Re: [gaia] Gigabit/fibre networks, worth documenting/comparing experiences and lessons beyond the usual (market)

Hi Leandro and all,

As a reminder as well, there are many good resources on this list we
created for the DC3. It might be a good place to start from:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lp5DTB2Bso4Uz7yn3f7yza90Z9iqm6sUCONyLCcFWqc/edit

Best,
-Michael

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Jane Coffin <coffin@isoc.org> wrote:

> Thank you, Arjuna.
>
>
>
> Do folks have an alternate name for “case-study” so that we can agree on
> what data tools we want to use for the outline that Leandro is working on
> (and that we’ll help him hack)?
>
>
>
> Part of our objective is to provide concrete examples where changes are
> being made to business models for connectivity, funding for same, and where
> regulators/policy-makers are changing the game by creating/removing
> barriers for new access models.
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>
> We are seeing changes around the world to accommodate change as some of
> the old biz models are not providing connectivity (ROI not made and
> licensing conditions not met) or affordable connectivity to rural, remote,
> and underserved areas.
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>
>
> Best,
>
> Jane
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>
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> *From: *gaia <gaia-bounces@irtf.org> on behalf of Arjuna Sathiaseelan <
> arjuna.sathiaseelan@cl.cam.ac.uk>
> *Date: *Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 10:22 AM
> *To: *Leandro Navarro <leandro@ac.upc.edu>
> *Cc: *"gaia@irtf.org" <gaia@irtf.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [gaia] Gigabit/fibre networks, worth documenting/comparing
> experiences and lessons beyond the usual (market)
>
>
>
> Leandro, all,
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>
> another excellent resource: http://www.itforchange.net/
> resources_communitybroadband_
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>
>
> regards
>
>
>
> On 8 September 2018 at 20:27, Leandro Navarro <leandro@ac.upc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> In the recent days I’ve seen several initiatives around fibre access
> infrastructure,
>
>
>
> * Some coming from rural communities such as:
>
>  - this nice video documentary from a community effort in Scotland:
> https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index..php/2018/09/video-documentary-
> looks-at-balquhidder-community-ftth-build-in-scotland.html
> <https://www.ispreview..co.uk/index.php/2018/09/video-documentary-looks-at-balquhidder-community-ftth-build-in-scotland.html>
>
>  - The well know B4RN community operator: https://www.
> ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/03/b4rn-helping-expand-
> 1gbps-ftth-broadband-rural-cheshire.html
>
>  - Several other optical networks: https://ec.europa..eu/digital-
> single-market/en/news/five-projects-got-first-ever-
> european-broadband-award
> <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/five-projects-got-first-ever-european-broadband-award>
>
>  - Including guifi.net: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3HYeD4Lm4
>
>  - First nations such as http://knet.ca/ among others: https://www.
> internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-
> summit/2017/presentations/ and related aspects of electricity, water,
> economic development and employment, etc.
>
>
>
> * Traditional or new telcos such as https://www.gigaclear.com/ etc.
>
>
>
> * Other players such as google fibre: https://fiber.googleblog.com/ In
> this article they discuss about lessons learned
> https://hbr.org/2018/09/why-google-fiber-is-high-speed-
> internets-most-successful-failure
> <https://hbr..org/2018/09/why-google-fiber-is-high-speed-internets-most-successful-failure>
>
>
>
> The list is endless.
>
>
>
> All seem successful in different ways, with different lessons learned
> about scale, local investment, infrastructure sharing like ducts and poles,
> cost reduction from the involvement of volunteers, involvement of content
> and service providers (googlefiber), etc. In the netcommons.eu project we
> have looked at different business and organisational models for community
> networks specifically, but there are other successful models that have
> socio-economic impact.
>
>
>
> *Would you find useful to compile a GAIA/IRTF document about good
> practices, lessons learned, to build high-speed/fibre/gigabit network
> infrastructures in challenging environments? which means beyond the last
> frontier of rural, remote, underdeveloped, underserved areas.*
>
>
>
> By the way, there is this upcoming related event: https://www.
> internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-summit/2018/
>
> The report from the previous edition is a recommended read: https://www.
> internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-
> 01-04_ICS-Report-final.pdf
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Leandro Navarro
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