>Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:33:45 +0100
>To: "crisinfo-comunica.org" <[email protected]>
>From: Sean O Siochru <[email protected]>
>Subject: [CRIS Info] Community Owned Networks
>
>Hello everyone
>UNDP is supporting a small study to feed into the WSIS Financing Working
>Group, that looks at the potential of community and cooperatively-owned
>networks to improve access to ICTs (telephony, internet etc.) in rural and
>poor communities, especially in the context of innovative technology
>combinations such as WIFI/WIMAX, VoIP, VSAT, radio etc.
>Bruce Girard and myself are doing the work, and it fits nicely with CRIS
>Campaign thinking in this area. The goal is to look at the regulatory,
>financing and institutional models and actions that might encourage them
>into being in a development context.
>
>As part of this, we are seeking existing examples of community-owned
>networks in the South, especially where they also play an empowering role
>in the community. With assistance locally, we want to write up a number
>of them as Case Studies.
>
>For more information go to: http://comunica.org/comm_nets.htm If you
>are interested, please respond soon as the timescale is very tight.
>
>Many thanks
>Se�n � Siochr�
>http://www.iol.ie/nexus
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