Southern Wifi is no longer operating
Air-Stream Wireless and Southern WiFi are two community wireless groups in South Australia who have been working to promote the potential of Community Wireless Networks for over six years.
Recently these networks expanded with a successful link over OâHalloran Hill allowing the two networks to join. Together they now form the largest non-profit community owned and operated network in Australia. The network now spans 60kms from Noarlunga to Angle Vale in the north and across this area are numerous Access Points providing coverage over hundreds of square kilometres.
Community Wireless Networks have become more than just a hobby lead interest group they are apart of a world wide phenomena of Open Access Networks in thousands of local settings around the world.
They are groups of community minded individuals who are using the power of wireless in combination with free and open source software (FOSS) to deploy broadband network technologies that facilitates community participation, local content and communications.
If a hand full of people can build and maintain a broadband network that covers many hundreds of square kilometres how much more could it achieve with broader community involvement and support from public and private organisations.