Dear all,
As some of you may have already
seen on twitter, yesterday evening I received the finalised pdf of the Community Network Manual, which will be printed just in time for when I will board for Paris
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As I previously mentioned, it is a pleasure to announce that the Community Network Manual is published in partnership by
FGV,
ITU and ISOC and features some truly excellent contributions from DC3 members, analysing how to build Community Networks and how to make them scalable, sustainable and law-compliant.
As a reminder, the book will be launched at our session on
Community Connectivity: When the Unconnected Build Connectivity, on Monday 12 November, at 11:20.
I look forward to meeting you there and I will bring as many copies as possible (at least 80) so that you can all have one. Of course, as all previous volumes, the book will be freely available, under Creative Commons
License, and the online version will be released during the DC3 session.
As a teaser a further, below you will find the table of content as well as the early praise by Bruno Ramos (ITU) and Andrew Sullivan (ISOC)
All the best
Luca
“Community networks represent a valuable alternative model that deserves to be explored to improve access to Information and Communication Technologies to underserved communities
worldwide. ITU is committed to connecting the entire world’s people and this book and the work of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity offer inspiring and transparent guidance to foster digital inclusion.”
Bruno Ramos,
Director for the Americas Regional Office of the International Telecommunication Union
“Community Networks offer a credible solution for building a digital future that puts people first. This volume is a testament to the excellent work of the IGF Dynamic Coalition
on Community Connectivity. It is a long-awaited guide that will allow many to participate in the Internet’s evolution, building an Internet for everyone..”
Andrew Sullivan
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society
CONTENT
PREFACE
by Bruno Ramos................................................................................................................................
9
ABOUT THE AUTHORS.........................................................................................................................................
13
1
Community Networks: Bridging Digital Divides through the Enjoyment of Network Self-determination......................................................
23
Luca Belli
PART I: How to Build your Community Network.....................................................................
41
2
Building Community Wireless Networks: A How-to Guide for the Curious................................................................................................................................
43
Steven Mansour
and
Sascha Meinrath
3
Building Community LTE Networks with CoLTE.......................................
75
Spencer Sevilla,
Pathirat Kosakanchit, Matthew Johnson and Kurtis Heimerl
4
The MAZI Toolkit for Do-It-Yourself Networking.......................................
103
Harris Niavis,
Stavroula Maglavera, Aris Dadoukis and John Mavridis
5
LibreRouter: the Hardware and Software Platform for
Community Networking........................................................................................................
119
Nicolas Echániz
and
Florencia López Pezé
PART II: Scalable, Sustainable and Law-compliant Community Networks..........
131
6
Multiple Dimensions of Community Network Scalability...................
133
Roger Baig Viñas,
Leandro Navarro and Ramon Roca i Tió
7
Federating Community Networks:
A Case-study from France.................................................................................................
159
Félix Tréguer
8
Fostering Sustainability of Community Networks:
Guidelines to Respect the European Legal Framework.....................
177
Virginie Aubrée
and
Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay
9
Complementary Networks Meet Complementary Currencies:
Guifi.net Meets Sardex.net
...............................................................................................
189
Panayotis Antoniadis,
Jens Martignoni, Leandro Navarro and Paolo Dini
10
What Could Blockchain do for Community Networks.........................
223
Panayotis Antoniadis
and
Jens Martignoni
11 DECLARATION ON COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY........................................................
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