction), Laval, Quebec, Canada — http://lavalsansfil.org
• Fred-eZone, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada — http://www.fred-ezone.ca/
• Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi, Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec, Canada — http://www.ogwifi.ca/
• Saskatchewan! Connected, Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada — http://www.saskatchewan.ca/connected

Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... ÃŽle Sans Fil is a non-profit community wireless network devoted to providing free public wireless internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout Montréal, Québec, Canada. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - Total 365. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wireless Toronto is a volunteer non-profit community wireless network in Toronto. ... Wireless Nomad is a non-profit cooperative based in Toronto, Canada providing subscriber-owned home and business internet along with free Wi-Fi wireless Internet access to Toronto residents. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... For the Canadian federal electoral district of the same name, see Fredericton (electoral district). ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Motto: Fortunae meae, multorum faber[1] Location of Gatineau in Quebec, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  Quebec Administrative Region Outaouais Amalgamated 2002 Government  - Mayor Marc Bureau  - Governing body Gatineau City Council  - MPs Lawrence Cannon, Richard Nadeau, Marcel Proulx  - MNAs Roch Cholette, Stéphanie Vallée, Charlotte LÉcuyer, Norman MacMillan... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Nickname: Motto: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish) Location of Regina in the SE quadrant of Saskatchewan Coordinates: , Country Province District Municipality of Sherwood Established 1882 Government  - City Mayor Pat Fiacco  - Governing body Regina City Council  - MPs Dave Batters Ralph Goodale Tom Lukiwski Andrew Scheer  - MLAs Trent Wotherspoon Kevin Yates Kim... For other uses of Saskatoon, see Saskatoon (disambiguation). ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. ... Moose Jaw is a city in south central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River west of Regina. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ...

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

Brazil

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

Chile

• Chilesincables.org The main wireless non-profit community project in Chile

Colombia

• Altred — http://www.altred.net
• BogotáWireless, Bogotá — http://www.bogotawireless.net
• MedellinWireless, Medellín — http://www.medellinwireless.net
• CogitoWireless, Bogotá — https://www.cogitowireless.net

Uruguay

• MontevideoLibre, Montevideo — http://www.montevideolibre.org
• SaltoLibre, Salto — http://www.saltolibre.info/

Paraguay

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

Europe

Austria

• Funkfeuer, Vienna, Graz — http://www.funkfeuer.at
• LZB-Net, Hofkichen — http://www.lanzenberg.at
• WaveArea, Wels, Perg, Hofkirchen — http://www.wavearea.net

Belgium

• ReseauCitoyen, Brussels — http://www.reseaucitoyen.be/wiki

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• wireless.ba, United wireless communities in Bosnia — http://www.wireless.ba
• saWireless, Sarajevo — http://sa.wireless.ba
• Viwa net, Visoko — http://vi.wireless.ba
• BLwireless, Banjaluka — http://www.blwireless.net
• Laushnet, Banjaluka, Laush — http://www.laushnet.co.sr
• mo-wireless, Mostar — http://mo.wireless.ba
• LPwireless, LP — http://www.lpwireless.net
• BNWireless, Bijeljina, http://www.bnwireless.net

Czech Republic

• AirDump.Net, ACzW, Czech — Wireless Comunity
• CZFree.Net, Czech Republic — http://www.czfree.net/
• SPKFree.Net, Northern Moravia, Czech Republic — http://www.spkfree.cz
• NobodyNet, Holýšov, Czech Republic; http://www.nobody-network.net
• RASKOV.net, Raskov, Czech Republic; http://www.raskov.net
• Czela.net, Čelákovice, Czech Republic; http://www.czela.net
• KLFree.Net, Kladno, Czech Republic; http://www.klfree.net
• PVFree.Net, Prostějov, Czech Republic; http://www.pvfree.net
• HKFree.org, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; http://www.hkfree.org
• Svobodna Praha, Praha-východ. Praha - Benice, Uhříněves, Kolovraty, Nedvězí, Lipany, Křeslice, Pitkovice, Královice, Nupaky, Újezd, Čestlice, Průhonice, Říčany, http://www.svobodna-praha.net

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

Croatia

• RiWireless, Rijeka — http://www.riwireless.net/
• 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.webart.hr/oswireless
• ZNET, Zagreb — http://www.znetonline.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/
• Ozone — http://www.ozone.net/en/
• Rural Area Networks Webring, http://ran.vaour.net/cgi-bin/ringlink/list.pl?ringid=ran

Germany

• Freifunk.net, Berlin a.o., Germany — http://www.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Bochum, Bochum, Germany — http://freifunk.das-labor.org/
• Freifunk-Ruhrstadt.de, Zone of the Ruhrstadt, Germany — http://www.freifunk-ruhrstadt.de/
• Freifunk Moers, Freifunk in Moers, Germany — http://dasinter.net/ffmoers/
• Freifunk Brandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany — http://www.freifunk-brb.de
• OpenNet Initiative, Rostock, Germany — http://www.opennet-initiative.de/
• mobileaccess, HotSpots and wireless communities in Germany — http://mobileaccess.de/wlan/
• Freifunk Koeln, wireless community in Cologne, Germany — http://www.freifunk-koeln.de

