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<td>Re: [hackerspaces] Guifi.net FFTF (fiber from the farm)</td>
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<td>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:45:30 -0600</td>
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<td>Nitin Gadia <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nittyjee@gmail.com"><nittyjee@gmail.com></a></td>
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So, I guess I don't understand right away...<br>
How is this going to be financed?<br>
<br>
This is a fantastic article I read a while ago. It explains how
people can finance fiber infrastructure from the bottom up.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.newamerica.net/files/HomesWithTails_wu_slater.pdf">http://www.newamerica.net/files/HomesWithTails_wu_slater.pdf</a><br>
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This is a long term project that some people I know are interested
in undertaking. I would love to understand what you all are doing,
and about your models and successes.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Nitin<br>
Ames, Iowa, USA<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Blackhold
<span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:blackholdmailer@gmail.com">blackholdmailer@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi guys,<br>
I would like to show you one of the projects we have here in<br>
Catalonia, it is called <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://guifi.net" target="_blank">guifi.net</a> and is a
open an collaborative<br>
network (we also try that non technical users will be able to
install<br>
his/her wifi antenna). Iniatially it was born as a wifi project
(and<br>
it continues as it atm with about 11300 active nodes) in a rural
area<br>
'cause internet provider decided that put internet in rural
areas was<br>
not competitive.<br>
Last months we are working on serving fiber optic from the farm
(FFTF)<br>
asking to our government the possibility of pass to put our own
fiber<br>
or simply use the fiber that we have pay with taxs on building a
road<br>
with public money. It is a hard work to do, but possible, pure<br>
social/tech hack!!! :D<br>
<br>
We have just presented our project to European Digital
Schedule[1]. If<br>
someone is interested to this project I could offer the help you
need<br>
and explain what you want to know about this project.<br>
<br>
The website of the project is obvious, but for whom wants
bracketed<br>
links, here you have[2] :D<br>
<br>
Happy hacking :)<br>
<br>
PS: tetalab I have some days free, maybe I could come to see
your<br>
projects, your super place and we talk about these things :)<br>
<br>
[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/dae1009/item-display.cfm?id=5490"
target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/dae1009/item-display.cfm?id=5490</a><br>
[2] <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://guifi.net"
target="_blank">http://guifi.net</a><br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
- Blackhold<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://marsupi.org"
target="_blank">http://marsupi.org</a><br>
~> conquerint l'aire, alliberant les ones.<br>
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