DC3 July 2019

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12 participants
9 discussions

Batteries and Solar Systems for Community networks

by Glenn McKnight

https://www.engineeringforchange.org/webinar/battery-fundamentals-off-grid-… Hi This is part of a series by Dr. Louie Henry on Batteries today. Its part of a series on designing off the grid power He has a book available worth researching. I have added his contacted his info and a zipped file of he slides I captured today. Dr. Louie is a Fullbright scholar and worked in Malwali and a presenter at the GHTC Glenn Glenn McKnight NARALO Secretariat mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com http://toronto.ieee.ca/ IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair glenn.mcknight(a)ieee.org skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight 289-830 6259 . <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

4 years, 4 months

Investment on community fiber from Ethical bank

by Leandro Navarro

From Triodos, a pioneer in ethical banking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triodos_Bank They offered a round of investment open to the public in the B4RN rural community fibre. You can see they reached 102% of the target investment (3 Million GBP) in this public call: https://www.triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk/invest/broadband-for-the-rural-north In the offer document you can see the description of the initiative for potential investors. They offer 4.5% interest rate for an investment in 7 year term. The call it seems is still open for another month but oriented to UK residents. A proof that CN proposals can be both feasible and sustainable in financial (bankable) and local impact. All the best, Leandro.

5 years

A Community-Run ISP Is the Highest Rated Broadband Company in America

by Marco Zennaro

Interesting news: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne5k5m/consumer-reports-broadban… <https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne5k5m/consumer-reports-broadban…> Cheers, Marco Marco Zennaro, PhD // Research Officer // T/ICT4D Lab // ICTP // wireless.ictp.it

5 years, 2 months

Report on RightsCon Meeting + DC3 Annual Outcome

by Luca Belli

Dear all, Just a brief report on the excellent discussion we had at RightsCon. The session was very good and we had very interesting exchanges and comments from participants. The meeting we had after the session was really excellent, we progressed a lot with regard to the type of document we want to develop as DC3 annual outcome and, as a cherry on top, the meeting was perfectly gender balanced. First we agreed to avoid using the term “Model Policy” for our outcome but to rather call it Policy Proposal to signify that we are not being prescriptive but we are simply putting forward suggestions for proper CN policies. The target audience for the outcome are regulators and our aim should be to offer useful information. In this spirit, we agreed to build a threefold outcome document, including 1) A brief introductory session on CNs and their core elements. For this purpose, we could utilise a brief 2-page text that Steve and Carlos prepared for WSIS. 2) The CN Policy Proposal that should be reworked including an introduction explaining that the aim of the proposal is to offer a set of core (and non-exhaustive) elements as policy suggestions to regulators willing to consider CNs and that such elements should ALWAYS be discussed as a first step with local CN representatives, to understand the specificities of such elements in the local context and obtain feedback on the proposed elements, etc 3) A final part calling for further research in specific areas, while already referencing existing literature and good practices that should be considered by regulators We identified 4 macro areas that we could explore in 4 webinars over the next months, ahead of the IGF, so that we can consolidate them into the final section of the outcome document: - Access to infrastructure including spectrum - Licensing, fees and compliance - Taxation and funding - Fundamental rights To facilitate the webinar, Kira has agreed to utilise her podcast organising a series of 4 webinars dedicated to the abovementioned areas (to be called “Rights to the network” or something along these lines). Steve and I have volunteered to be the curators of the first and last webinar respectively. I have not noted in my notes other volunteers so there are still two webinar left open in case you are interested in being a curator: be my guests! The DC3 session will be therefore largely dedicated to the presentation and debate of the outcome document, to have further feedback. We can print copies of the document to present them at the IGF but the goal is to use the outcome doc as a working document that could be updated in the future and is not cast in stone All comments are more than welcome! All the best Luca

