Learn, Build, Own

Meet people in our Michigan Internet network. Form Collaboration Hubs where you can learn how to build community owned Broadband Internet infrastructure.

We Are Seeking Partners

We are building a network of people in Michigan to achieve #InternetForAll

Partner

NeighborSQUAD

We are seeking to partner with educational institutions and organizations. Let us know about how we can work together with your organization.


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Learn

Broadband Institute

We are coordinating with the soon to be launched Broadband Institute. The Institute is connecting teachers and learners in a P2P platform cooperative.


Build & Own

COINcommons

Community Owned Internet Networks (COIN) are collaboration hubs for a cooperative Broadband Infrastructure Commons.


Michigan Chapter Internet Society, Kickoff Meeting June 30, 2021
Broadband | Educational | Video

Michigan Chapter Internet Society, Kickoff Meeting June 30, 2021

#InternetForAll – Learn about how we can expand Broadband access in Michigan to become better, faster and cheaper than current approaches. This is the kick off meeting for the future Michigan Chapter of the Internet Society. Watch the presentation video below or open the slides. We can achieve #InternetForAll by turning Broadband into a commodity…

Learn about how we can address rural Broadband in Michigan
Broadband | Educational | Rural

Learn about how we can address rural Broadband in Michigan

Watch the video below. Read the book. Contact us about rural Michigan Broadband and our training programs launching in 2022. The CBAN team hosted a discussion with Christopher Ali, author of the book “Farm Fresh Broadband – The Politics of Rural Connectivity”. Ali’s book features an analysis of the failure of U.S. broadband policy to…

Broadband Internet Access GIS Maps
Broadband | Funding

Broadband Internet Access GIS Maps

Let’s organize people with the greatest need Here is a story map that uses ARCGIS from ESRI to visualize data about Internet access by County. As funds are now being allocated for Broadband Infrastructure, let’s ensure that money doesn’t all go to Comcast, but instead also goes to Community Owned Internet Networks. After you hover…

What Michigan can learn from Nebraska about Broadband
Broadband | Funding

What Michigan can learn from Nebraska about Broadband

Billions of dollars are now flowing for Broadband Internet. How will they be spent? Will we subsidize existing monopolies or support locally run infrastructure? In Nebraska, Althea has partnered with NetEquity and a middle mobile provider that has over 10,000 miles of fiber underground. Let’s think about whether Michigan could do something similar with a…