[Chapter-delegates] Solar Shed - Pictures

[Jane Coffin]

Dear Olivier –

There is no central location.

We hope to fix that with our Community Networking Web-site.
Stay tuned for that.

It will start off with small steps and we will take input (like your input here and from others) to develop the site.
Your feed-back will be critical to ensuring we refine how to best appeal to the community and provide simple/easy to digest information.

Best,
Jane


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From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
Date: Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:43 PM
To: janecoffin <coffin at isoc.org>, "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Solar Shed - Pictures

Dear Jane,

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?
Kindest regards,

Olivier
On 05/08/2016 10:33, Jane Coffin wrote:
Some community networks are ISPs.
Some community networks are their own sustainable charging networks with authorizations and spectrum allocations – providing 2G/3G.
Some negotiate for backhaul and cut deals.
Some train-trainers and create antennae from scrap metal and/or teach communities how to build the networks.
Some community networks (like many Internet start-ups) are given seed-funding and survive on their own through a commons based approach (like Guifi).
Some may be goobled up by the big guys as they are more “viable”

Some have created mini Internet ecosystems around them – online business, radio stations, and cyber cafes.

Some may fail – like many start-ups

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.
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).



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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD

http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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