João Paulo de Vasconcelos Aguiar https://www.internetsociety.org We are a global charitable organization empowering people to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:08:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-ISOC-Symbol-Ground-navy-690px-1-32x32.jpg João Paulo de Vasconcelos Aguiar https://www.internetsociety.org 32 32 Everything You Need to Know to Build a Community Network https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/02/build-a-community-network/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:10:21 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=207401 Man on a roof holding a satellite dish for a community network

Want to build a community network but don't know where to start? Look no further than the Community Network DIY Toolkit.

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]]> The Decade That Changed The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/02/the-decade-that-changed-the-democratic-republic-of-congos-internet/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:40:57 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=207108 View of a highway with traffic in Kinshasa, DRC

In just under 10 years, IXPs helped the DRC improve its Internet accessibility and started the country on its digital journey.

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]]> How a Rural Community in Armenia Built Their Own Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/05/inspired-by-a-global-movement-a-rural-community-in-armenia-built-their-own-internet-infrastructure/ Mon, 22 May 2023 15:36:27 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=192369 Snowcapped landscape and a road with car parked. To the right, a person installing an antenna.

Shaghap Community Network

In the mountainous village of Shaghap, in the Armenian region of Ararat, over 170 families live in a quiet area far from urban centers. Since they deployed their first community network in partnership with the local Union of Operators in 2021, they already have an expansion in mind and hosted the Europe Community Networks Summit in 2023.

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]]> How the Espírito Santinho Community Created Brazil’s First Fiber Community Network https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/03/how-the-espirito-santinho-community-created-brazils-first-fiber-community-network/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:23:07 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=187763 a group of people standing and smiling

Espírito Santinho

Until 2019, the Internet was out of reach for most residents in the rural community of Espírito Santinho, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Since then, they have deployed Brazil's first fiber community network in a partnership model with a local small service provider.

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]]> A Push Towards Universal Connectivity https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/10/a-push-towards-universal-connectivity/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=179771 a woman stands and explains the lesson to a student in front of computer screen

We need to unlock innovative financing mechanisms to connect the hardest-to-reach places in the world. Governments and policymakers are at the forefront of this challenge.

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]]> Our Pledge to Achieve Universal Connectivity https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/05/our-pledge-to-achieve-universal-connectivity/ Fri, 13 May 2022 15:04:59 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=169365 Woman with face mask with students in the classroom

We have joined the Partner2Connect Digital Coalition, with two pledges to change the lives of the world's hardest-to-connect communities.

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]]> What Is the Digital Divide? https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/what-is-the-digital-divide/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:52:00 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=165280 Two men looking at the laptop which is placed on the motorcycle aside the road

What exactly is the digital divide, and how is it discussed and calculated? We look at this, and why community networks play an essential role in bridging the gap.

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]]> Indigenous Connectivity: New Tribal Grant for Three US Community Networks https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2021/12/indigenous-connectivity-new-tribal-grant-for-three-us-community-networks/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:55:07 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=160904

People from Yurok, Hoopa Valley, and Bear River Band will be able to improve and expand their connectivity

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]]> Addressing Historic Inequalities in Brazil—through Community Networks https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2021/08/addressing-historic-inequalities-in-brazil-through-community-networks/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:00:42 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=148702

Find out how Brazil's marginalized communities have created community networks to connect to the world and to each other

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]]> A Look Back at 2020: How Community Networks Helped People Connect during COVID-19 https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/12/a-look-back-at-2020-how-community-networks-helped-people-connect-during-covid-19/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:59:48 +0000 http://www.internetsociety.org/?p=129683

Community networks connect people, helping to close the global digital divide one community at a time. At the Internet Society, we believe so much in this vision, we made ambitious goals for 2020. We set out to support new networks, give people the training they need to deploy and manage them, bring people together to […]

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