Deborah Simpier

Althea Community Update, Summer 2020

On a farm in Oregon, a camera system watches over a herd of goats. The does are near their time to kid, and the farmer watches over them while on-the-go

Mesh Networks

Going Where Others Cannot

Althea's core premise is our "neighbour to neighbour, pay-per-forward" model. A model that revolutionizes how internet service is owned, provided and paid for. Why did we reinvent the wheel? What can Althea do that traditional ISPs cannot?

Press Release: Enfield, NC

Wave 7 New Press ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Internet Service Provider (ISP) launches in Enfield N.C., offering new way to access broadband internet. [Enfield -- June 2nd 2020] Althea, a system that enables communities to build and maintain their own decentralized internet infrastructure,

Press Release: Knappa, OR

Clatskanie Co-op Launches High Speed Broadband Service in Knappa, ORFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clatskanie Co-op is excited to announce that it is ready to expand its Althea high speed fixed wireless internet service into Knappa in collaboration with local IT professional Stephen Shumaker. The central

Press Release: Watertown, TN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Elwell Internet Brings Inexpensive, Reliable Internet Access to Wilson County Watertown,Tennessee,May 29,2020-- Co-Founders of Elwell Internet, Derek Elwell and Dylan Thraen,have partnered with Althea Networks to provide faster, cheaper, de-centralized wireless broadband to residents, business owners, and

Blockchain

Althea Blockchain Update

We want to begin by sincerely thanking all our validators and community members who have supported our project through many months! TL;DR In 2019, we successfully completed the testing

Africa

Althea in Nigeria

Written by Yakubu Yakubu, Nigerian Network Operator/Coordinator Diplomats Park Nigeria has the largest population in Africa at about 200million citizens. However, only 46% of the population have internet access

Rapid Connectivity Response

Rapid ResponseTo address the immediate need for more broadband infrastructure we have put together a Rapid Connectivity Response. This is a plan to build a 100Mbps, affordable broadband network in

March Community Update

In the US, 65% of consumers get their internet from just two cable providers. These providers charge too much for slow service and leave behind many Americans who can’t

abuja

2019 - A Year in Review

2019 has been a key year for Althea. We implemented our billing software and grew our network in Oregon. From there, we launched a training and onboarding program which brought

abuja

November Community Update

We are excited to share the latest Althea news! Over the last few months, many of our prospective deployments are getting close to launch, and networks in Tacoma, Washington, and

Althea

Althea and MakerDAO partner for Abuja Network powered by Dai

Althea, a system that lets routers pay each other for bandwidth, is launching its first network in Africa in early November 2019. An initial pilot network will start with about

Althea business

Introduction to Researching Market Potential

Researching market potential is an important part of starting an Althea network. While adding more links to an existing Althea network is relatively easy, setting up that network is similar

altheahood

Getting Started with Community Outreach

Networks are made out of more than antennas and ethernet cables. They are homes and business - neighbors - connected to one another. These neighbors can also become relays, forwarding

Althea

June Community Update

Over the last month, Althea organizers have been working to develop local partnerships and gain traction in their communities. Several organizers have chosen the “Altheahoods” approach to starting their networks,

Althea business

A Sustainable Network

The novelty of the Althea system is how it incentivizes a diverse group of partners within the network and automates their collaboration. Local organizers work together with home and business

fcc

Digital Divide Narrowing Substantially?

It's June 2019 and today I'm going to install a new subscriber of our cooperative ISP in rural Oregon. This family had previously only access to 1Mbps wireless or an

Altheamesh

Althea in Los Mochis

On a sunny day in the city of Los Mochis, Mexico, Althea organizer Raul, runs a speed test on an expensive 20Mbps connection. 20Mbps, which is not even considered broadband

Altheamesh

May Community Update

We launched six new Altheahoods communities in early May. An Altheahood community is selected by an organizer as a potential deployment. Local organizers then work together with the Althea team

Altheamesh

Faster, Cheaper Internet in Medellin Colombia

Before the Red Medellin team brought in Althea's innovative technology, options for internet access were limited in Comuna 13, one of the sprawling urban communities on the hills surrounding Medellin

April Update

Taking a note from Google's rollout of their fiber networks, we are introducing the new Altheahoods program! This program supplies organizers with the marketing tools and internet presence to get end users signed up and on board prior to building out the network. This

Althea in Medellin

My trip to Colombia Entonces(enˈtonses/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪õnses]) — One of my favorite Spanish words. It means then or so. I like the cadence, how it fills the awkward space

Altheamesh

March Update

We were so busy building and growing I think we missed an update in February! We now have 23 users in Clatskanie, and several relays (a relay is a node

Tales from the Field

It was raining. It always seems to rain just as we pack up the rig with all of the antennas, cables, and tools. My fellow subnet organizer, Shaun, and I

Blockchain and Broadband

It’s difficult for big telecom to make money selling bandwidth to small rural towns or low income urban areas, otherwise they would already be there. Internet poverty exists because