Sponsors & Friends
The WCN project is pleased to have the support--financial and otherwise--of individuals, community organizations, community wireless enthusiasts, hardware suppliers and other organizations. Here is a list of some of the groups that have been helpful to us as we've tried to get off the ground this year.
Champaign-Urbana Wireless Community Network
The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) has built a communications network using wireless networking equipment. This is essentially the same "WiFi" equipment used in homes and offices, but we put it on rooftops to connect neighbors and form a high-speed community network.
CUWiN's three-part mission is to:
connect more people to Internet and broadband services; develop open-source hardware and software for use by wireless projects world-wide; and, build and support community-owned, not-for-profit broadband networks in cities and towns around the globe.
Chi-Fi
Chi-Fi is the collaborative project of several Chicago based organizations to create a metro WLAN to serve the city and its constituents.
CTCNet Chicago
CTCNet Chicago is a coalition of local community technology centers, technology-focused community-based organizations and advocates who share the vision of CTCNet (http://www.ctcnet.org/), our founding organization, of a society in which all people are equitably empowered by technology skills and services.
Free the Future
Free the Future was established as a community organization in October of 2002 to promote the development of shared technology resources within Chicago neighborhoods.
.\\etrix Communication LLC
Mission: To supply wireless network builders and developers with quality products at affordable prices.
NPOTechs
NPOTechs consists of technology enthusiasts, staff members of non-profit-organizations, and other people interested in empowering our communities by helping to bring open-source and free technologies to non-profits.
onShore
Systems integration specialists serving Chicago.
WiGLE
Worldwide database and mapping of 1,603,577 wireless networks, since September 2001.