A certain participant of an Internet Society India Chennai Chapter special
mailing list seeking pointers:
to learn more about 5G's potential implications for democracy and human
rights. (Very broad... I know). I wonder if anyone on this list has any
resources to share on architecture or deployment, for instance:
- a good high level overview of technical/architectural elements,
- further information about potential resource conflicts in relation to
4g/6g/fiber, etc.,
- risks around proprietary software, etc.
Links, key words, directions towards initiatives or organizations to look
at — anything would be a huge help!
Bringing that question to this list to seek help in answering that question.
Thank you
Sivasubramanian M <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasubramanianmuthusamy/>
Hi Harini,
Thanks for your interest. Please check with Ritu and Osama (CCed) who are already drafting an essay on the value of CNs to foster openness in time of covid19. Perhaps there is still some margin for cooperation.
I would avoid adding another separate essay about India to the list as we already have 3, which are providing a very complete picture of the various dimensions of internet openness in India
All the best
Luca
________________________________
De: Harini [hello(a)jiovio.com]
Enviado: sábado, 25 de abril de 2020 2:51
Para: DC3; Luca Belli; nikhil
Cc: senthil kumar; Dhinesh pandian; Ritu Srivastava
Assunto: [DC3] Covid19 and Internet Openness IGF 2020 Outcome
Hi Luca,
Geomesh would like to be a part of it and we Geomesh Community Networks from India would like to contribute to it.
We will cover " How Community networks has helped in providing health care service in times of COVID-19 "
We are requesting you to give some more time to submit the essay and will get back to you with the Essay on 29th April.
Regards
Harinie.k
________________________________
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Cc: Nikhil Pahwa <nikhil(a)medianama.com<mailto:nikhil@medianama.com>>
Subject: [DC3] Covid19 and Internet Openness IGF 2020 Outcome
Dear all,
I hope this email finds you well and in good health in these troubled times.
This message is to start a discussion regarding the work to be developed as IGF 2020 output of the coalition and the organisation of the annual IGF meeting.
As you might know, the IGF Secretariat recently issued its call for proposals for workshops and DC meetings for the next IGF, which should in principle (Coronavirus permitting) take place in Poland on 2-6 November.
As the current covid19 pandemic offers concrete evidence of the incredible importance of being connected, I would like to propose a Symposium dedicated to “Covd19 and Internet Openness”.
The Symposium will be a collection of short essays showing the incredible value of non-discriminatory connectivity as well as the incredible potential of alternative connectivity models, such as community networks. For this reason, I would suggest developing the initiative as a partnership between 2 coalitions I coordinate within the IGF (the one on Net Neutrality and the one on Community Connectivity) as they represent complementary facets of the same debate.
The authors of the essays will be listed as speakers for the IGF session of the coalition.
I have been talking about the initiative with some of you directly and I am happy to say that we will be able to publish the essays online on MediaNama (largest tech & policy portal in India) as soon as we receive and edit them, and that MediaNama’s Founder and Editor Nikhil Pahwa has kindly agreed to co-edit the essays with me. After the publication online, we could collect all the essays (ideally between 10 and 15) and publish them in a booklet on “Covd19 and the Value of Internet Openness” to be released at the IGF (if the IGF will be maintained) and freely accessible online. Everything will be licensed in CC, of course.
The suggestion is to explore a variety of ongoing issues going from blocking and Internet shutdowns, to zero rating and net neutrality, community network experiences and new conceptualisations of Internet access as a human right.
I have already spoken with some of you and there are a lot of good ideas already in the air.
Here is the suggested format.
* Essays can be 1000 to 1500 words in length. If you require more words, please consider making your contribution into a two-part post.
* Please only use in-text citations or hyperlinks (i.e., no footnotes).
* To take advantage of the momentum, I suggest fixing a deadline (at least for the first batch of) submissions on Wednesday 25 April.
Those confirming their interest in writing an essay by the 22nd (and sending the first draft by the 25th) will be considered as speakers for the coalition IGF session. The 22nd is the dealine to submit a session proposal.
Please, feel free share your thoughts on this
All the best
Luca
Dear all,
I hope everyone is well and safe amid the Covid-19 crisis.
I am writing to let you all know that the call for applications for
LACNIC's FRIDA Program <https://programafrida.net/en> is open until May
22, 2020.
The program his now offering a line of funding exclusively on *Internet
Access* <https://programafrida.net/en/internet-access>, including (a)
alternative models for access, (b) interconnection; (c) technologies for
connectivity and (d) energy to power connectivity.
We will distribute grants and awards between US$10,000 and US$40,000.
The application consists of submitting a form with a brief 750-word
summary of the project. The call is only open to projects based in the
LAC region.
If you have any questions, you may contact me directly.
Warm regards,
Carolina
--
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*Coordinadora de Proyectos de Desarrollo*
Coordinator of Development Projects
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Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry/
REMINDER: GHTC 2020 Call for papers *deadline May 1 *- Updated CFP attached
- Please Forward
*COVID update: *We are planning that by October we can hold GHTC as usual.
However, we are prepared for hybrid or virtual options should that be
necessary.
