[CWN-Summit] Information about Danish CWN /
Ramon Roca
ramon.roca at guifi.net
Tue Aug 24 03:13:56 CDT 2010
Paul,
I can't talk on the Danish case, but I would like to comment on the
figures you are asking related to our case (guifi.net).
IMHO the cost for the user depends very much in three variables:
Technology used, deployment landscape, and economic model applied. The
key is to do the right choice, and the good thing on Community Networks
is that are much more flexible on all scenarios. Instead, a traditional
business model of an operator would very much rely on being subsidized
for going for rural areas, and still will face a lack of interest in
serving those areas (there are many examples on huge failures by
subsidizing traditional operators).
Providing some ranges of examples from guifi.net about reaching
households in rural areas, there could be a basic broadband access for
free to the users by starting with a cost (one time) of about to 200€ or
up (depending on the landscape) for setting up their equipment
(wireless). Or fibre from one time cost of near to 2,000€ also in rural
areas (30€/month financed...), etc...
In short, there are ways to make happen the broadband access in rural
areas more sustainable and cheaper than traditional operators, and no
magic, the key, again, rely on those three variables, and very much on
the last one, the economic model being executed: Is well known that
traditional models do miss a large portion of the people/territories.
Ramon.
Al 24/08/10 04:39, En/na Paul Gardner-Stephen ha escrit:
> Hello all,
>
> Can someone from the Danish community broadband network reply with
> some information about your network?
> I recall there were some very attractive figures on comparative
> pricing compared with the rest of Denmark.
>
> This would be helpful information for me as I consider putting in a
> submission to the independent members of parliament who now hold the
> balance of power in Australia.
> They are all representing rural and remote electorates, and broadband
> and telecommunications are critical issues for them.
>
> I would also love to hear from anyone who is interested in assisting
> in formulating the submission in any way.
> The time line is tight to strike while the iron is hot, so it would
> not be a drawn out process.
>
> My plan is to ask for about A$10,000,000 (US$9,000,000) to fully
> develop the Serval BatPhone software so that rural residents in
> Australia (and of course anywhere in the world) can purchase
> compatible telephones and start using them as the basis for forming
> their own community mobile networks. This will include the
> development of a number of related components, including low-cost
> satellite interconnection for the ability to create truly globally
> connected community mobile telephone networks anywhere in the world.
>
> Given the current plan to spend A$43,000,000,000 on a national
> broadband network (which is a good thing), it seems reasonable to
> obtain the ten million we are asking for.
>
> If successful, I fully intend to engage with the CWN community to
> undertake the various development and testing tasks.
>
> Paul
> servalproject.org
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