About the network
Bayshore Flats covers about 18 blocks of Stockton’s west side, mostly garden apartments and duplexes. The network was built by a block club after a subsidized broadband offer expired and prices doubled overnight.
Schematic
Uptime
99.94% uptime over the last 90 days, with 2 days of degraded service or maintenance.
Governance
- Owned by
- Bayshore Flats Community Network Cooperative
- Legal home
- Tenants’ association, incorporated as a nonprofit
- Members
- 568 households, one vote each
- Monthly assembly
- Second Wednesday of each month, 6:30 pm, at the tenants’ association hall
- Annual assembly
- Every May
- Maintenance fund
- $7 a month per household, suggested. No household is disconnected for not paying.
Stewards
Elected by the members. Listed by first name and initial.
- Shanice P.Network steward · since 2026
- Marlon D.Treasurer · since 2026
- Grace W.Membership steward · since 2026
- Quentin T.Training steward · since 2025
- Joaquín L.Rooftops steward · since 2025
- Ashley H.Secretary · since 2025
Backhaul
Links that carry the network’s traffic to the wider internet.
| Link | Medium | Capacity | Far end | Peak use yesterday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT-62-BH1 | Fiber | 10 Gbps | Stockton internet exchange | 9% |
| LT-62-BH2 | Fiber, donated by the library system | 1 Gbps | Public library network | 24% |
Maintenance log
Firmware 4.6.2 rollout. Staged firmware rollout to every node, one hub’s area at a time. Each node restarted once.
Power cut. The rooftop nodes on the affected blocks went down with the grid. Hubs stayed up on battery.
Cable to N-3279 replaced; squirrels again.
Planned backhaul work. Done overnight. Members were told a week ahead at the monthly assembly.
Rooftop agreements reviewed; 3 renewed with new building owners.
Storm damage: 9 dishes realigned and one mast replaced.
Steward training on monitoring and fault-finding: 11 attended.
Expansion: six new nodes in 2026, mostly in grids A3, B5 and G2.
New hub on the public housing tower roof, under a housing authority agreement: N-3432.
Hardware build night: 8 Stoop nodes assembled from parts.
High winds: 9 rooftop mounts checked and re-secured.
Expansion: six new nodes in 2025, mostly in grids A4, A5 and C3.
Network switched on: 18 nodes installed by 64 volunteers over a weekend.
Founding assembly: the Bayshore Flats Community Network Cooperative adopts its charter and elects five stewards.