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Vision
Restore the Internet as a Public Commons to connect us like the sidewalk, fostering innovation, regenerative economic growth, and digital inclusion for a connected sustainable future.
Connect
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Teach & Own
Explore our Groups and Courses. Become a group leader or teacher. Our “Exit to Community” strategy recruits leaders and teachers to run and own our Platform Cooperative.
Create
Collaborate with others: write grant proposals, form new groups and/or author courses. Share Community templates. Participate in platform governance and revenue.
Organize Groups
Propose private, public or hidden groups & courses to grow your network with discussion forums, shared documents, wiki-like docs, instant messages, & video conferencing.
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Featured Posts
Resiliency Networks
Discover how resiliency hubs like Occupy Sandy and Red Hook WiFi promote digital equity and economic resilience in underserved communities post-natural disasters. #resiliencyhubs #digitalequity #communityengagement
Community Internets Promote Sustainability
Learn how community-owned internet networks support local, circular economies by promoting resource efficiency, renewable energy, local food systems, repair and reuse, shared mobility, and sustainability.
Skill list connecting team members to win Grant funding
We are connecting members to build successful teams as a part of our Community Management as a Service, CMaaS. Please use the following as a guide to help you complete our member matching survey. To effectively collaborate on a grant proposal to assist a community in owning its internet network, team members should possess a…
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Communities lower cost of living with Open Access Internet fiber innerducts
Fiber innerducts are sub-duct systems installed within existing conduits to create multiple pathways for fiber optic cables. These systems protect and manage the optical fibers essential for high-speed internet. By maximizing existing infrastructure, communities can lower installation costs and enhance internet accessibility, which can contribute to overall cost savings for residents and improve economic opportunities.
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Advantages of expanding digital equity & IoT in multiple dwelling units
Expanding broadband Internet access through Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in communities with multiple dwelling units (MDUs), such as apartment buildings or condos, presents several key benefits. By leveraging the IoT, communities can significantly enhance the efficiency of utilities like heating, create smarter living environments, and improve overall quality of life.
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Community Management as a Service (CMaaS) Roadmap
Federal subsidies, eg ACP, are Band-Aids that expire, but local solutions are growing! Our plan for Community Owned Internet Networks, COIN, encompasses strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and the use of digital tools to streamline processes from inception to operation.
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We enable Commons Based Peer Production
We asked our AI Assistant
How does Commons-based peer production relate to the possibility of community owned Internet networks (COIN)? In particular, consider how althea.net enables what Yochai Benkler refers to as converting consumers into prosumers, with Blockchain software on the router that enables people to purchase bandwidth from upstream and sell bandwidth to people downstream.
The answer explains the benefits of a new regenerative economy replacing the older extractive model of the incumbent ISPs.
Courses
Please test and provide feedback, we are revising our curriculum..
Collaborate in a Cooperative
As this course evolves, it will include both abstract theory and practical stories of use cases.
Commons Intro
David Bollier has written extensively about the Commons and the following Topics, in a video playlist, while not specifically about…