Ameba
free networks are paths through the woods / paths that lead interesting places grow / paths that lead nowhere disappear
reseaux libres sont des chemins dans les bois / les chemins qui menant a des endroits interessants grandir / les chemins qui ne menent nulle part disparaitre
ideas-art-information on free networks of all kinds...
this site is for spreading/sharing/creating information about free networks and communication - decentralised, community run alternatives to commercially 'provided' telecommunication. Linking existing projects, trying out new ideas, and questioning what we really need.
and whatever else you/me/we find interesting. it can be a mixture of practical stuff and art/ideas.
An idea is to use modified radio equipment to link different kinds of existing networks and adapt to the chaotic situations we live in. Existing projects seem to be shifting towards using higher an higher frequencies as the bands become become more crowded and people want more bandwidth (5GHz etc). Another approach could be to use lower frequencies and lower bandwidth, for a most robust communication solution for rural areas and allowing more 'random' connectivity (rather than point-to-point links).
this is a wiki (using mediawiki), please add, change or translate stuff, put comments images links whatever... Because of problems with spam you must now create a username to be able to edit pages.
paper versions of parts of the site are also in distribution.
- free networks short zine introduction to idea of free networks (french/enghlish)
- community run communication main article including sections on amateur radio, pirate radio, wifi networks and software defined radio
- 430mhz data transfer a project being tested - like normal 2.4GHz wifi, but lower frequency to not need a line-of-sight link
- changing the internet groups and projects for making the existing internet more free, as well as tools for those who do not have constant access to internet.
- mousing about zine about city life
- alternative energy ideas
other stuff: urban regeneration drawings / biscuits pictures / magic / linux and other stuff / bad songs / other ideas and links
this site is hosted at ehion.com and was previously using dokuwiki old dokuwiki site, and before that it was hosted on wikispaces, and before that a static html site on a server called Hades. It will maybe switch soon to 'moinmoin' wiki software because it uses flat files rather than a database, easier for editing directly on the server.
