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International Network of E-Communities (INEC) (2006). INEC Declaration
on Open Networks. Stockholm, Sweden. November 2006.
www.oplan.org/documents/articles/inec-declaration-on-open-networks/fss_d...
The INEC Declaration on Open Networks lays out 10 principals for the
best-possible design of open broadband networks. The principles address
issues including: network ownership, the definition of “open”, the role
of government, network neutrality, and broadband speed. A number of
organizations, municipalities, and communities have signed on to these

Wireless Task Force Report (2006). Broadband for Boston. City of
Boston.
www.cityofboston.gov/wireless/Boston%20Wireless%20Task%20Force%20Report%...
This detailed report by Boston’s Wireless Task Force investigates
options for a municipal broadband (wireless and fiber) network and
recommends that the city facilitate a carrier-neutral, open access,
wholesale-only broadband network, which will be run by a non-profit
organization. This model is important because, unlike the majority of
US municipal broadband projects, especially large-scale ones, it is not