ACP (the Affordable Connectivity Program) is helpful, but lasting change requires fundamental systemic change. That is why Broadband Institute is getting ready to launch a platform cooperative that goes beyond online courseware to include “Social Learning.” We are using LearnDash as our learning management system, and the BuddyBoss platform to…
Open Collective Foundation is creating a legal, financial, and technical commons for the solidarity economyOCF has a unique role to play as steward of a legal, financial, and technical commons—a piece of shared infrastructure—that is resonating deeply with the solidarity economy movement. We can build bridges between … Source: Solidarity…
As late as the mid-1930s, nine out of 10 rural homes were without electric service. The farmer milked his cows by hand in the dim light of a kerosene lantern. His wife was a slave to the wood range and washboard. The unavailability of electricity in rural areas kept their…
For-profit ISPs have little motivation to bring Broadband access to rural populations and many urban residents cannot afford the plans that are available. Large for-profit companies need to show their shareholders they are profitable on a quarterly basis. Thus, their infrastructure investments focus on places where they can get a…
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