Community Networks: The Internet by the People, for the People. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity
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Rio de Janeiro: Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (2017), 244 pp.
"This volume is structured in two sections exploring benefits, challenges and opportunities for community networks and analysing a series of community network case studies and forward-looking proposals, from which useful recommendations can be drawn. As a conclusion, this book includes the updated version of the Declaration on Community Connectivity, which was elaborated through a multistakeholder participatory process, featuring an online open consultation, between July and November 2016, a public debate and a feedbackcollection process, during the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2016, and a further online consultation, between December 2016 and March 2017." (Page 23)
1 Introducing the Evolving Community Network Debate / Luca Belli, 23
I. BENEFITS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKS
2 Network Self-Determination and the Positive Externalities of Community Networks / Luca Belli, 35
3 Barriers for Development and Scale of Community Networks in Africa / Carlos Rey-Moreno, 65
4 Community Networks as a Key Enabler of Sustainable Access / Michael J. Oghia, 77
5 Can the Unconnected Connect Themselves? Towards an Action Research Agenda for Local Access Networks / Carlos Rey-Moreno, Anriette Esterhuysen, Mike Jensen, Peter Bloom, Erick Huerta and Steve Song, 103
6 The Success of Community Mobile Telephony in Mexico and its Plausibility as an Alternative to Connect the Next Billion / Erick Huerta, Peter Bloom and Karla Velasco, 119
II. CASE STUDIES: BUILDING CONNECTIVITY IN A BOTTOM-UP FASHION
7 Policy Gaps and Regulatory Issues in the Indian Experience on Community Networks / Ritu Srivastava, 153
8 Community-Led Networks for Sustainable Rural Broadband in India: the Case of Gram Marg / Sarbani Banerjee Belur, Meghna Khaturia and Nanditha P. Rao, 193
9 Comparing Two Community Network Experiences in Brazil / Bruno Vianna, 207
10 Beyond the Invisible Hand: the Need to Foster an Ecosystem Allowing for Community Networks in Brazil / Nathalia Foditsch, 217
11 Diseño e Implementación de una Aplicación Web para la Visualización Mundial de Despliegues de Redes Comunitarias / Maureen Hernandez, 227
12 Declaration on community connectivity, 237
I. BENEFITS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKS
2 Network Self-Determination and the Positive Externalities of Community Networks / Luca Belli, 35
3 Barriers for Development and Scale of Community Networks in Africa / Carlos Rey-Moreno, 65
4 Community Networks as a Key Enabler of Sustainable Access / Michael J. Oghia, 77
5 Can the Unconnected Connect Themselves? Towards an Action Research Agenda for Local Access Networks / Carlos Rey-Moreno, Anriette Esterhuysen, Mike Jensen, Peter Bloom, Erick Huerta and Steve Song, 103
6 The Success of Community Mobile Telephony in Mexico and its Plausibility as an Alternative to Connect the Next Billion / Erick Huerta, Peter Bloom and Karla Velasco, 119
II. CASE STUDIES: BUILDING CONNECTIVITY IN A BOTTOM-UP FASHION
7 Policy Gaps and Regulatory Issues in the Indian Experience on Community Networks / Ritu Srivastava, 153
8 Community-Led Networks for Sustainable Rural Broadband in India: the Case of Gram Marg / Sarbani Banerjee Belur, Meghna Khaturia and Nanditha P. Rao, 193
9 Comparing Two Community Network Experiences in Brazil / Bruno Vianna, 207
10 Beyond the Invisible Hand: the Need to Foster an Ecosystem Allowing for Community Networks in Brazil / Nathalia Foditsch, 217
11 Diseño e Implementación de una Aplicación Web para la Visualización Mundial de Despliegues de Redes Comunitarias / Maureen Hernandez, 227
12 Declaration on community connectivity, 237
