[DC3] Telecommunications Reclaimed is out!

Hi all, netCommons (www.netcommons.eu), the European project on network infrastructure as commons, is proud to announce the release of "Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities". This book is a guide on how to build a community network, a shared local telecommunications infrastructure, managed as a commons, to access the internet and other digital communications services. It was written collectively by a group of community network pioneers in Europe, activists and researchers during a writing residency week held in Vic, Catalonia in October 2018. It was a time of hard work and fast writing, but also of discussions in a friendly environment. Meant for a wide audience, the book includes practical knowledge illustrated by several hands-on experiences – a set of 32 real-life stories – as well as legal, technical, governance, economic and policy material extracted from netCommons, a three-year-long research project supported by the European Commission. Its goal is to guide the reader through a set of actions aimed at setting up and fostering the growth of a community network, but also, for policy makers, local administrations and the general public, to create the right conditions to let community networks bloom and flourish. Download the Open Access book PDF at https://www.netcommons.eu/?q=telecommunications-reclaimed Many thanks to all those who made this possible, and in particular to ISOC and APC who supported the book production after the European project funding of the writing. It can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Telecommunications-reclaimed-hands-networking-commun… Suggestions of a commons-based or cooperative print-on-demand platform are welcome, as we are looking for an alternative to Amazon (choice of our publisher) for a print-on-demand solution. The book's editors, Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Félix Tréguer