Introduction
Please note these pages are here for archival purposes. The mesh shut down in 2019.
Welcome to WasabiNet, working to provide low-cost Mesh Wifi to Saint Louis, MO!
New Updates ...- Ben West presented at the Int'l Wireless Summit in Vienna! Check Updates for more.- We also presented recently at the Arch Reactor Open house in June 2010.- We submitted proposal in April 2010 to bring gigabit-speed Google Fiber to your area!Do you want $9.99/month wireless Internet without needing a telephone line, cable TV, or satellite? Do you want free email? Do you want to own your community's Internet network with your neighbors? Are you a local business owner looking to advertise and provide your customers convenient Internet access? Then drop us a line! We will use new Mesh Node technology to bring WiFi to Cherokee Street using inexpensive routers that you just hang on a wall, indoors or outdoors, no wires! Plus, the network will have a multi-lingual information portal with events, community updates, and ads from local businesses (including yours!), along with a public touch screen kiosk. The service is comparable in speed to conventional DSL. Help us put Cherokee on the Grid!How much it costs ...
- Limited free access (2hour time limit, download quota)
- $9.99/month for 3Mbit/sec residential subscribers
- $19.99/month for 5Mbit/sec business subscribers, with options for advertising on our Captive Portal
Other communities who use Mesh Node Wifi...
- Austin, TX (lessnetworks.com)
- Lawrence, KS (lawrencefreenet.org)
- York, PA (myyfi.com)
- Prestonsburg, KY (meraki.net)
- Detroit, MI (detroitdjc.org)
- Urbana-Champaign, IL (cuwin.net)
- Vienna, Austria (funkfeuer.at)
- Montreal, Canada (ilesansfil.org)
Strengths of this Proposal...
- 1st Mesh Node Wifi Network in St. Louis city
- Bridge the Digital Divide
- Multi-Lingual Portal and Public Kiosks
- Self-Sustaining Funding Model: $9.99/mo Subscription & Portal Ad Revenue
- Could Replace Analog TV as Information Outlet
- Enhance Community Appeal