Hello! Diana Chen and Hannah Ellis here. This website is an accompanment to our UC Berkeley Master's research analyzing and Implementing Community-governed Networks.

Hello! Diana Chen and Hannah Ellis here. This website is an accompanment to our UC Berkeley Master's research analyzing and Implementing Community-governed Networks.

Hello! Diana Chen and Hannah Ellis here. This website is an accompanment to our UC Berkeley Master's research analyzing and Implementing Community-governed Networks.

What is a Community Network?

"A community network can be as small as a single Wi-Fi hotspot or as large as a small country... It can provide services ranging from locally hosted offline resources to local-only voice calls to high-speed broadband connectivity."

– Internet Society –

Research Questions

Research Questions

  1. Why aren’t there more community networks in the US?

  2. How can their benefits become more accessible to the communities that need them most?

UC Berkeley
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Berkeley, CA | USA

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Collaborating?

mims 2025 capstone

UC Berkeley
School of information
Berkeley, CA | USA

Interested In
Collaborating?

mims 2025 capstone

UC Berkeley
School of information
Berkeley, CA | USA

Interested In
Collaborating?

mims 2025 capstone