About the network
Proctor Hollow covers about 21 blocks of Atlanta’s west side, mostly single-story houses and duplexes. The network was built by the community garden committee after a school district survey found students doing homework in fast-food parking lots for the signal.
Schematic
Uptime
99.98% uptime over the last 90 days, with no days of degraded service or maintenance.
Governance
- Owned by
- Proctor Hollow Community Network Cooperative
- Legal home
- Tenants’ association, incorporated as a nonprofit
- Members
- 925 households, one vote each
- Monthly assembly
- Second Saturday of each month, 2:00 pm, at the recreation center
- Annual assembly
- Every October
- 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.
- Pablo W.Network steward · since 2020
- Fatima M.Treasurer · since 2021
- Tyrone L.Membership steward · since 2022
- Javier B.Training steward · since 2018
- Beatriz Y.Rooftops steward · since 2018
- Raymond B.Secretary · since 2025
- Tomás S.Network steward · since 2020
Backhaul
Links that carry the network’s traffic to the wider internet.
| Link | Medium | Capacity | Far end | Peak use yesterday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT-32-BH1 | Fiber | 10 Gbps | Atlanta internet exchange | 19% |
Maintenance log
Annual assembly: 58 members attended and elected two stewards.
Firmware 4.6.2 rollout. Staged firmware rollout to every node, one hub’s area at a time. Each node restarted once.
Hardware build night: 7 Stoop nodes assembled from parts.
Storm damage: 7 dishes realigned and one mast replaced.
Hardware refresh: 14 nodes upgraded to Stoop R6 over the year.
Annual assembly: 41 members attended and elected two stewards.
Rooftop agreements reviewed; 3 renewed with new building owners.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2025, mostly in grids F3, G2 and H2.
Radio on N-2279 replaced after water got into the enclosure.
Mount on N-1376 re-secured after the host reported a loose mast.
Hardware refresh: 15 nodes upgraded to Stoop R5 over the year.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2021, mostly in grids B4, B5 and H3.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2020, mostly in grids C3, G3 and H4.
Firmware 4.0 rolled out to every node.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2018, mostly in grids A1, C4 and H2.
New hub on the mill building roof: N-1391.
Network switched on: 25 nodes installed by 118 volunteers over a weekend.
Founding assembly: the Proctor Hollow Community Network Cooperative adopts its charter and elects five stewards.