Mission
Our mission is to restore the Internet as a Public Commons, so that it can connect us like the sidewalk.
Author: DrRon Suarez
Our Groups are integrated with Zoom
Connect with Ron if you would like to better understand how to use Zoom with your Group and how we will deal with the eventual…
What can we learn from the Cooperative Utopia Fiber?
Too many legislators seem to think that we do not have choices other than the incumbent ISP. Because of this, we do have many concerns that the bulk o…
Funding the commons and closing the innovation chasm
Turn the Digital Divide into Digital Dividends How are we going to fund the steps we need to take to promote #DigitalEquity and build the…
We created a new group “Funding Cooperatives”
Are you an organizer and a self-starter? Please join our new group Funding Cooperatives. We’re putting our heads together to collaborate on the formation of…
Software Worker Owned Coop startup to $3.1 million exit sale
Small Systems Guild – a Software Worker Owned Coop in the 1980’s & an example of financing a startup with sweat equity. We Wanted to be…
What are the benefits of an open access Internet network?
An open access Internet network refers to a network where the infrastructure is publicly available and can be used by multiple service providers to offer…
Distributed Technology: Althea, NYCmesh and more
Imagine! Last mile telecom infrastructure is siloed behind restrictive contracts and agreements that preclude an open bandwidth market. However, at deeper layers of the internet…
Artificial Intelligence, AI, and LearnDash (our LMS)
Try the chatbot in the lower right part of the screen to ask a question of our AI plug-in that enables you to communicate with…
We use BuddyBoss and LearnDash with WordPress
We have chosen to use premium plug-ins on top of WordPress to maximize the user experience (UX). About 43% of all websites are built on…