![]() ![]() They learn as they go along or take part in a group training. Speaker 1: N Y C mesh volunteers don't need any technical expertise to start. Just mounting this antenna pointing roughly towards where our little hub is over there. Speaker 2: Once we get this up, if we had somebody over there who wanted internet across the street, we could just put one of these on the roof and they would automatically connect to each other and provide internet for someone across the street. Speaker 1: A typical rooftop installation has an omnidirectional antenna, which broadcasts everywhere and a light beam, a point-to-point satellite antenna for longer distances. If you zoom in far enough, you might be able to see there's two little white pieces of equipment way off in the distance. Speaker 2: For this particular install, we are looking at an install on President Street, which is smack dab in between these two buildings right here. The network can only function if there are no objects or buildings blocking rooftop routers. Speaker 1: Volunteers will check if you have a clear line of sight to another node. ![]() Speaker 3: All you really need to do is fill out a join form and see how close you are to a neighbor who might already have the service and that'll get you connected. Speaker 4: We try and publish everything that we can possibly put on our website so that other locations can kind of use us as a model or a workflow. It's meant to provide a blueprint for other community-based networks across the country. Their website and Slack messaging space is full of open source technical content, allowing to learn D I Y installation, troubleshoot, or research equipment. It's been growing steadily due to its core group of dedicated volunteers who perform household and building installations and repairs, administer the network, maintain the website, and do community outreach. Speaker 1: N Y C Mesh is a small group with a big mission. If that happens on your rooftop, you could hop through your neighbor's rooftop automatically through that routing network, and that's really what the mesh is about, is providing a redundant way of being able to access the internet. Speaker 4: If your cable was cut to your house and you lost your internet, in the case of this, if your antenna gets misaligned, that could be okay. That way you'll find a connection in an emergency situation and members can communicate with one another. Speaker 1: If a node is blocked or loses signal, the network automatically finds the most direct available path to send data. Network coverage is typically the spaces that you can see in the blue area that shaded, but realistically, it's anywhere where you have line of sight going from your location to any of one of these blue dots. Speaker 4: This map shows the coverage of where our network infrastructure is. N Y C Mesh also has public wifi hotspots across the network. The more devices transmitting data, the further the network can spread, forming a web of connectivity that could potentially service millions. There are also super nodes with a fast connection gateway to the internet and neighborhood hubs connecting to smaller nodes. Speaker 1: The network relies on an expansive wireless mesh infrastructure where hundreds of access points or nodes talk to each other through long range wireless routers and antennas mounted on rooftops. We're trying to provide the best possible internet connection to the most amount of people all across New York. Speaker 3: Unlike them, we're not throttling anybody. N Y C mesh does this by legally bypassing the big internet service providers, which studies have shown deliver unequal speed to customers, charge high prices and have poor customer service. It's a volunteer-led nonprofit that connects its members to the internet for a small donation and it doesn't block content, limit bandwidth or collect personal data. Speaker 1: N Y C mesh wants to close the gap. Speaker 2: See, I bet you guys have never had internet installation people having this much fun. The digital divide leaves underserved households and marginalized communities without reliable internet access. One of the largest community supported networks in the world is here in New York, a divided city of over 8 million. Speaker 1: If no one owns the internet, what's stopping us from running it ourselves? Most of us think of high-speed internet as a product we buy from just a few providers, but there's an alternative community supported networks that rely on common infrastructure that are committed to providing affordable broadband to everyone. ![]()
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