This young network engineer at Project Waves is doing amazing things in Baltimore
My story here on how Devin Weaver designed, built, and operates a #communitybroadband network that brings free gig speed #Internet service to low-income apartment buildings in one of the nation's most disconnected cities
#DigitalEquity #BlackMastodon #broadband #equity #DigitalInclusion
https://communitynets.org/content/making-waves-baltimore-community-driven-connectivity
@seanalan
This is another one of those stories that sounds hearwarming at first, but then you realize that the fact that this is necessary is an outrage.
Broadband service used to be considered a luxury, but is now as vital as any public utility.
Add to that the fact that cable industry lobbyists have managed to make coops like this illegal in most of the country. All the power to Devin for helping low income people access the basic tools of survival in the modern age.
@crswa great points. It’s both - inspiring on the part of Devin & infuriating it’s come to this. Internet access is a public utility & you are spot on abt Big Telecom getting laws passed to protect the monopolies none of us love. There are 17 states w/preemption laws that either prohibit or make it impossibly difficulty for municipalities bldg Internet infrastructure. We’ve spilled tons of ink on that
https://communitynets.org/content/state-state-preemption-seventeen-number
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