[CIMC-work] Fwd: [Imc-wireless] $200,000 Open Society Institute Grant Awarded to Community Wireless Network Project:

[Chris Kaihatsu]

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> From: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
> Date: February 21, 2004 11:54:49 PM CST
> To: imc-wireless at lists.indymedia.org
> Subject: [Imc-wireless]  $200,000 Open Society Institute Grant Awarded 
> to Community Wireless Network Project:
>
> hi all,
>
> just a quick FYI about our project.  we got some great local press (see
> www.saschameinrath.com/press) and are hoping to get the word out (and 
> get
> collaborators) as we move forward.
>
> --sascha
>
> *********************
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> *********************
>
> CONTACT
> Contact Name: Sascha Meinrath
> Company Name: Community Wireless Network
> E-mail:       sascha at ucimc.org
> Phone:        (217)278-3933
> Website:      http://www.cuwireless.net
>
>
> LOCAL COMMUNITY WIRELESS NETWORK PROJECT RECEIVES MAJOR GRANT FUNDING 
> FROM
> THE OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE TO BUILD THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED COMMUNITY
> WIRELESS NETWORK.
>
>
> The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CWN) has been awarded 
> a
> $200,000 grant from the Open Society Institute, funded by the Soros
> Foundation, to develop wireless technology to be used around the globe,
> with a focus on developing nations.  Urbana-Champaign, IL will become 
> the
> testing ground for this technology.
>
> The Community Wireless Network is building a high-speed communications
> network that promises to support publishing and city-wide Internet 
> radio
> broadcast by citizens, a community-owned local telephone service, and
> bandwidth sharing.  The network uses off-the-shelf wireless hardware to
> spread a "web" of network connectivity across town.  The CWN uses
> open-source software and open-architecture hardware created by the CWN
> development team.  Using essentially the same "WiFi" equipment you may 
> use
> in your home or office, the CWN puts equipment on rooftops to connect
> users with their neighbors to form a high-speed community network.
>
> The three-part mission of CWN is:
>
> 1) to connect every local citizen to the Internet at low cost;
> 2) develop open-source hardware and software for use by wireless 
> projects
> around the globe; and,
> 3) build and support community-owned, not-for-profit broadband 
> networks in
> cities and towns throughout the world.
>
> Since its inception, the CWN has grown to become a leading source of
> information, software, and hardware for building community wireless
> networks.  Over the past three years, CWN research and development has
> yielded two proof-of-concept CWN prototypes in Urbana.  The current 
> Open
> Society Institute grant will allow the CWN development team to refine 
> this
> software and build a large-scale Community Wireless Network testbed 
> that
> can be used by the Champaign-Urbana community to bring affordable
> broadband connectivity to all.
>
> The Community Wireless Network is a program of the Urbana-Champaign
> Independent Media Center Foundation (IMC), a federally-recognized
> non-profit organization. The project has supported itself through
> donations, foundational grants, and institutional support.  The 
> Community
> Wireless Network is composed of a consortium of researchers, 
> programmers,
> community activists, non-profit organizations, for-profit businesses, 
> and
> educational institutions.  OJC Technologies is the development home for
> the Community Wireless Network and has generously agreed to donate 
> office
> space for the project.  The Acorn Active Media Foundation provides
> infrastructure support for CWN.
>
> --
> Sascha Meinrath
> Project Manager & President      *      Project Manager
> Acorn Active Media Foundation   ***     Eggplant Active Media
> www.acornactivemedia.com         *      www.eggplantmedia.com
>
>
>
>
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