Open Internet

Connecting “Los Nevados” on the Roof of the Andes
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Growing the Internet 4 July 2017

Connecting “Los Nevados” on the Roof of the Andes

Beyond the Net Journal: Venezuela Chapter Have you ever been to Los Nevados? Reaching this tiny village, located in...

A drone project to change humanitarian disaster response in Philippines.
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13 April 2017

A drone project to change humanitarian disaster response in Philippines.

Philippines is the 4th most disaster-prone country in the world. When a natural disasters hits we are completely wiped...

Internet@MySchool – a pilot project connecting Yemeni schools in Sanaa and Aden
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Community Projects 3 April 2017

Internet@MySchool – a pilot project connecting Yemeni schools in Sanaa and Aden

As a country, Yemen is among the least with Internet connectivity in the Middle East. This is particularly troubling...

How the IETF community is shaping technology to build a better society
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Community Projects 14 March 2017

How the IETF community is shaping technology to build a better society

The continued advancement in technological landscape enabling more people having Internet access in the global arena has meant that...

Barev dzez! You are listening to Radio MENQ. The voice of the visually impaired of Armenia.
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9 March 2017

Barev dzez! You are listening to Radio MENQ. The voice of the visually impaired of Armenia.

Beyond the Net Journal: Armenia Chapter #3 Episode When Armenia declared independence in 1991, the Internet access finally became...

E-Entrepreneurship on the Open Internet
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Open Internet Standards 15 April 2015

E-Entrepreneurship on the Open Internet

Today the World Economic Forum published their Global Information Technology Report 2015. This year’s theme is “ICT for Inclusive...

WSIS+10: Building a shared vision for the next decade
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Internet Governance 6 March 2015

WSIS+10: Building a shared vision for the next decade

UNESCO, CONNECTing the Dots, 3-4 March 2015  “Over the past decade the focus has been on the Internet technology’s...

What Do You Mean When You Say 'Open Internet'?
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Internet Governance 3 September 2014

What Do You Mean When You Say 'Open Internet'?

By Lyman Chapin, Interisle Consulting Group Founder and Principal, and Sally Wentworth, Internet Society Vice President, Global Policy Development...

From Inspiration to Innovation on the Open Internet
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Development 16 June 2014

From Inspiration to Innovation on the Open Internet

Recently a young engineer in Togo, Kodjo Afate Gnikou, had an inspiration.  Surveying the electronic waste being deposited across...

Protect the Open Internet, Protect Your Freedom
Internet Governance 25 October 2013

Protect the Open Internet, Protect Your Freedom

Although the Internet’s original architects likely did not intentionally conceive the Internet as a tool to advance human rights,...

Provoking National Boundaries on the Internet? A chilling thought…
Growing the Internet 17 June 2013

Provoking National Boundaries on the Internet? A chilling thought…

The impact of the recently revealed US government data collection practices may go well beyond the privacy ramifications outlined...

APRICOT 2013: reflections on the future of the Internet
27 February 2013

APRICOT 2013: reflections on the future of the Internet

I've had the pleasure of attending the APRICOT 2013 conference  in Singapore this week.  As always, it has featured...