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Project Overview
The goal of the Southern California WiFI project, is to design, build and deploy a community owned and operated wide area wireless network, utilizing both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.
It will serve any end user device which has a radio capable of communicating over 802.11 b/g/n. A number of back haul technologies such as fiber/xDSL/cable, 802.11y, and Infrared/Laser links will be used to provide inter node connectivity.
This network will be used to deliver both non profit and for profit services to consumers and businesses. Some examples of services which the network will be optimized for are:
1) Carrier grade Voice over IP including full end to end encryption.
2) IP Television (with both traditional and user generated content)
3) Business process outsourcing (such as payment processing and advertising)
4) Neighborhood portals and other consumer enabling technology.
5) General internet access.
The network itself will be non profit, but services carried over the network can be either for profit or non profit.
We hope to see many providers step up and provide services over the SoCalWiFI.net network. Known Element Enterprises plans to provide managed ISP services over the network. Others are free to provide ISP services and other premium (triple play etc) services on the network.
Getting Involved
There are several ways to get involved with the project!
Join the mailing lists:
Add yourself to the Project members page.
Read over the Project Plan and volunteer on the mailing lists to help with part of it.
County Pages
- Los Angeles County
- Orange County
- Riverside County
- San Bernadino County
- Ventura County
- San Luis Obispo County
- San Diego
- Santa Barbara County
- Kern County
- Imperial County
Presentations on the project
Project Components
- Wireless Networking (things specific to wireless)
- Non Wireless Networking (things like BGP/OSPF/addressing schemes etc)
- Voice over IP
- IP Televison
- Geospatial Information Systems
- 3650 to 3700 mhz spectrum information
- Network Lab
- Mesh_Experiment
- Hardware Deployment
Project Resources
Thanks to the sponsorship of Known Element Enterprises, the SocalWiFI.net project team has obtained critical resources in support of the project.
Books
B) Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures and Protocols
D) An Insiders Look at the Rise and Fall of Competition in the Local Exchange Competion
E) Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks
F) Wireless Networks in the Developing World
G) Wireless Hacking Projects for WiFI Enthusiasts
Hardware
Please see our Network_Lab page for details on this.
Hacker Space / Net Connection
We meet in downtown El Segundo at various merchants near Main St and Grand. The first SoCalWiFI.net node is deployed at Havanna Sandwich. Known Element Enterprises frequently purchases drinks and/or full meals for the project team.
Related Projects
There are many who have gone before us and inspired us to get this project up and running. Please feel free to add your project to the below list! :)
Regional wireless projects
2) Silicon Valley Wireless Users and Experimenters
3) Southern California Wireless User Group
