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RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI)

by Luca Belli

Hi all This may be of interest for some list members The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) connects members of the academic community with the RIPE community<https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe> by inviting students and researchers to present their Internet-related research at RIPE Meetings, ENOG, MENOG and SEE meetings. https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/raci All the best Luca

6 years, 10 months

Community owned Fiber Networks

by Glenn McKnight

*Community-owned fiber networks provide least-expensive local "broadband," according to a recent study by Harvard's Berkman Klein Center.* From the report <https://cyber.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.harvard.edu/files/2018-01-10-Pricing.…>, David Talbot, Kira Hessekiel, and Danielle Kehl write: "We examined prices advertised by a subset of community-owned networks that use fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology. In late 2015 and 2016 we collected advertised prices for residential data plans offered by 40 community-owned (typically municipally-owned) FTTH networks. We then identified the least-expensive service that meets the federal definition of broadband (regardless of the exact speeds provided) and compared advertised prices to those of private competitors in the same markets. We were able to make comparisons in 27 communities and found that in 23 cases, the community-owned FTTH providers' pricing was lower when the service costs and fees were averaged over four years. (Using a three year-average changed this fraction to 22 out of 27.) In the other 13 communities, comparisons were not possible, either because the private providers' website terms of service deterred or prohibited data collection or because no competitor offered service that qualified as broadband. We also found that almost all community-owned FTTH networks offered prices that were clear and unchanging, whereas private ISPs typically charged initial low promotional or "teaser" rates that later sharply rose, usually after 12 months." Glenn McKnight NARALO Secretariat mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight 289-830 6259 .

6 years, 10 months

Internet Access Paper

by Glenn McKnight

Here is a paper on Internet Access http://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/xzdj/ Glenn McKnight NARALO Secretariat mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight 289-830 6259 .

6 years, 10 months

That Burger King commercial

by dc3＠bob.ma

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/24/16927890/burger-king-net-neutrality-ad This is easier than trying on WhatsApp. Network neutrality is based on common carriage which was aimed at preventing perverse discrimination by carriers such as railroads so they wouldn't check your bank account and charge you by how much you could afford. Instead they had to offer standard pricing. More to the point two boxes of a commodity product would have the same price so railroads wouldn't set the prices based on the contents of the container or play other games. It doesn't prevent levels of service like first and second class cars nor express trains. You can have frequent flyer programs and sell different classes of seats. You can sell a fast-burger. (Whether you should is a separate question - income inequality and all that). But you can't charge two people different prices just because one is Asian and another African. It also meant that you can't charge differently based on the kind of phone call though you could offer business vs. residential pricing. But you couldn't force someone to pay the price for a business line even if you were using it for business. It makes sense to apply this to transport of commodity packets. If all the packets are the same they should be treated the same. In fact you wouldn't even network neutrality policies if all the transport saw ere commodity packets because there wouldn't be the means of differential pricing. The problem is we currently have entangled telecommunications policy with connectivity (AKA Internet) policy so the carriers to have "pipes" which maintain the relationships through the network and complex peering arrangements. The idea that a provides own cable content is example from caps when it's in broadcast mode is just one example of a problem not well addressed by neutrality. We also have the problem of the claim that the Internet only works because of protocols like MPLS and other very smart protocols in the network. Another implicit problem with neutrality is taking into account the willingness to invest in facilities and capacity. This is why I wrote http://rmf.vc/ZeroRating because zero rating was a symptom of the problem and not the problem itself. So while I applaud neutrality as a principle we need to recognize it is a temporary principle and not a long term strategy. For those not familiar with US history we used to have a concept called "separate-but-equal" for education so you can have separate schools for some (typically non-white). In about 1956 the US Supreme Court recognized that it was a terrible idea and banned separate schools. I compare NN with separate-but-equal pipes. The problem is having pipes at all, not whether they are equal. The solution is to completely separate the business of offering services from the business of providing infrastructure. And if we can no longer fund the infrastructure by selling services we need to pay for the infrastructure as such. Let's not trivialize these issues with high production quality videos that miss the point. Bob Frankston http://Frankston.com @BobFrankston

