About the network
Kingsway covers about 23 blocks of Rochester’s north side, mostly garden apartments and duplexes. The network was built by parents from the local elementary school after a subsidized broadband offer expired and prices doubled overnight.
Schematic
Uptime
99.97% uptime over the last 90 days, with no days of degraded service or maintenance.
Governance
- Owned by
- Kingsway Community Net
- Legal home
- Cooperative corporation, owned by member households
- Members
- 827 households, one vote each
- Monthly assembly
- Second Tuesday of each month, 6:30 pm, at the parish hall
- Annual assembly
- Every January
- Maintenance fund
- $8 a month per household, suggested. No household is disconnected for not paying.
Stewards
Elected by the members. Listed by first name and initial.
- Elena P.Network steward · since 2023
- Priya R.Treasurer · since 2025
- Shanice G.Membership steward · since 2023
- Curtis J.Training steward · since 2025
- Irene R.Rooftops steward · since 2024
Backhaul
Links that carry the network’s traffic to the wider internet.
| Link | Medium | Capacity | Far end | Peak use yesterday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT-47-BH1 | Fiber | 10 Gbps | Rochester internet exchange | 22% |
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: 53 members attended and elected three stewards.
High winds: 9 rooftop mounts checked and re-secured.
Mount on N-2185 re-secured after the host reported a loose mast.
Hardware refresh: 16 nodes upgraded to Stoop R6 over the year.
Annual assembly: 52 members attended and elected two stewards.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2024, mostly in grids D2, D4 and H1.
Hardware build night: 18 Stoop nodes assembled from parts.
Rooftop agreements reviewed; 6 renewed with new building owners.
Expansion: five new nodes in 2023, mostly in grids B1, D3 and G2.
N-2168 replaced under warranty after its radio stopped associating.
Heavy rain: water ingress found and fixed in 4 enclosures.
Steward training on monitoring and fault-finding: 19 attended.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2022, mostly in grids B3, H3 and H5.
New hub on the community health center roof: N-2401.
Expansion: five new nodes in 2021, mostly in grids B3, D3 and H3.
Network switched on: 26 nodes installed by 152 volunteers over a weekend.
Founding assembly: the Kingsway Community Net adopts its charter and elects five stewards.