What Is a Community-Owned Internet? And Why It Might Be the Future of Going Online
A plain-language guide to how community broadband networks work, why they’re cheaper and faster than Big ISPs, and what they mean for your neighborhood. The…
From Guild Points to Digital Dividends: Tokenizing Work for a Regenerative Future
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From pioneering “Guild Points” to tokenize labor in the 1980s to launching an AI-powered train-the-trainer model today, we continue our m…
How to empower Community Internet
Discover long-term strategies for affordable internet access in communities, including municipal broadband networks and innovative deployment models. …
Connecting Communities: Discover Michigan’s Leading Cooperative Broadband Providers
Discover how cooperatives are revolutionizing broadband access, offering affordable options and community-focused services to underserved areas. #coop…
The Meaning of Community
Discover the different structures of community Internet compared to traditional ISPs, from municipal broadband to member-owned cooperatives. Learn how…
Better Broadband is a key to Counter Housing Inflation
Leveraging open access fiber innerduct conduit to promote competition among ISPs can significantly help break up geographic monopolies, lower the cost…
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…
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…
CBPP commons based peer production
Convert Consumers into Prosumers We asked: How does Commons-based peer production relate to the possibility of community owned Internet networks (COIN)? In particular, consider how…
Co-Ops Can Look to Counties for BEAD Match Requirement
Darren Farnan, chief operating officer of rural electric co-op United Fiber, said counties can help co-ops with the matching piece required by the BEAD program…