6 years, 11 months

Interesting article about spectrum demands then and now

by Maureen Hernandez

I found this which brings an interesting perspective on community networks possibilities vs local technologies like LPFM, I think it has a valid point on social (and local) demands on media. https://www.academia.edu/1538139/_Free_the_spectrum_Activist_encounters_wit… Cheers, -- Maureen Patricia Hernández González Systems Engineer. Universidad de Los Andes. <https://ve.linkedin.com/in/maureenhernandez> <https://twitter.com/maureenhg>

6 years, 11 months

How 5 G could prevent Internet Disruption during a natural disaster

by Glenn McKnight

http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/blogs/blog/how-5g-could-prevent-i… Glenn McKnight NARALO Secretariat mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight 289-830 6259 .

6 years, 11 months

Start Your Own Wireless ISP

by Steve Song

This website, while focused on entrepreneurship rather than community-owned networks, has some excellent practical advice and resources for anyone thinking about building a local network. https://startyourownisp.com/ Cheers... Steve Song

6 years, 11 months

Training Opportunity - ICTP

by Jane Coffin

Hi All – Please see the data below about an ICTP training course (ICTP = International Centre for Theoretical Physics). ISOC and many others have worked with and strongly support ICTP’s work. They have helped us train folks (RF and mesh deployment), they work with people from around the world to deploy networks, and ICTP has an excellent campus in Trieste (amazing place with some of the best coffee on the planet). Note that with their dormitories and other facilities – they also are an excellent option for workshops where you might want to bring folks in from around the world. Data below is courtesy of Marco Zennaro from ICTP - many of you will know him from the IOT, mesh, and other work he has done. And, the same goes for one of Marco’s partners at ICTP - Ermanno Pietrosemoli - who founded EsLaRed, WALC, and is an Internet Hall of Famer among other things. Best, Jane *********************Start Joint ICTP-IAEA School on LoRa Enabled Radiation and Environmental Monitoring Sensors Date: 23 April to 11 May 2018 Venue: ICTP, Trieste, Italy LoRa is a long range, low power networking solution recently developed for the Internet of Things (IoT). In the workshop we will learn about the underlying technology and protocols and we will develop scientific instrumentation with LoRa chips. A LoRa network can connect a plethora of tiny battery powered LoRa sensors and devices within a few kilometers and even up to 150 km with line of sight. With complete LoRa modules available from $5 USD the cost of instrumenting huge areas and cities with real-time environmental sensor networks has diminished substantially. In this school the participants will develop and construct instrumentation and sensors equipped or embedded with LoRa chip and they will deploy and analyse the data from a LoRa enabled sensor network across the ICTP campus and in Trieste. The power of the technology to rely on long distance, low power (battery or rechargeable/ renewable) technologies is of considerable interest to the environmental monitoring of cities and agricultural environments. Topics: • LoRa and LoRaWAN protocols; • Prototyping of sensor boards; • Coding of LoRa sensors; • Planning and deployment of a LoRa network; • Collection, analysis and the visualization of the data. A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from Developing Countries. Additional grants for students from Developing Countries formally enrolled in a PhD programme are available thanks to Sigcomm’s support. Online application: http://indico.ictp.it/event/8298/ Application deadline: February 26, 2018 Best, Marco Internet Society | www.internetsociety.org Skype: janercoffin Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.202.247.8429

6 years, 11 months

Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America

by scann

I think many of you will find this article of interest. Sorry if it has been shared already in the list: https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/34623859

6 years, 11 months

DC3 Outcome Community Networks: the Internet by the People, for the People

by Luca Belli

Dear all, For those who were not at the IGF, here is the URL to freely download Community Networks the Internet by the People, for the People http://tinyurl.com/CommunityNetworks The book flyer is here https://twitter.com/1lucabelli/status/938770138651820032 Feel free to share through your networks I would like to thank all list-members for the great discussions, exchanges of ideas and cooperation over the past year and I wish everyone a very successful 2018! All the best Luca [FGV Direito Rio] Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV<http://internet-governance.fgv.br/> luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 5763 @1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png]

6 years, 11 months

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