Future Fibre: Municipal Internet
There’s a growing number of municipalities who are recognizing the value of community owned infrastructure.
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Future Fibre: Guifi.Net
Combining fibre and wireless connectivity, Guifi.net focuses on empowering local communities and individual users as a grassroots organization that seeks social empowerment as well as the recognition that access to the Internet is a human right.
Internet as paradox
The Internet is impossible to understand. As a subjective medium it is experienced differently by each person that uses it.
Future Fibre: DIY Internet
Rather than begin by building a comprehensive guide, our plan is to build an actual micro-ISP, and share the process via this series. This includes sharing the stories of other community based ISPs, as we’ve done and will continue to do, which are both a source of inspiration and knowledge.
Future Fibre: B4RN
As the agricultural industry is transformed by technology, farmers are embracing the hacker ethos, and this includes connectivity. Farmers often have access to heavy equipment, and therefore the ability to take the Internet into their own hands.