Meet people in our Michigan Internet network. Form Collaboration Hubs where you can learn how to build community owned Broadband Internet infrastructure.
We are building a network of people in Michigan to achieve #InternetForAll
NeighborSQUAD
We are seeking to partner with educational institutions and organizations. Let us know about how we can work together with your organization.
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.
COINcommons
Community Owned Internet Networks (COIN) are collaboration hubs for a cooperative Broadband Infrastructure Commons.
#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…
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…
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…
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…
Are you concerned that most of the federal dollars coming to Michigan will be going to the incumbents, who created the #DigitalDivide? If so, CLICK HERE to register for our new website and help create coalitions in Michigan.
