Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 109-117 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies |
| Volume | C&T'15 |
| Early online date | 1 Jul 2015 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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Keywords
- community broadband
- social enterprise
- social capital
- technology
- communications technologies
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Community Broadband Initiatives: what makes them successful and why? / Wallace, Claire Denise; Vincent, Kathryn; Luguzan, Cristian Teodor; Talbot-Ponsonby, Hilary Clare.
In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Vol. C&T'15, 2015, p. 109-117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Community Broadband Initiatives: what makes them successful and why?
AU - Wallace, Claire Denise
AU - Vincent, Kathryn
AU - Luguzan, Cristian Teodor
AU - Talbot-Ponsonby, Hilary Clare
N1 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for their support through grant number (EP/G066051/1) Digital Economy Hub and grant number (EP/K003585/1) Communities and Cultures Network+
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Although access to broadband has become a facility embedded in everyday life, many communities still have poor or no connectivity, especially in rural areas. The paper considers how some local communities have taken matters into their own hands and set up their own community broadband infrastructure in the UK. The paper examines four case study rural communities in terms of the organisation of broadband provision. It identifies common skills and resources that were necessary in order for these community broadband initiatives to be successful in the form of five capitals: human, technological, identity and financial.
AB - Although access to broadband has become a facility embedded in everyday life, many communities still have poor or no connectivity, especially in rural areas. The paper considers how some local communities have taken matters into their own hands and set up their own community broadband infrastructure in the UK. The paper examines four case study rural communities in terms of the organisation of broadband provision. It identifies common skills and resources that were necessary in order for these community broadband initiatives to be successful in the form of five capitals: human, technological, identity and financial.
KW - community broadband
KW - social enterprise
KW - social capital
KW - technology
KW - communications technologies
U2 - 10.1145/2768545.2768548
DO - 10.1145/2768545.2768548
M3 - Article
VL - C&T'15
SP - 109
EP - 117
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
JF - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
ER -