### components

see <http://rhombus-tech.net/evaluated_cpus/> for a list and analysis

beaglebone uses the cortex A8 AM3358. design files are open hardware. 

allwinner A10 ARM chip

 - <http://elinux.org/Hack_A10_devices>
 - <http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/>
 - <http://www.wits-tech.com/pages/board.jsp>

[http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/applications.jsp](Marvell MV78200) ("sheeva")

    4 gige ports
    2x 1ghz armv5 chips
    2x SATA
    2x PCI-express x4
    $60 or less?

### existing organizations/projects

FreedomBox

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk>

<http://rhombus-tech.net>: "community interest company" based around new
modular computing format. no hardware yet

[http://www.fsf.org/news/endorsement-criteria](FSF hardware endorsement): ugh,
includes "GNU/linux" terminology, not having "ready for ..." other operating
systems, etc. maybe have an ultra-libre variant?  

### existing hardware

bufferbloat evaluations:
<http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/uberwrt/wiki/Hardware_evaluation>

<http://routerboard.com/>: modular router equipment (!), potential dev kit?
RB751G-2HnD has atheros 400mhz AR7241 SoC, 64mb RAM

[http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700](netgear n600), others

    qualcomm atheros ar7161 SoC MIPS 680MHz, 64mb ram, 8mb flash
    dual atheros wifi phy (one 2.4ghz, one 5ghz)
    rtl8366s internal switch

[http://www.amazon.com/RT-N16-Wireless-N-Maximum-Performance-single/dp/B00387G6R8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328077297&sr=8-1](powerful asus device), openwrt compatible

comodity routers

[http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html](soekris): good hardware development
platform? these devices seem a bit out of date and have super complex layout

<https://www.excito.com/node/9>

### existing businesses

<http://republicwireless.com/> (hybrid wifi/cellular android phone service,
$20/month. depends on pervasive wifi)

<http://corp.fon.com/en>

<http://meraki.com/products/wireless/enterprise-cloud-controller> (from
roofnet, like open-mesh.com, "cloud" management interface))

<http://untangle.com/> (firewall-as-a-service, charges monthly rates to
organizations. reuse existing hardware or sells dell servers "appliances" at a
markup)

<http://owncloud.com/> (business?)

### misc

bufferbloat: <http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/>