[wsfii-discuss] Do your country's Telco Regs help or hindercommunity networks?

Tue Mar 20 19:09:14 UTC 2007

agree

En/na Matthew Asham ha escrit:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> One might argue that a key strategy in addressing our common concerns, is 
> the extensive use of long haul peered fibre exchanges to build a Webb to 
> connect our Community Networks.
>
> Matthew
>
> --
> Matthew Asham
> British Columbia Wireless Network Society
> www.bcwireless.net | +1 604 484 5289 x1006
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>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org 
>> [mailto:wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Ramon Roca
>> Sent: March 20, 2007 3:41 AM
>> To: Discuss list on the World Summit on Free Information 
>> Infrastructure
>> Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] Do your country's Telco Regs 
>> help or hindercommunity networks?
>>
>> Ah good point Patrice. Lots of people don't want a broadband 
>> access for
>> saturating the line with p2p traffic and happy to get fast 
>> web, mail and
>> IM by accessing to public libaries or using formulas as you describe.
>>
>> Also here there are Teleworking centers with internet access to their
>> members but with no 24x7 or somewhat far from their homes. So neutral
>> networks just have to connect them there from wherever they are...
>>
>> To decouple internet service provider function from the 
>> neutral network
>> itself doesn't mean to disconnect one from each other ;)
>>
>>     
>>> Friends of mine in Pula (.hr) have a wifi connection with the local
>>> university - informal agreement, tolerated by the 
>>>       
>> uni-authorities. They
>>     
>>> redistribute the bandwidth by WiFi or cable around their building (a
>>> massive former army barrack housing 50+ CSOs). Maybe one 
>>>       
>> can convince some
>>     
>>> institution to do the same, such outfits quite often have 
>>>       
>> more bandwidth
>>     
>>> than they ever use...
>>>  cheers, p+2D!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 10:30:43AM +0100, Thomas Maketa wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi Ramon,
>>>> I think that by neutral network you mean something like just
>>>> interconnecting
>>>> individuals and building a "backbone", that is suitable 
>>>>         
>> when you have
>>     
>>>> individuals having internet connection and wanting to 
>>>>         
>> build a "citizen
>>     
>>>> network", but here we have very few people having Internet at homes
>>>> because
>>>> the cost to install internet is very expensive : 500USd 
>>>>         
>> for installation
>>     
>>>> equipment and 120USd monthly fees.
>>>> So our plan is to reduce that amount and make people able 
>>>>         
>> to install for
>>     
>>>> the
>>>> cost of hardware and pay between 20 and 40 USD for a month 
>>>>         
>> just to pay
>>     
>>>> Internet bandwidth, maintenance, salaries ....
>>>>
>>>>         
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