About the network
Salina Flats covers about 16 blocks of Syracuse’s north side, mostly walk-up apartment buildings and rowhouses. The network was built by a mutual aid network after a provider’s fiber build stopped six blocks short of the neighborhood.
Schematic
Uptime
99.98% uptime over the last 90 days, with no days of degraded service or maintenance.
Governance
- Owned by
- Salina Flats Neighborhood Network
- Legal home
- Cooperative corporation, owned by member households
- Members
- 613 households, one vote each
- Monthly assembly
- Last Thursday of each month, 7:30 pm, at the housing cooperative’s lobby
- Annual assembly
- Every September
- Maintenance fund
- $6 a month per household, suggested. No household is disconnected for not paying.
Stewards
Elected by the members. Listed by first name and initial.
- Tamika M.Network steward · since 2022
- Raymond K.Treasurer · since 2025
- Aaliyah B.Membership steward · since 2021
- Isaiah T.Training steward · since 2026
- Omar S.Rooftops steward · since 2024
- Fatima N.Secretary · since 2023
- Aaliyah P.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-48-BH1 | Fiber | 10 Gbps | Syracuse internet exchange | 13% |
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: 27 members attended and elected two stewards.
N-2815 replaced under warranty after its radio stopped associating.
Storm damage: 6 dishes realigned and one mast replaced.
Hardware refresh: 6 nodes upgraded to Stoop R6 over the year.
Maintenance fund audit presented to members and approved.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2025, mostly in grids A1, C2 and D3.
Annual assembly: 57 members attended and elected two stewards.
Rooftop agreements reviewed; 2 renewed with new building owners.
N-2210 replaced under warranty after its radio stopped associating.
Cable to N-2211 replaced; squirrels again.
New hub on the former bank building roof: N-3069.
N-2205 replaced under warranty after its radio stopped associating.
N-2213 replaced under warranty after its radio stopped associating.
Expansion: three new nodes in 2023, mostly in grids B1, F1 and G2.
Climbing safety refresher: 19 installers recertified.
High winds: 5 rooftop mounts checked and re-secured.
Network switched on: 19 nodes installed by 96 volunteers over a weekend.
Founding assembly: the Salina Flats Neighborhood Network adopts its charter and elects five stewards.