[Advisors] Fwd: [Chapter-delegates] VIDEO: Alfredo Lopez – How to Run a Progressive & Collaborative ISP

[Gary W Kenward]

I thought this might be of interest:

> When it comes to alternative ISPs, we are accustomed to thinking about the technical hurdles. However constructing a sustainable financial and social model is just as challenging. Alfredo [Lopez] gives valuable insight from his experience doing both, using socialist principles.
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>  At the OpenITP Techno-Activism Third Monday on May 20, 2013 at CUNY Graduate Center NYC, OpenCUNY presented Alfredo Lopez, founder of May First/People Link (MF/PL), who shared his experience running a progressive and collaborative ISP. Video is below.
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> View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/4UsGUUUHjtI
> Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/vGSG6kkQMdCM/
> Twitter: #TA3M
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> May First/People Link is a membership-led and driven organization comprised of about 450 organizations and another 400 individuals making for a total of nearly 3,000 people in the organization. We are a politically progressive organization, democratically run, and organized in both the United States and Mexico
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> Alfred explains:
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> Why you should care about what type of ISP you have (Hint: They can see and share your online traffic)
> Why MF/PL was setup as a unique alternative Internet provider.
> How their infra-structure is different than most ISPs (support, server maintenance, and staffing) and why.
> How democracy works in MF/PL and the success and challenges they have had.
> The political challenges they face including lack of diversity in technology.
> How other movements, such as the Climate Change movement, interact and enrich the members of the collective.
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