Collaborating with Electrical Co-ops to promote Digital Equity
What are things to say to an existing electrical co-op that would encourage them to employ Althea technologies to offer broadband connectivity to thei…
Category: Digital Equity
Beyond the Cable with Dr. Christopher Ali
“Exclusionary practices are being replicated….” Dr. Christopher Ali, a professor of telecommunications at Penn State, joins us in this episode of Beyond the Cable to…
How can AI & Blockhain disrupt Internet monopolies?
The Cosmos blockchain can act as a disruptor to Internet monopolies by providing a decentralized infrastructure for digital connectivity. This approac…
CommunityInter.net is a Platform Cooperative
Our ultimate goal is to work with community stakeholders to build and own their Internet infrastructures.People who become teachers own and govern our…
Library as a Community Hub for a Circular Economy
Collaborating with a community library offers a plethora of benefits when introducing community-driven projects like the development of community-owne…
CBPP commons based peer production
We asked: 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…
What Michigan politicians need to learn about the Internet
In a tight election, a politicians expression of interest in fixing problems with Internet access and promoting competition that results in competitiv…
Creating a new kind of socially progressive corporation
In this joint interview with Freada Kapor Klein, Mitch Kapor talks about his goal to create a new kind of socially progressive corporation when he cof…
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…
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…