1. Node In A Box Dave Harris CS 410 Fall 2007

2. Problem It is difficult for rural areas small towns in the United States to get commercially available high-speed Internet Access

3. Solution Wireless Mesh Networking to the rescue! Image source: http://research.microsoft.com/mesh/

4. Where are Community Wireless Mesh Networks in place? Seattle, WA (http://seattlewireless.net/)http://seattlewireless.net/ Buffalo, NY (http://buffalowireless.org/)http://buffalowireless.org/ Portland, OR (http://personaltelco.net/)http://personaltelco.net/ Rome, Italy (http://www.ninux.org/)http://www.ninux.org/ North Yorkshire, UK (http://rhbmesh.net/)http://rhbmesh.net/ Prague and other cities (http://czfree.net)http://czfree.net..and more!

5. Problems with current implementations Requires a lot of technical knowledge No single vendor for governments with a low-cost solution as well as help planning, setting up, and maintaining system

6. Who pays? Local governments for small towns purchase the system –Avoid marketing to rural areas for now How do they pay? –Local government funds –Individual, business, group sponsorships

7. What our company provides **Mesh network nodes (uplink as well as repeater) that are easy for non-technical people to install –Cost should be less than $100 per node Assistance with planning, set-up as well as maintenance issues through an ongoing contract **Software to help government or sponsoring entity monitor network health and spot potential problems **: Computer Components!

8. What is not provided Internet uplink (can be provided by individual residents through satellite internet, or centrally through a T1 or something else)

9. Issues of Contention Big Telco’s will not like it Security of information transmitted

10. Questions???