About us
The Seattle Community Network (SCN) is a DIY, community-run, nonprofit Internet access network serving underserved neighborhoods and marginalized groups in the Puget Sound. Working with City of Seattle, Seattle Public Schools, the University of Washington, and many other local organizations, we install wireless networks in homeless shelters, low-income housing, and on top of community buildings to improve Internet access for people living in those neighborhoods. Join us to help provide better and more open Internet access to our communities!
SCN strives to provide low-income and in-need users with free or low-cost Internet service and donated devices when they are available. We run managed WiFi networks as well as open-source 4G LTE networks using the 3.5 GHz Citizens’ Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequency band. Our group is largely volunteer-led, and our primary goals include community education, job training, and empowerment as well as connectivity and digital equity.
We organize a monthly community meeting on third Mondays and a Hack Night on third Fridays. Drop by to meet us in person!
For more information about SCN, visit our website or read the recent blog posts on our wiki!
Upcoming events
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Seattle Community Network Community Meeting
/dev/hack, 4534-1/2 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, USMonthly community meeting to discuss community updates and next steps with the Seattle Community Network.
Official meeting time 6-7 pm! Zoom option available, register here for the link: http://tinyurl.com/SCNZoomReg
Also, our Gofundme: https://gofund.me/216b5fb9
5 attendeesSeattle Community Network Community Meeting
/dev/hack, 4534-1/2 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, USMonthly community meeting to discuss community updates and next steps with the Seattle Community Network.
Official meeting time 6-7 pm! Zoom option available, register here for the link: http://tinyurl.com/SCNZoomReg
Also, our Gofundme: https://gofund.me/216b5fb9
2 attendees
Community Networks Conference (CNCon) 2026
2801 Alaskan Way, 2801 Alaskan Wy, Seattle, WA 98121, USA, Seattle, WA, USSCN will be hosting our first Community Networks Conference (CNCon) in Seattle this year on Friday Nov 20th, 2026. It is intended as a gathering for local and global community networks (including nascent ones) to share and learn from each other in the methods of community networking.
There will be both virtual and in-person talks, with speakers from different communities around the country and the world.
Food and snacks will be provided!
Please register here!
Got a community network or related project? Please submit a session here!
Finally, we would love your donation here to support the conference and our infrastructure! <3
After the event, we will head back to the SCN Space at /dev/hack for a special CNCon edition of our Monthly Hack Night: https://www.meetup.com/seattle-community-network/events/swbrbvyjcpbbc/
3 attendees
SCN Hack Night
/dev/hack, 4534-1/2 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, USLocation is at our SCN community lab space in /dev/hack hackerspace: 4534-1/2 University Way NE, Seattle WA 98105.
The Event:
Seattle Community Network (SCN) community members meet up to work on network-related mini-projects! If you're interested in volunteering, come to get onboarded and find out more about what we are up to.Schedule:
6:30 pm- arrive and eat snacks/food, brief intros, talking about projects people are working on and getting into groups
7:00 pm- good chaos
10/11 pm- wrap up and clean upSome possible mini-projects:
Learn how our SCN sites are planned, configured, and built; practice crimping Ethernet cables; investigate mesh or wireless networking tech with a variety of wireless sniffers, packet captures, and Wireshark; play with wireless point-to-point radios; deep dive on 4G or 5G cellular protocols; deep dive on BGP; help out SCN with configuration tools for making installs easier, or critical network monitoring!Get some hands-on experience playing around with networking equipment, and/or chat and make progress on your personal or SCN's projects with other cool folks :)
3 attendees
Past events
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