Community-Powered Mesh Network

Open
Carrier

Internet. Owned by Nobody. Shared by Everyone.
Your neighbors are your ISP. Share bandwidth, earn credits, ditch the bill.

$0
For Top Contributors
~$50
Node Hardware
Free
Ad-Supported Tier
Cities to Scale
NODE ONLINE — PORTLAND, TX
MESH ACTIVE — CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
847 GB SHARED TODAY
SLIMSTREAM PROTOCOL — PATENT PENDING
CARRIERS DISRUPTED: 3
EARN YOUR NODE — NOW OPEN
VOICE OVER MESH — COMING SOON
NODE ONLINE — PORTLAND, TX
MESH ACTIVE — CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
847 GB SHARED TODAY
SLIMSTREAM PROTOCOL — PATENT PENDING
CARRIERS DISRUPTED: 3
EARN YOUR NODE — NOW OPEN
VOICE OVER MESH — COMING SOON
How It Works

Simple as a signal.

No technician. No contract. No carrier. Just plug in, share, and watch your bill disappear.

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Plug In a Node

A small affordable router joins the mesh. Your home becomes part of the network. Setup takes 5 minutes.

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Mesh Spreads

Your node talks to neighbors' nodes. Signal hops across the block, the neighborhood, then the city.

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Share & Earn

Every gigabyte you share earns credits. Credits reduce your bill. Share enough — pay nothing at all.

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City Gets Connected

More nodes means better coverage, faster speeds, lower costs. The whole network wins together.

Plans

Pick your lane.
Or earn your way out.

Start free. Go paid for no limits. Host a node and pay nothing. It's that simple.

Free
$0 / forever
Ad-supported access with daily limits that flex based on network availability.
  • Daily data cap (varies by network load)
  • Time limits per session
  • Ad-supported — short ads unlock more time
  • SlimStream Lite — optimized for constrained speeds
  • Upgrade anytime, instantly
Get Started Free
EARN YOUR WAY
Node Host
$0 / if you share
Host a node, share bandwidth, earn credits. Enough credits and you ride free permanently.
  • Earn credits per GB shared
  • Credits auto-apply to your bill
  • High-traffic nodes go fully free
  • Real-time earnings dashboard
  • Credits roll over — never expire
Earn Your Node
Earn Your Node Program
Your Node Journey
FROM APPLICATION TO FREE INTERNET

Apply & Qualify

Fill out a short form. Priority goes to coverage gaps, low-income households, and high-traffic locations.

Node Ships Free

Hardware arrives at your door. No upfront cost. Plug it in and you're earning from day one.

Credits Pay It Off

Hosting credits automatically chip away at the hardware cost over 6–12 months. You watch it happen on your dashboard.

Node Is Yours. Bill Is Gone.

Once paid off, the hardware is fully yours. Credits now go directly toward free service — forever.

Who Qualifies

Get the hardware.
Earn it back.

We strategically seed nodes to build the strongest network fastest. If you're in a coverage gap or a high-traffic spot, you're exactly who we're looking for.

  • Coverage Gap Locations

    You're in an area underserved by existing nodes. Your node strengthens the whole network.

  • High-Traffic Spots

    Businesses, apartment buildings, community centers — anywhere lots of people connect.

  • Community Champions

    People willing to advocate for OpenCarrier in their neighborhood, HOA, or local business group.

  • Existing Broadband

    You already have a broadband connection you're willing to share. We provide the node hardware.

Apply for a Free Node
The Technology

Slow network.
Fast experience.

SlimStream is a novel network-layer proxy that optimizes all content before it reaches your device. Constrained mesh feels like fiber.

PATENT PENDING
SlimStream Protocol

Traffic passes through our intelligent optimization layer before delivery — automatically adapting to your current bandwidth without any setup, apps, or configuration required.

THE WEB
SLIMSTREAM
PROXY
OPTIMIZE +
COMPRESS
YOUR MESH
NODE
YOUR
DEVICE
Images auto-compressed
Video transcoded on-the-fly
JS/CSS stripped & minified
Pages render beautifully
Adapts to live bandwidth
Encrypted end-to-end
Roadmap

Start with one block.
End with the carriers.

We're not building a product. We're building the infrastructure the carriers should have built from the start.

Phase
01

Mesh Network — Data

Community mesh nodes. Free + paid tiers. SlimStream optimization. Credit earning system. Earn Your Node program. Starting in Corpus Christi, TX.

BUILDING NOW
Phase
02

SlimStream Patent + Licensing

File patent. License SlimStream to municipalities, rural ISPs, and developing markets. Generates revenue that funds further hardware seeding.

Phase
03

Voice Over Mesh

VoIP calling over the OpenCarrier network. Your phone number. Your network. The full carrier replacement — data and voice, community-owned.

COMING SOON
Phase
04

Carrier & Starlink Partnerships

Offer carriers and Starlink peering agreements — they provide rural backhaul, we provide urban mesh distribution. Collaborative disruption.

ON THE HORIZON
Phase
05

OpenCarrier Platform

Third-party developers build apps and services on top of OpenCarrier infrastructure. The community-owned carrier stack becomes a platform.

THE VISION
Partnerships

Disruption doesn't have
to mean war.

We'll give the old guard a seat at the table.

Before we make carriers irrelevant, we'll offer them a path to participate. Starlink as rural backhaul. Carriers as wholesale bandwidth providers. They get revenue. We get reach. Everyone wins — until they don't need to anymore.

Partner Inquiries
POTENTIAL PARTNERS
Starlink
AT&T
T-Mobile
Municipal ISPs
Rural Co-ops
Universities
Early Access

Be the first node
in your city.

We're launching city by city, starting in South Texas. Get on the list — we'll reach out when your neighborhood is ready.

No spam. No carrier. Just signal.