HUZZAH On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > With the close of the Year 2009, I can report that all of our > functioning NuCabs with one lone exception (afaik) have been retired > to the FreeGeek boneyard. The lone exception is NodeNorthstar and I'm > planning to get a WgtCab in there soon. > > With some helpers, including Aaron Burt, Christopher Chen, Don Park > and Marino Duregon, we got 9 AlixCabs deployed this week. That makes > 13 AlixCabs in the field. And to those that donated to the AlixCab > fund, a hearty thank you for helping to make the AlixCab project a > success. > > In addition to the AlixCabs, we also have 27 WgtCabs deployed and > functioning, one that was unplugged during the holidays and that > should be plugged back in shortly, and three that are waiting to go in > to existing nodes. Two WgtCabs from defunct networks are on their way > either to being returned or to finding new homes. > > I should also note that, although our data are far from perfect or > precise, we have good reason to believe that something on the order of > 20 to 30 thousand unique devices (and their owners) used networks that > we manage in 2009. That is a real impact in the community and is > something of which we can be justifiably proud. It's something we can > do even better at and I hope that we will in the year ahead. > > Goals for 2010 include more outreach to neighborhood organizations, > continuing development of hardware and software that meets the needs > of our networks, better more effective publicity and partnerships, and > with the help of an engaged community, more nodes in more places.
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