Greece

• Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network, Athens — http://www.awmn.net/
• Heraklion Student Wireless Network, Heraklion — http://wireless.uoc.gr/
• Ioannina Wireless Network, Ioannina — http://www.ioanninawireless.gr/
• VAS21 Wireless Network, Ioannina — http://vas21.s3.bizhat.com//
• Patras Wireless Network, Patras — http://www.patraswireless.net/
• SPN Wireless, Patras http://www.wspn.gr/
• Patras Wirless Metropolitan Network, Patras Patras Wirless Metropolitan Network
• WANA, Amalias http://www.wana.gr/

Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network is a community radio network based in Athens, Greece. ... HSWN logo Heraklion Student Wireless Network (abbreviated HSWN or ΑΦΔΗ from Ασύρματο Φοιτητικό Δίκτυο Ηρακλείου) is a city-wide, non-profit wireless community network in Heraklion, Crete. ... Ioannina Wireless Network is a non-profit wireless network based in Ioannina, Greece. ... PWN logo Patras Wireless Network (PWN) is, historically, the first city-wide, wireless community network in Greece. ...

Hungary

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

Ireland

• Craughwell Broadband, Community Based Project covering Co Galway, and areas of bordering counties — http://www.craughwellbroadband.com, A network built by the people for the people.
• IrishWAN, All-Ireland community radio project — http://www.irishwan.ie. Hobby network allowing people to learn to connect up areas around Ireland. Tech advice and help online.
• The WAN, Wireless experimenter network currently covering parts of Co. Clare, Galway and Mayo — http://www.thewan.net/

Italy

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

Serbia

• BG Wireless, Belgrade — http://www.bgwireless.net
• NS Wireless, Novi Sad — http://www.nswireless.org
• MCN Wireless, Kraljevo — http://www.kvwireless.org
• Uzice bez zice, wireless community, Uzice — http://wireless.uzice.net
• Lozničani Community, Loznica — http://site.loznica.net
• WirelessAR, Arandjelovac — http://www.arandjelovcani.co.yu
• Net 010 wireless community, Pirot — http://wireless.pirotcity.com

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/english/ and http://wiki.wirelessleiden.nl/ (wiki)
• Amsterdam Network Collective, Amsterdam, Netherlands — http://www.amsterdam-wireless.nl/

Wireless Leiden is a wireless community network in Leiden, Netherlands. ...

Portugal

• Movimento Wireless Português— http://wireless.com.pt/
• nazamesh.net— http://nazamesh.net/

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

• Ljubljana — http://wifi.frubsd.org/

Spain

• MadridWireless, Madrid, Spain — http://madridwireless.net/
• RedLibre, Spain — http://www.redlibre.net/
• TorreviejaWireless, Torrevieja, Spain — http://www.torreviejawireless.org/
• Guifi.Net, Catalonia, Spain — http://www.guifi.net/
• Mataró Sensefils, Mataró, Catalonia, Spain — http://www.matarosensefils.net/

RedLibre is a free networks wireless meta community in Spain. ... This article is about the Spanish autonomous community. ... This article is about the Spanish autonomous community. ...

Sweden

• Elektrosmog, Stockholm — http://elektrosmog.nu/

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/
• Cambridge Matrix, Cambridge, UK — http://www.cambridgematrix.co.uk/
• Arwain.net, Cardiff, UK — http://www.arwain.net/
• 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/
• 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

This article is about the district in London. ... The Southampton Open Wireless Network (SOWN) is a non-profit community wireless network based in Southampton, UK. // SOWN began as a project by the Southampton University Wireless Society in 2000 with the aim of providing pervasive wireless internet access to students on and around the University of Southampton. ...

Other

• EuropeOpen — List of some free wireless networks in Europe

Australia & Oceania

South Australia

• Air-Stream Wireless Incorporated, Adelaide and surrounding areas — http://www.air-stream.org.au
• Southern-WiFi, Southern Adelaide — http://www.southernwifi.net

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/

Melbourne Wireless is a non-profit project to develop a community wireless network in Melbourne and end recurrent telco fees. ...

New South Wales, Australia

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

Queensland, Australia

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

Canberra Territory, Australia

• Air.Net Canberra — http://www.air.net.au

Western Australia

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

Tasmania, Australia

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

TasWireless is a group of wireless networking enthusiasts in Tasmania, Australia. ...

Northern Territory, Australia

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

New Zealand

• NZWireless, New Zealand — http://www.nzwireless.org
• Marlborough Wireless Project — http://www.marlwifi.org.nz
• Yobbo Wireless Community — http://wireless.yobbo.co.nz

Africa

Ghana

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

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 — http://www.pwp.za.net
• Pretoria Wireless User Group — http://www.ptawug.za.net
• Wireless Africa, South Africa — Wireless Africa Wiki COIN Blog [http://www.fmfi.org.za

Zambia

• LinkNet, Macha, Zambia — Linknet Linknet Wiki Site

See also

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

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A computer network is a useless group of computers. ... Metropolitan area networks, or MANs, are large computer networks usually spanning a city. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

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 [22]
• Wireless Community Blog
• Airshare.org — Community Wireless Resource for Newbies and Experts