[Chapter-delegates] Solar Shed - Pictures

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

On 03/08/2016 22:02, Ted Mooney wrote:
>
> I hope so too, Vint.  Guifi.net was featured at our last Community
> Forum in June on Community Networking. Here's a link to the background
> material .
>
> https://isoc.app.box.com/files/0/f/8312280853/1/f_70089054693
>
>
> And here's a link to the recorded Community forum
> https://isoc.app.box.com/files/0/f/8609984629/Jun_2016_Community_Networking

How sustainable are these initiatives in the long term?
I am asking because I cannot stop remembering FON -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FON
I remember being a member back in 2006, less than a year after launch,
and it was all so community-based, yet in order to survive it ended up
needing to strike corporate deals with Telcos & ISPs, as shown on
https://fon.com/wifi-solutions/

I am not saying it is a bad thing, but can a community network survive
in today's bandwidth hungry world if it doesn't strike a deal with an ISP?

Kindest regards,

Olivier

-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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