Carlington Community Association (Tracey & Emil) Welcome to this presentation of Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi. Nov.13, 2007

Founders Emil Mitev, President Jean-Pierre Fiset, VP Ian Gough, Secretary Tracey Lauriault, Treasurer & Community Liaison Alexandre Lemieux, Member

Mandate ogWiFi is a non-profit Community Wireless Network (CWN) w/ volunteers operating on both sides of the Ottawa River helping commerces and organizations share their Internet connection with customers, the public & neighbourhoods

Aims to build a Community Communication Infrastructure to bridge the public and private spaces of our cities by: bridging the digital divide in marginalized communities enabling citizens to learn, use and play with technology promoting democratic participation in the creation and maintenance of infrastructure

What is an ogWiFi hotspot? A location (café, community centre, resource centre, pub, private home, cooperative, social housing community room, field house, gallery etc.) that shares its Internet Bandwidth using ogWiFi's technology and services at no cost to anyone within the signals reach and who wants to use it

What do you need to be a hotspot? A router (Linksys WRT54GL) & some cable (cat5) A high speed Internet connection from a provider of your choice An annual membership fee ($50) Hotspot Provider Agreement

Advantages to being a HotSpot Visibility in the community of WiFi users Access to a potential wider community base Improved experience for existing community base Cooperation with experts and volunteers associated with ogWiFi Broadcast community information via the captive portal page Attract new people via “Finder Map”

HotSpot 'Finder Map'

User Experience A user becomes aware that a network is available when his/her laptop detects and reports a wireless network The user clicks on the button to connect to the network The first page displayed by the user's browser is the captive portal page The user enters a name and password User is free to access internet at no charge

Captive Portal Pages

In progress ogWiFi wants to enable the delivery of local content Terminus Project w/Canada Council of the Arts (w/ Île sans fil) Geo-sensitive news feed (Île sans fil)

Community Park users want to be outside with the kids, work, use email, read the paper online etc. Coops, condominiums and social housing projects can share resources People want to work and play in their neighbourhoods

The Technology Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Penguins Open source and free (no fee) applications Linksys WRT54G & OpenWRT Wifidog info@ogwifi.ca

Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Penguins The Technology Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Penguins Linux-based Operating System, OpenWRT Wifidog captive portal page software Linksys WRT54G

What it looks like

Business Models Users split fees, router sponsored by a supporting institution Local ponsor covers fees or serves the community by becoming a hotspot Centre/field house becomes a hotspot for a park and local area Partner with other groups or business in the community

Thanks to Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) - legal Wataru Watanabe - graphics Île sans fil à Montréal Flora.org Community Web – lists service Creative Neighbouhoods - support Christine McKay & Richard Balance - Computer Cooperix.net - authentication server

Contact Info info@ogwifi.ca ogwifi.ca http://list.flora.ca/mailman/listinfo/ogwifi Tracey Lauriault 613 234 2805 Emil Mitev info@ogwifi.ca

Contact ogwifi.ca info@ogwifi.ca Tracey Lauriault - 613 234 2805 Emil Mitev – 613 297 7176