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Dear Jane,<br>
<br>
thanks for your kind and very helpful follow-up. This is
fascinating. Is there somewhere an up to date database of community
networks, listing the type of model it follows, its reach, and
contact details?<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/08/2016 10:33, Jane Coffin wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Some community
networks are ISPs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Some community
networks are their own sustainable charging networks with
authorizations and spectrum allocations – providing 2G/3G.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Some negotiate
for backhaul and cut deals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Some
train-trainers and create antennae from scrap metal and/or
teach communities how to build the networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Some community
networks (like many Internet start-ups) are given seed-funding
and survive on their own through a commons based approach
(like Guifi).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Some may be
goobled up by the big guys as they are more “viable”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Some have created
mini Internet ecosystems around them – online business, radio
stations, and cyber cafes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><br>
Some may fail – like many start-ups<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">We are trying to
look at what success models look like and where those have
been adapted and to convene folks to that some mistakes are
avoidable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Each community is
different and ultimately some communities are shut out from
having lower-cost simple comms due to regulatory, policy, or
corporate issues. (note some mesh networks in the US are not
allowed to operate in some zones where big cable companies
operate…tricky).</span></p>
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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