# The Things Network Providence

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Providence.

- Country: [United States of America](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/usa/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2017
- Members: 10
- Location: 41.8288, -71.4131
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/providence/

## About

## Welcome Providence, RI and surrounding community!!

A very warm welcome to the Providence area Internet of Things (IoT) community!

In May 2017 we kicked off our quest to provide Providence RI and surrounding area free public IoT network access for all things (IoT). The Providence IoT community will help fund, build and operate our public IoT network.

Our mission is to provide the entire Providence, RI area with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.

We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Providence, RI.

-Jim Roche, Initiator (Electronics hobbiest, Ardiuno projects, Private Pilot)

## Contact

For more information email jroche@cox.net or Twitter me @ripilot
- Chat: http://ttnlorawanprovidence.slack.com/

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)
- [Unleash Your City - Guide](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/unleash-your-community-get-started-with-the-things-network/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [Ground Floor IoT](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/providence/post/ground-floor-iot.md) (2017-05-22)