The IEEE HAC has authorized us to offer partial scholarships; we are
awaiting confirmation of the funding.
*Call for Papers: 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE
GHTC 2020)*
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*Seattle – January 31, 2020* – Today the IEEE Global Humanitarian
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<https://ieeeghtc.org/author-central/call-for-papers/>. The tenth
anniversary of GHTC will take place in Seattle, Washington, USA, October 29
– November 1, 2020. See attached PDF flyer.
Organized by *IEEE* <http://www.ieee.org/>, the world’s largest technical
professional society with over 400,000 members in over 160 countries, the
IEEE GHTC is the flagship IEEE forum for presenting and discussing
humanitarian technology innovation and deployment. The technical focus of
the Conference is complemented by an integrated understanding of broader
contexts—economics, policy, culture, environment—that impact successful
humanitarian technology implementation.
The 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2020)
will share practical technology-enabled solutions addressing needs of
underserved communities in resource constrained environments around the
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(UN SDGs).
Stakeholders from the public, private, education and research, societal,
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oral presentations) sharing Sustainable Development, ICT4D (information and
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related insights, experiences, good practices and lessons learnt from a
research, policy, practitioner and/or community perspective. Papers should
present analysis of initial or final research results or a case study.
General project descriptions are not appropriate.
Submissions by practitioners (governmental, for-profit and non-profit),
academics, private sector actors and policy makers describing intervention
design and implementation, field experiences and best practices, case
studies, project monitoring and evaluation results, and original research
are of particular interest. Paper submissions should include results that
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perspectives, and *should be three to four pages in length including a
short reference section.*
• *Oral-Only (Poster) Presentations* are appropriate for
work-in-progress, projects in the pre-implementation stage as well as an
option for practitioners, policy makers or community representatives who do
not want to write a paper. Oral-Only submissions should be described in *one
or two pages.*
NOTE: we are accepting proposals for *Special Sessions* (up to 8 pages)
Short Papers and Oral-Only Presentations will be accepted for presentation
either during an appropriate paper session or poster session at the
discretion of the Program Committee.
Complementing the 2020 IEEE GHTC Conference Proceedings, accepted papers
presented during the conference will also be submitted for publication in *IEEE
Xplore*®.
A selection of accepted papers will be invited to submit a revised and
extended version to an IEEE journal.
*Submission Schedule:*
*May 1*
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*June 1*
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Presentation
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Hi All, Welcome to join session tomorrow! — We’re looking for a story from anywhere that shows how libraries are natural hubs or at least nodes on CN’s. Nominations welcome!
Thanks,
Don
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*** Register here *** <http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339>
This will be the 7th in the series, “What is a Library if the Building is Closed?” exploring aspects: internet access, digital services, physical materials and social infrastructure. Nearly 1,000 people have registered to hear from 18 extraordinary speakers. All recorded and available on Pandemic Response page at GigLibraries.Net <http://giglibraries.net/>
Hope everyone can join to hear from:
—Crosby Kemper, IMLS Director regarding details on new $30 mil in stimulus funds to flow out through the state library agencies.
—Julie Walker, GA Librarian will follow with interesting happenings in Peach State.
—Hayford Siaw, Executive Director - Ghana Library Authority
—Raphaëlle Bats, Relations Internationales ENSSIB, French National Superior School of Information Science and Libraries in Lyon. In past sessions we’ve heard from Dublin, Copenhagen, Nigeria and Brussels.
The pandemic is a global challenge that calls for global responses at the local level. Valuable stories and clever projects are welcome from anywhere.
You’re invited to send questions in advance, as well as topics for discussion and interesting projects to showcase directly to info(a)GigLibraries.Net <mailto:info@GigLibraries.Net>
*** Register here *** <http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339>
*sessions are recorded for posting and archived open playback.
See you there!
Don Means
Gigabit Libraries Network
I read in the Economist that MS is to open their data a reversal to their policy of 5 years ago ...
Sent from my Galaxy Tab A (2016)-------- Original message --------From: Luca Belli <luca.belli(a)fgv.br> Date: 21/04/2020 09:43 (GMT-08:00) To: Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity <dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net> Subject: [DC3] RES: RES: Covid19 and Internet Openness IGF 2020 Outcome
Dear all,
As the deadline to submit IGF session proposals approaches (tomorrow, as stresses by CA), here is a brief session proposal, based on your reactions and expressions of interest, following the call for an "Internet Openness and Covid19” symposium.
SESSION TITLE
Community Networks at times of Crises
SHORT DESCRIPTION
This session will discuss the Importance of Internet access and the relevance of community networks as a credible strategy to expand access empowering people, at times of crises. As the recent Covid19 pandemic is tellingly demonstrating, connectivity is becoming increasingly essential for our social, economic, and political lives.
