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• promote the use of LAN techniques for residential access networks
• promote the use of WLAN for public access points and for 4G mobile telephony
• establish and take part in constructing community networks and residential access networks
• provide techincal information and guidance
• provide low cost broadband access to everyone

Uutta! (New)

Documents

• New! Terms of Use (in Finnish)
• Avoimet alueverkot FAQ (in Finnish)
• Invitation to the CityLAN Party
  • Original MS Word document CityLAN_Party.doc, (60 kB)
• The Communication Revolution "Unlimited bandwidth to everyone everywhere all the time forfree"
  Some thoughts on the 4G business model
• Plan for Haapsalu Community Internet
  • Original MS PowerPoint document Haapsalu_plan.ppt (348 kB)
  • See also Haapsalu
• HiPHop Action Plan May 2002 (in Finnish)
  • Original MS Word document HipHop_Plan1C.doc, (98 kB)

The (overly ambitious) Plan

• Phase 1: Maskuntie: Build Ethernet network in one residential building.
• Phase 2: Haapsalu: Build Ethernet-based community network in a small town.
• Phase 3a: Pikku-Huopalahti: Build Ethernet-based community network in a Helsinki neighborhood.
• Phase 3b: Ruoholahti: Build Ethernet-based community network in a Helsinki neighborhood.
• New! Phase 4: Build citywide fiber-optic network.
• Phase 5: Join FICIX .

Hardware & equipment available

This hardware has been acquired, and is the property of HipHop Communications.

Community Networking Links

Contacts

Petri Krohn

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