About the network
Ferry Landing covers about 45 blocks of Camden’s west side, mostly walk-up apartment buildings and rowhouses. The network was built by parents from the local elementary school after the only provider in the area was fined for advertising speeds it never delivered.
Schematic
Hover over or tap a node for its details, and click or tap again to open it. With a keyboard, move to the schematic and use the arrow keys.
Uptime
99.97% uptime over the last 90 days, with no days of degraded service or maintenance.
Governance
- Owned by
- Ferry Landing Mesh Cooperative
- Legal home
- Cooperative corporation, owned by member households
- Members
- 1,530 households, one vote each
- Monthly assembly
- Last Monday of each month, 7:00 pm, at the housing cooperative’s lobby
- Annual assembly
- Every June
- Maintenance fund
- $4 a month per household, suggested. No household is disconnected for not paying.
Stewards
Elected by the members. Listed by first name and initial.
- Aisha D.Network steward · since 2017
- Reggie C.Treasurer · since 2024
- Sandra B.Membership steward · since 2023
- Aisha V.Training steward · since 2025
- Aisha M.Rooftops steward · since 2024
- Alberto S.Secretary · since 2021
Backhaul
Links that carry the network’s traffic to the wider internet.
| Link | Medium | Capacity | Far end | Peak use yesterday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT-08-BH1 | Fiber | 10 Gbps | Camden internet exchange | 31% |
| LT-08-BH2 | Licensed microwave, 11 GHz | 2 Gbps | Tower site, Camden | 44% |
Maintenance log
Firmware 4.6.2 rollout. Staged firmware rollout to every node, one hub’s area at a time. Each node restarted once.
Heat wave: 4 rooftop nodes throttled; all recovered overnight.
Annual assembly: 137 members attended and elected four stewards.
N-3123 replaced under warranty after its radio stopped associating.
Storm damage: 4 dishes realigned and one mast replaced.
Tree trimming along two backbone paths, with the city’s parks crew.
Hardware refresh: 26 nodes upgraded to Stoop R6 over the year.
Mount on N-2324 re-secured after the host reported a loose mast.
Grounding on N-0164 redone after an inspection found a corroded lug.
Annual assembly: 88 members attended and elected three stewards.
Power injector for N-0167 replaced after a surge.
Dish on N-1292 re-aimed after a neighbor’s new extension blocked the path.
Rooftop agreements reviewed; 5 renewed with new building owners.
Hardware build night: 13 Stoop nodes assembled from parts.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2024, mostly in grids B2 and D5.
Expansion: four new nodes in 2023, mostly in grids E3, G1 and G2.
New hub on the public school roof, under a district agreement: N-2592.
Hardware refresh: 26 nodes upgraded to Stoop R5 over the year.
New hub on the apartment tower roof, twelve storeys: N-2324.
Firmware 4.0 rolled out to every node.
Hardware refresh: 19 nodes upgraded to Stoop R4 over the year.
Backhaul upgraded from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps fiber.
Firmware 3.0 rolled out to every node.
New hub on the former bank building roof: N-0171.
Network switched on: twelve nodes across the first few blocks.
Founding assembly: the Ferry Landing Mesh Cooperative adopts its charter and elects five stewards.