Common questions

What does CMNS stand for?

Community Managed Network System — in plain words, our society's Wi-Fi sharing club. Neighbours share a slice of the internet they weren't using, and in return everyone's phone works around the society: corridors, lift lobbies, the garden, the gate.

"Managed" means we run it ourselves. It's neighbours and the routers they already have — no company, no mast, no antenna and nothing to buy.

Will sharing slow down my internet?

No. You pick the slice you share (5, 10 or 20 Mbps) and guests can never use more than that — the server enforces it. Most home connections sit idle over 90% of the time; you're giving away capacity you weren't using.

Can guests see my TV, laptop or cameras?

No. Guests connect to a separate guest network that is locked away from your own devices. We refuse to enable sharing on any router that can't guarantee that isolation.

What if a guest does something illegal on my Wi-Fi?

It can't trace back to you. Everyone's traffic exits from the club's server, not from your home connection, and every session is tied to the guest's own logged-in account.

I'm on a high floor — how does my phone get network at the garden or gate?

Coverage comes from flats near each spot. Wi-Fi only travels about one floor through concrete, and nothing is beamed down from the roof — there's no antenna or special hardware anywhere. Low-floor flats light up the garden and gate; your router lights up your own corridor and lift lobby.

What you get by joining is membership: your phone works wherever any member is sharing, and every new member makes the map better for everyone. The coverage map shows which floors still need someone.

Can a few low-floor routers handle a full garden in the evening?

Yes, for what people actually do outside — calls, WhatsApp, browsing, music. A hundred people in the garden is only around 15–20 phones actively pulling data at any moment, and they spread across whichever routers are nearest. The server also caps every member's speed individually, so no one person can hog the pool.

What it's not built for is 4K streaming on the lawn — and that's deliberate. If one corner of the garden gets crowded, the fix is simple: one more sharer in a flat facing that corner.

Where does it work, and where doesn't it?

Works: corridors, lift lobbies, the clubhouse, near the gate, most of the garden, and inside flats near a sharer.

Doesn't work: inside lifts (metal box), basement parking, and any floor where nobody is sharing yet.

Walking around: moving between routers gives a 2–3 second blip. Calls survive with a stutter; downloads continue.

What speed do I get?

Work-and-calls grade — video calls, messaging, email, browsing all work well. It's not meant for 4K streaming, and that's what keeps it free and fair for everyone.

What do you log?

Connection times and data amounts only — never the sites you visit or anything about what you do online. Indian law requires keeping connection logs for 180 days, on servers in India; after that they're deleted automatically. Full details on the terms & your data page.

What does it cost?

Nothing. Access is never bought or sold in either direction. This is a community project run by neighbours — the incentive is that sharing gets you a network that works everywhere.