The Ethos Group is committed to refocusing the debate over municipal broadband to prioritize local needs and empower communities to get the broadband service that benefits them. Ethos provides tools, research, and strategic consulting services to communities worldwide.
The Better Broadband Tookit Team includes:
Amelia Bryne Potter is our Lead Researcher, and also a researcher with the Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project in Toronto. She holds a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Columbia University, Barnard College and a M.A. from the York and Ryerson University Joint Programme in Communication and Culture.
Michael Maranda, is our Digital Literacy Advisor. As executive director of CTCNet Chicago, founding chair of the Illinois Community Technology Coalition, co-founder of the Chicago Digital Access Alliance and president of the Association For Community Networking (AFCN), Michael promotes local and regional networking as the foundation of the global community information and communications technology (ICT) movement.
Steven Mansour is our Site Developer. Steven is a social researcher, trainer and advisor to medical groups, researchers, non-profits, academia and community groups in Canada, and in developing countries - helping implement fun things like blogging, citizen journalism, and intelligent information architecture in ways that make sense to human beings.
