Dear colleagues, We are currently studying "Bottom-up Broadband". This is collaborative grassroots network deployment and maintenance. In this networks, the users (individuals, institutions, companies or other organizations) participate in the funding, planning, deployment and maintenance of the network. If you are participating in one of this initiatives or are interested in bottom-up-brodband, please contact us.
Open source software has changed the way that software is produced and maintained. Wikipedia has changed the way encyclopedian information is compiled and refined. P2P file exchange has changed the way files are shared and distributed. We believe that collaborative network deployment can change the way that networks are built, extended and maintained. Probably, the most prominent example of collaborative network deployment is guifi.net. The size of this community network exceeds 20,000 nodes. Last year's efforts have been focusing on community fiber deployment with around 70 homes and farms connected today. Besides fiber, we are also interested in ad-hoc mesh networks to cover events, wireless sensor networks to gather environmental data and public wifi offering models. I attach the Bottom-up broadband call for pilots below. Best regards, Jaume ******* BOTTOM-UP BROADBAND CALL FOR PILOTS ************* The high expectations created by the European Digital Agenda call for new models for network deployment. A combination of fiber and wireless technologies must be part of the solution to achieve the objectives in 2020. The "Commons for Europe" competitiveness and innovation project explores "Bottom-up Broadband" (BuB) network deployment initiatives to analyze the best practices, find replicable success models and offer guidance to policy makers. In BuB networks, the users play a relevant role in planning, funding, deploying and maintaining the network. By users we mean the individuals and organizations, including commercial companies and public institutions, that benefit from the network. Network are shared as a "commons" resource by the communities for a greater benefit (and lower costs) for all the participants. The idea of BuB is closely linked to that of open access networks, which are proliferating in northern European countries. *** BuB Call for pilots 2013 *** We are looking for BuB intiatives to be considered in the "Commons for Europe" project. These initiatives will be profusely documented and used as examples for future BuB network deployments. Each selected pilot will receive the backing of a BuB fellow for nine months. Proposal submission deadline: May 15th 2013 Selection decision: June 15th 2013 Start of the pilot phase: July 2013 Visit our web http://bub4eu.net/ and join our mailing list https://llistes.guifi.net/sympa/arc/bub for more information. A brief description of the first round of executed pilots follows. (The application form is at the end of the email) restrictions of the existing infrastructure, allowing mobility and autonomy is an important field that can benefit all the parts involved as long as we find the right balance. Application form: ========================================================= This pilot project data sheet will help us to keep track of all pilot initiatives. Please complete the following fields and submit to [email protected] (or even better, send it to the bub mailing list if you are registered) • Title: • Brief description: • Goals: • Estimated start date: • Estimated end date: • Priority: (Low/Normal/High) • Stage: (Prospect/Pre-project/Review/Execution/Evaluation/Finished) • Type: (Wifi/SuperWifi/Fibre Optics/Hybrid) • Status: (Not Started/In Progress/On Hold/Completed) • Progress %: • Country: • Area: • City: • Neighbourhood: • Project type: • Contacts: • Risk %: (0% means that the success is guaranteed, 100% means that it is impossible to successfully complete this pilot) • Regulatory issues: • Potential impact (e.g., number of users, BuB funds raised, cities involved, etc.): • Comments: Thanks for your collaboration :) End of application form. ===================================================== _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