5 years, 2 months

registration etc for IGF Berlin

by Carlos Afonso

Compas, here is the information about registering, room reservations and preparing remote hubs for the IGF Berlin: Registration for the IGF2019 meeting is now open: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-registration Also, the bilateral room reservation system : https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/user/login?destination=room_reserv… And the remote hub registration : https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-remote-hubs []s fraternos --c.a. -- Carlos A. Afonso [emails são pessoais exceto quando explicitamente indicado em contrário] [emails are personal unless explicitly indicated otherwise] Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br ISOC-BR - https://isoc.org.br

5 years, 2 months

53 years

by dc3＠bob.ma

I wrote https://rmf.vc/Online53 as a way to express my thoughts on what the Internet is and it can be. Bob Frankston http://Frankston.com

5 years, 3 months

'Rights to the Network' Webinar with Steve Song: Participate and contribute to the livestream on WEDNESDAY!

by Kira Allmann

Hi all, In the lead up to IGF 2019, we’ll be livestreaming 4 webinars on topics related to ‘Rights to the Network’ to help build capacity and knowledge around issues related to community networks and to collate resources for the DC3 annual outcome on community networks, which Luca emailed about on June 17th. The first webinar is this Wednesday, July 17th at 16:00 BST and will be livestreamed on the YouTube Channel for the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford<https://www.youtube.com/user/PCMLPOXFORD>. Steve Song and I will be talking about ‘Access to Infrastructure’ for community networks, including open access to telecom data, expanding access to fibre and spectrum, infrastructure ownership and the tensions between private and public ownership, and more. The goal of the webinar is to popularize and raise awareness of these issues and also to collate resources, insights, and experiences related to each topic in order to inform the DC3 outcome this year. To this end, we invite you to: 1. Participate in the livestream! Leave comments on the YouTube video and ask questions during the broadcast. You can tweet your comments and questions using #GlobalMediaQ. 2. Send us your suggested resources/readings/insights around the theme (Access to Infrastructure): feel free to email directly to me (kira.allmann(a)csls.ox.ac.uk<mailto:kira.allmann@csls.ox.ac.uk>) We look forward to seeing you (virtually) on Wednesday, and stay tuned for an announcement about the next 3 webinars…! Warm wishes, Kira -- Dr Kira Allmann Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Media Law & Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Communications Director, Oxford Human Rights Hub Faculty of Law, University of Oxford kira.allmann(a)csls.ox.ac.uk<mailto:kira.allmann@csls.ox.ac.uk>

5 years, 3 months

Fwd: The Hub in Axios | As global energy access improves, cost and reliability lag

by Michael J. Oghia

FYI ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Todd Moss (Energy for Growth Hub) <info(a)energyforgrowth.com> Date: Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 5:58 PM Subject: The Hub in Axios | As global energy access improves, cost and reliability lag To: Michael Oghia <mike.oghia(a)gmail.com> July 2, 2019 [image: Hub Logo] Dear Michael, Axios and the Axios Generate newsletter featured Todd's article this morning. A link is here <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> or the full piece is below. Please share this email with a colleague or retweet below. [image: Axios Logo] <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> As global energy access improves, cost and reliability lag By Todd Moss Progress continues to be made on global energy access, with the latest report <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> from the International Energy Agency finding that 89% of the world’s population is connected to electricity. *The big picture: *These impressive, rapid gains have kept the world on track toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7): modern energy access for all by 2030. As household access improves, the agenda to combat energy poverty is shifting to affordable and reliable access for business. *Where it stands: *The number of people living without electricity has dropped to 840 million, from 1.2 billion in 2010. - Kenya and Bangladesh made the fastest progress over the past 8 years, driven by aggressive government investments in last-mile connections. - The greatest challenges will soon be limited to sub-Saharan Africa, where the report projects that 90% of the world’s 650 million people still without electricity access will live in 2030. *But, but, but. *Residential electricity accounts for only 5% of global energy consumption <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> . - Electricity at home has benefits, but impact studies from India <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> and Kenya <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> show that neither off-grid solar home systems nor on-grid connections for the very poor increase incomes. - Meanwhile, many middle-income countries at or near universal access still suffer from dysfunctional power systems. Business surveys <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> across Asia and Africa frequently cite high energy costs and unreliable power among the greatest constraints to business productivity and, by extension, job creation. - A new World Bank report <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> on electrification argues that policymakers need to shift strategy to center on the "productive use" of electricity at affordable rates. *Between the lines: * - High relative energy costs make it harder for firms in regions like sub-Saharan Africa to compete globally. - Lack of reliability is even more damaging. Lost output from outages <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> — in addition to the costs of backup systems — can be devastating for competitiveness. - Building an energy system for residential and business customers should be mutually reinforcing. But the push for universal access in Kenya <http://energyforgrowth.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=3c228e556dbead3eb73c4d830785741…> and other countries has at times strained electric grids and ended up undermining reliability. *What to watch:* As more countries approach universal access, they'll have more latitude to set energy targets around cost and reliability that will have a stronger impact on economic growth. Energy for Growth Hub, 2055 L St NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States

