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Since this project forst started to roll out, on College Bank initially, the number of active users has been steadily increasing.  We have been developing the Mesh Network with quite and agile and open source approach: continuous improvemnts and integrations.  There have been some learning curves, stumbling blocks, and issues in need of a solution.  However, the numbers are showing that there is a good uptake on this totally no strings attached free offer.

The mesh is often reaching in excess of one thousand devices per day, and there's much more room fro growth!

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How the Mesh became an actual project.

We dare to try something different, and provide something of great value to the town of Rochdale.

Heritage Hackers used to help people reach public wifi by using empty tubes of pringes and USB WiFi adapters.

SSIDs is the name given to the broadcast identifier of a wireless network.  It stands for Service Set Identifier.  So Falinge_Co-Operative-Freenet is one SSID, and Freehold Co-operative Freenet is another SSID, as is Co-Operative_Rochdale_Open_WiFi.  If you install an extender to one of those SSIDs, it will be locked to that SSID.  More importantly it will have the same name but add

It was identified that one of the main barriers to accesing digital services in Rochdale was both a lack of access to suitable devices, as well as the ability to connect to the internet for FREE!

Plug In A WiFi Extender

There are numerous WiFi extenders available. I recommend a couple of the major vendor extenders, listed below. I recommend these for ease of setup, intuitive configuration, and economy of initial purchase and power consumption.