'Welcome to the Mesh, Brother': Guerrilla Wi-Fi Comes to New York

NYC Mesh, a band of a few dozen tech volunteers, takes on Verizon and
the big "incumbent providers," with the promise of inexpensive
community internet.

By Bliss Broyard

Daniel Heredia peered across rooftops, surveying the derelict
satellite dishes and rusty television antennas of Brownsville,
Brooklyn. Wearing a motorcycle jacket and boots, he crouched on Andre Cambridge's roof, trying to see if he had a clear line of
sight to the Riverdale Avenue Community School a half-mile off. A
large tree was possibly in the way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/nyregion/nyc-mesh-community-internet.html

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