5 years, 3 months

FW: [1st-mile-nm] Microsoft + Sacred Wind attack digital divide in rural NM

by Jane Coffin

Hi All - I just wanted to share this info re TVWS and connecting people. Best, Jane Internet Society | www.internetsociety.org Skype: janercoffin Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.202.247.8429 On 7/3/19, 10:35 AM, "1st-mile-nm on behalf of Richard Lowenberg" <1st-mile-nm-bounces(a)mailman.dcn.org on behalf of rl(a)1st-mile.org> wrote: Microsoft, Sacred Wind attack digital divide in rural NM By: Kevin Robinson-Avila / Journal Staff Writer 6 days ago (See the article for photos) https://www-abqjournal-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.abqjournal.com/133392… ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque-based Sacred Wind Communications is partnering with Microsoft Corp. to provide wireless broadband to remote New Mexico communities through unused TV spectrum. Sacred Wind will install Microsoft technology to tap into “TV white spaces,” or unused UHF and VHF broadcast spectrum, to potentially provide high-speed internet for the first time to up to 40,000 rural households over the next eight years, Sacred Wind CEO John Badal told the Journal. “This technology allows us to leap frog over older technologies to get broadband to more rural areas,” Badal said. “Microsoft’s equipment costs about the same as other technologies widely used today, but it has much farther reach. The radio waves travel longer distances, and they can go through thick foliage, penetrate walls and roll over hills.” The Federal Communications Commission made UHF and VHF spectrum available for broadband several years ago. But new equipment to manage carrier-grade broadband signals with enough capacity to satisfy customers was needed by providers like Sacred Wind to tap into TV white spaces, Badal said. With Microsoft equipment in hand, the availability of TV spectrum could now open a lot more rural communities to affordable, fixed wireless service. “Those frequencies are being used in urban areas, but they’re unused and available where there are no local TV channels, which is most of rural America,” Badal said. The partnership is part of the Microsoft Airband Initiative, which aims to expand broadband to 3 million unserved people by July 2022. Under the initiative, launched in July 2017, Microsoft has signed partnerships with local service providers in 16 states. That will grow to 25 states by year-end. “The broadband gap is hindering tribal and rural communities from reaping the social and economic benefits that come with access to the internet,” said Shelley McKinley, Microsoft general manager of technology and corporate responsibility, in a prepared statement. “Our partnership with Sacred Wind Communications will bring reliable, high-speed Internet to underserved communities in New Mexico so that they can access the same opportunities as their urban counterparts.” Sacred Wind will install transmitting microwave equipment on existing towers, and will also build a few new tower sites. It will attach receiving antennae on customer’s roofs. Microsoft and Sacred Wind will share installation costs and revenue from the new service, Badal said. Pricing has not been determined yet. The technology will first be deployed in Grants, Milan, San Rafael, Yatahey and areas within the Navajo Nation’s Church Rock Chapter. Depending on success in that first-phase, which begins in late summer, the partners will expand service to more Navajo communities. Sacred Wind, which launched in 2006, is the only private telecommunications firm in the country dedicated to providing services solely on tribal lands. --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl(a)1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 1st-mile-nm mailing list 1st-mile-nm(a)mailman.dcn.org http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm

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