BRCK

• www.brck.com
• Connectivity, Hardware, High-tech civic tech, The Tech

Access the internet simply and reliably where you are. BRCK is a rugged, self powered, cloud enabled wifi hotspot router with built in fail-overs.

Briar Project

• briarproject.org
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Digital security and privacy, Foundational layers

Secure messaging, anywhere

Brightest COVID-19 Relief

• www.brightest.io
• Assistive Tech, Connectivity, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Help out, Marketplaces and clearinghouses, Nonprofit tech, Pro bono and volunteer, Resource matching and sharing, Social and financial connections

Connecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support

Digital Stewards Detroit

• www.alliedmedia.org
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Foundational layers

This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles.

Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It

• yalebooks.yale.edu
• Books, Connectivity

2018 Book by Susan Crawford

Internet Universality Indicators (ROAM-X)

• en.unesco.org
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Evaluate impact, Foundational layers, Indicators, The People

A map of the Internet measuring its compliance with human Rights (R), evaluating its Openness (O) and Accessibility (A), and assessing the involvement of Multistakeholder actors (M) in its governance

Intersection

• www.intersection.com
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers

Connecting brands and consumers

IP Observatory

• ip-observatory.org
• Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Civic maps, Connectivity, Data visualization, Foundational layers, Mapping, The Tech

Internet insights for social good

Michigan Moonshot

• www.merit.edu
• Civic data, Connectivity, Crowdsourced data collection, Foundational layers

The Michigan Moonshot aims to leverage public and private partnerships to connect everyone in rural Michigan, regardless of geography.

Neighborly Networks Accelerator

• neighborly.com
• Adjacent Fields, Build something, Connectivity, Foundational layers, The People, Toolkits

Let’s work together on your broadband project.

Netblocks

• netblocks.org
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers, Open internet

NetBlocks is an open technology platform that helps communities around the world detect and measure internet shutdowns, social media filtering and throttling in real-time.

Netfreedom Pioneers

• www.netfreedompioneers.org
• Adjacent Fields, Circumvention tech, Connectivity, Digital security and privacy, Foundational layers

We are a technology nonprofit committed to inspire and bring positive social change to the world. We harness the medium of innovative, digital technology to promote education, learning, and empowerment - the building blocks to lasting change.

New America Resilient Mesh Wireless initiative

• www.newamerica.org
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers

The Resilient Mesh Wireless project is a series of local networks serving small businesses combined with community-based trainings in Sandy-affected areas.

NYC Connectivity Challenge

• www1.nyc.gov
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Diversity & Inclusion, Foundational layers

Online & Underground

• newcities.org
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers

Internet access in major global subway networks

Open Tech Fund

• www.opentech.fund
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Digital security and privacy, Foundational layers, Funders & donors, Get funding, The People

SUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.

Outline VPN offered in Zimbabwe

• medium.com
• Adjacent Fields, Circumvention tech, Connectivity, Digital security and privacy, Foundational layers

CITE in Zimbabwe and Code for Africa have partnered to make Outline from Jigsaw available to news organisations and CSOs. It means VPN can be rolled out on their own servers to connect to the internet and keep communication private and safe.

Pennsylvania Broadband Test

• broadbandtest.us
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers

Broadband connectivity is crucial for access to the modern economy, as well as engagement in contemporary civic and political life. Without adequate study of the availability of broadband connectivity, policymakers are left in the dark as they design programs to modernize communications infrastructure and ensure that telecommunications companies provide broadband/Internet service at the minimum speeds required to take full advantage of online resource.

San José Digital Inclusion Fund

• sanjose.legistar.com
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers

San José’s ambitious goal is to bring broadband connectivity and digital skills to 50,000 households over the course of the next decade - and this initiative explicitly earmarks funding to achieve this goal.

The Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST)

• netblocks.org
• Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers

a data-driven online tool that to allows us to quickly and easily estimate the economic cost of Internet disruptions