Start a Community Network

Start Building

We have published Community Network Readiness Assessment Handbook to help communities assess if they are ready to deploy and maintain a community network, and take steps to plan and build one.

Some of our partners have developed practical toolkits for building community networks.

• netCommons, APC and Internet Society: Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-on Guide to Networking Communities
• Next Century Cities: Becoming Broadband Ready: A Toolkit for Communities
• The Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3): Articles, books, and other data on community networks
• Wireless Networking In The Developing World (WNDW): WNDW is a free book about designing, implementing, and maintaining low-cost wireless networks.

Chapter and SIG Activities

Many of our chapters are involved in community networks. Twenty-eight Chapters participated in Chapterthon 2019 under the theme “Connect the Unconnected”. They created innovative and impactful short-term projects that are “for the community, with the community, by the community”.

Interested in finding others who may want to build a community network?