Freifunk: Germany’s User-Run Network Explodes Beyond Its Borders

Ask Juergen Neuman about what’s new at Freifunk, and he will tell you; "it keeps growing." Probe him further for exact numbers, and the founder of this do-it-yourself wireless Internet community in Germany, draws a blank. "It is growing so fast that I can’t rattle the numbers off-the-cuff," he says. "But I can tell you that it is the largest user-contributed mesh network in the world today."

By Indrajit Basu

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