About the network
Acequia Flats covers about 23 blocks of Albuquerque’s far south side, mostly flat-roofed stucco and adobe houses. The network was built by parents from the local elementary school after the incumbent provider declined, again, to upgrade the area’s copper lines.
Schematic
Uptime
99.97% uptime over the last 90 days, with no days of degraded service or maintenance.
Governance
- Owned by
- Acequia Flats Community Network Cooperative
- Legal home
- Community land trust program
- Members
- 929 households, one vote each
- Monthly assembly
- Last Wednesday of each month, 7:30 pm, at the parish hall
- Annual assembly
- Every August
- Maintenance fund
- $10 a month per household, suggested. No household is disconnected for not paying.
Stewards
Elected by the members. Listed by first name and initial.
- Chidi J.Network steward · since 2021
- Donna H.Treasurer · since 2021
- Brandon A.Membership steward · since 2019
- Dalia F.Training steward · since 2024
- Demetrius S.Rooftops steward · since 2025
- Raymond L.Secretary · since 2019
- Elijah G.Network steward · since 2022
Backhaul
Links that carry the network’s traffic to the wider internet.
| Link | Medium | Capacity | Far end | Peak use yesterday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT-40-BH1 | Fiber | 10 Gbps | Albuquerque internet exchange | 17% |
Maintenance log
Firmware 4.6.2 rollout. Staged firmware rollout to every node, one hub’s area at a time. Each node restarted once.
Annual assembly: 77 members attended and elected four stewards.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2025, mostly in grids C2, C4 and D4.
Annual assembly: 81 members attended and elected three stewards.
Hardware refresh: 9 nodes upgraded to Stoop R6 over the year.
N-1720 moved to the other side of the roof to clear a new air-conditioning unit.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2024, mostly in grids F2, H2 and H4.
Heat wave: 8 rooftop nodes throttled; all recovered overnight.
N-1774 moved to the other side of the roof to clear a new air-conditioning unit.
Radio on N-1721 replaced after water got into the enclosure.
Maintenance fund audit presented to members and approved.
Power injector for N-1709 replaced after a surge.
Grounding on N-2033 redone after an inspection found a corroded lug.
High winds: 7 rooftop mounts checked and re-secured.
Expansion: four new nodes in 2023, mostly in grids B2, E1 and E2.
Steward training on monitoring and fault-finding: 20 attended.
Hardware build night: 10 Stoop nodes assembled from parts.
Hardware refresh: 17 nodes upgraded to Stoop R5 over the year.
New hub on the union hall roof: N-2400.
Firmware 4.0 rolled out to every node.
Network switched on: 23 nodes installed by 103 volunteers over a weekend.
Founding assembly: the Acequia Flats Community Network Cooperative adopts its charter and elects five stewards.