"NYC Mesh is the brainchild of a bunch of ex-Charter (Spectrum) employees who got unceremoniously shitcanned after participating in what was one of the longest ongoing strikes in U.S. history. They funneled their angst into a sort of guerilla activist project that installs wireless mesh networking antennas and routers on the top of buildings to deliver affordable (sometimes free) broadband."

Some correction and additional info: h/t @indybay

"This is great! Just for the record though, there's a comment on that article by "Brian Hall, one of the lead volunteers and founders of NYC Mesh" which explains, " Error in Techdirt article. We formed 9 years ago, which was way before the Spectrum strike. The enemy in those days was Time Warner Cable. The strikers have their own separate organization." "

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/02/a-volunteer-army-is-deploying-dirt-cheap-broadband-in-nyc/