The Internet Master Plan NYC
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https://www.brck.com/
BRCK
Access the internet simply and reliably where you are. BRCK is a rugged, self powered, cloud enabled wifi hotspot router with built in fail-overs.
Active
Since 2013
iHub Nairobi
connectivity device
Evidence of this project's impact
"The combined companies will now have over 2,000 public hotspots across Kenya, with 500,000 users a month," making it the largest public wifi network in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Source) — 2018-10
Resources
Related projects
Project(s): Moja WiFi
Founder(s)
Erik Hersman, Philip Walton, Jon Shuler, Reg Orton
- Project type
- Tool or platform
- Country
- Kenya 🇰🇪
- Founded
- 2013
- Language(s)
- English
- Tech stack
- BuiltWith report →
- Categories
- Connectivity, Emerging tech, Hardware, The Tech
- Added
- 2021-06-22
- Last modified
- 2026-07-12T16:43:51.000Z
Additional details
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Metrics of success
- "The combined companies will now have over 2,000 public hotspots across Kenya, with 500,000 users a month," making it the largest public wifi network in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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