Responding to COVID-19 with Community Internet

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Yi3MI2UDQ

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http://hdl.handle.net/11603/32009

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UMBC Information Systems Department
UMBC Faculty Collection

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Author/Creator ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-6062

Date

2020-08-14

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video recordings
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Citation of Original Publication

Bouhmad, Adam, Andrew Coy& Foad Hamidi. "Responding to COVID-19 with Community Internet." Computing Research Association, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Yi3MI2UDQ.

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Subjects

efficient and effective community-based approach
free Internet access to low-income families in Baltimore City, MD
COVID-19 crisis
sociotechnical approach
setting up distributed mesh-networks

Abstract

In this video, we present an overview of our NSF-funded project that investigates an efficient and effective community-based approach for setting up free Internet access to low-income families in Baltimore City, MD, during and following the COVID-19 crisis. Using a sociotechnical approach, we are combining the technical work of setting up distributed mesh-networks in the urban context with the development of localized, trusted and open-access online education, career, communication, and information sharing resources.