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The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) is a special project of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (UCIMC). Started in 2000 by a group of developers wishing to take advantage of under-utilized Internet links purchased for public use (such as those in municipal offices, schools, and universities), it began a partnership with UCIMC in 2004, gaining its current special project status. CUWiN inherits UCIMC's not-for-profit status and is devoted to building a network architecture to cost-effectively and efficiently create a community wireless network. The project has built a communications network using wireless networking equipment ranging from commodity personal computers to specialized (Soekris ) miniaturized, fan-less computers with integrated networking. This is essentially the same "WiFi" equipment used in homes and offices, but CUWiN put it on rooftops to connect neighbors and form a high-speed community network. It is one of many localized community wireless network projects across the world and is developing a platform which can be reused by certain types of these projects, based on their community's geographic structure. ==Mission== CUWiN's three-part mission is to: # connect more people to Internet and broadband services, # develop open-source hardware and software for use by wireless projects worldwide, and # build and support community-owned, not-for-profit broadband networks in cities and towns around the globe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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