Panellists will explore a variety of standpoints discussed by the authors of the DC3 annual outcome (developed in partnership with DCNN): the report on “The Value of Internet Openness at Times of Crises”
The session will have a tripartite structure featuring:
1) Presentations based on the contributions to the DC3 annual outcome report
2) Discussion of the latest community networking evolutions, highlighted by the covid19 pandemic
3) Identification of new challenges and cooperation opportunities to be considered by the future work of DC3
The confirmed panellists and authors of the DC3 outcome report are
- Jane Coffin, ISOC
- Sonia Jorge and Dhanaraj Thakur, Alliance for Affordable Internet A4AI
- Carlos Rey-Moreno, APC
- Rolf Weber, University of Zurich
- Senka Hadzic, Research ICT Africa
- Quirilo (please add surname and affiliation here)
If I missed anything or anyone, if you want to propose any changes or express your interest to write an essay and being a speaker, please do it by tomorrow
Thanks a lot!
Luca
PS: FYI, the confirmed panellists and authors of the part of the outcome report that will deal more specifically with net neutrality issues are
- Sebastien Soriano, French Telecoms Regulator (ARCEP)
- Frode Sorensen, Norwegian Telecoms Regulator (Nkom)
- Smriti Parsheera, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy in New Delhi
- Anya Orlova and Andrey Shecherbovich Moscow Higher School of Economics
- Apar Gupta and Sidharth, Internet Freedom Foundation
- Alejandro Pisanty, Autonomous University of Mexico
- Estelle Masse and Eric Null, Access Now
________________________________________
De: dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net [dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net] em nome de Luca Belli [luca.belli(a)fgv.br]
Enviado: quarta-feira, 15 de abril de 2020 16:32
Para: Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity
Assunto: [DC3] RES: Covid19 and Internet Openness IGF 2020 Outcome
Hi Quiliro and CA
Very interesting ideas to explore!
Actually you may want to check also ETSI's work on NonIP (which is very similar to Huawei"s proposal although it attacted almost no attention...) https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1749-2020-04-etsi-launches-new…
Please, feel free to send your draft!
All the best
Luca
________________________________________
De: dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net [dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net] em nome de Carlos Afonso [ca(a)cafonso.ca]
Enviado: quarta-feira, 15 de abril de 2020 12:38
Para: Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity
Assunto: Re: [DC3] Covid19 and Internet Openness IGF 2020 Outcome
Do it! :-)
Right now there is a rumor coming from China which proposes an entirely new transport/addressing set of protocols, called NewIP.
If this came to be, it would be like a sort of coronavirus for so many devices. Billions of devices currently connected to the Internet survived the jump to IPv6. However, most of them were built by companies that do not upgrade their firmware, or have disappeared. I own a Samsung Galaxy Tab which firmware/OS has never been updated by Samsung (BTW, a vulnerability of most of the Android devices). Now I use it as a Kindle reader, and just connect it to the Net when I wish to update my e-book repository. Would it connect in the NewIP world? Probably not, and for most people this is an expensive device.
I would like to read articles about this.
fraternal regards
--c.a.
On 15/04/2020 12:03, quiliro wrote:
>
> I would like to write an article on the need to create a governanceless
> internet in order to avoid centralized collapse.
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Dear all,
I hope this email finds you well and in good health in these troubled times.
This message is to start a discussion regarding the work to be developed as IGF 2020 output of the coalition and the organisation of the annual IGF meeting.
As you might know, the IGF Secretariat recently issued its call for proposals for workshops and DC meetings for the next IGF, which should in principle (Coronavirus permitting) take place in Poland on 2-6 November.
As the current covid19 pandemic offers concrete evidence of the incredible importance of being connected, I would like to propose a Symposium dedicated to “Covd19 and Internet Openness”.
The Symposium will be a collection of short essays showing the incredible value of non-discriminatory connectivity as well as the incredible potential of alternative connectivity models, such as community networks. For this reason, I would suggest developing the initiative as a partnership between 2 coalitions I coordinate within the IGF (the one on Net Neutrality and the one on Community Connectivity) as they represent complementary facets of the same debate.
The authors of the essays will be listed as speakers for the IGF session of the coalition.
I have been talking about the initiative with some of you directly and I am happy to say that we will be able to publish the essays online on MediaNama (largest tech & policy portal in India) as soon as we receive and edit them, and that MediaNama’s Founder and Editor Nikhil Pahwa has kindly agreed to co-edit the essays with me. After the publication online, we could collect all the essays (ideally between 10 and 15) and publish them in a booklet on “Covd19 and the Value of Internet Openness” to be released at the IGF (if the IGF will be maintained) and freely accessible online. Everything will be licensed in CC, of course.
The suggestion is to explore a variety of ongoing issues going from blocking and Internet shutdowns, to zero rating and net neutrality, community network experiences and new conceptualisations of Internet access as a human right.
I have already spoken with some of you and there are a lot of good ideas already in the air.
Here is the suggested format.
* Essays can be 1000 to 1500 words in length. If you require more words, please consider making your contribution into a two-part post.
* Please only use in-text citations or hyperlinks (i.e., no footnotes).
* To take advantage of the momentum, I suggest fixing a deadline (at least for the first batch of) submissions on Wednesday 25 April.
Those confirming their interest in writing an essay by the 22nd (and sending the first draft by the 25th) will be considered as speakers for the coalition IGF session. The 22nd is the dealine to submit a session proposal.
Please, feel free share your thoughts on this
All the best
Luca