• old ISP in France, founded in 1992
• non-profit
• no employee
• by its members, for its members
• small size
• offer DSL connection
• No subscribers, members! (they have the right to votes)
• democratic
• Can be seen as a group of friends making internet together

• old ISP in France, founded in 1992
• non-profit
• no employee
• by its members, for its members
• small size
• offer DSL connection
• No subscribers, members! (they have the right to votes)
• democratic
• Can be seen as a group of friends making internet together

Politically engaged

• fight for net neutrality
• against Hadopi 1 2 & 3, Loppsi 1 & 2 and all the other stupid French laws...
• (quite close to La Quadrature du Net)
• Internet access during Arab springs

Problem

• grow too much (lot of (very good) talks by its president of that time Benjamin Bayart)
• was reaching 200 members

Problem

• grow too much (lot of (very good) talks by its president of that time Benjamin Bayart)
• was reaching 200 members

Consequences

• Lost of this human size
• "I'm not able to know my members individually anymore" - Benjamin Bayart
• Starting to looks like "yet another big ISP"
• centralized

Problem

• grow too much (lot of (very good) talks by its president of that time Benjamin Bayart)
• was reaching 200 members

Consequences

• Lost of this human size
• "I'm not able to know my members individually anymore" - Benjamin Bayart
• Starting to looks like "yet another big ISP"
• centralized

Solution

• Refuse new members? Nope, it sucks
• So...

At that time

• 7 ISP (Aquilenet, FDN, Franciliens.net, Ilico, Lorraine Data Network (LDN), Sames Wireless and tetaneutral)
• creation of a chart for joining (basically the principles of FDN: net neutrality, non profit, no employees, no subscribers but members, associative, democratic etc...)
• Strategy of that time was making local ISP (centered around big Towns or regions)
• Some new technologies introduced by members: Wifi, plans for fiber

At that time

• 7 ISP (Aquilenet, FDN, Franciliens.net, Ilico, Lorraine Data Network (LDN), Sames Wireless and tetaneutral)
• creation of a chart for joining (basically the principles of FDN: net neutrality, non profit, no employees, no subscribers but members, associative, democratic etc...)
• Strategy of that time was making local ISP (centered around big towns or regions)
• Some new technologies introduced by members: Wifi, plans for fiber

Advantages

• Human size again
• Local (so better suited for local problems for example "white zones")
• Decentralized -> harder for the government to control (censorship with 4 big ISP != censorship with zillion of ISP)
• Members are very easily able to offer DSL access thanks to FDN backhaul contract (they can resell it under their name)

• 26 ISP - 2105 members (including 1288 members with a subscription) and growing fast!
• Politically engaged: a lot of legal recourses against stupid action of the French government (and there are many)
• Technologies: ADSL, Wifi, VPN, Internet Cube (la brique internet) and some hosting

• can be summarised as "Let's do FDN in Belgium!"
• but without money and knowledge at first...
• Launched in 2010
• Local DIY ISP in Belgium (centered around Brussels)
• Slow start ... but works quite well now

Today

• Member of the FFDN (in 2014)
• 40 members (including 28 subscribers) and growing fast
• Provide "Net neutralizor VPN access": static ip (v4 and v6), encryption and not port filtering
• Launched and provide the Internet Cube with LDN (Lorraine Data Network)
• We just got our own physical server (and are doing the migration)

Today

• Member of the FFDN (in 2014)
• 40 members (including 28 subscribers) and growing fast
• Provide "Net neutralizor VPN access": static ip (v4 and v6), encryption and not port filtering
• Launched and provide the Internet Cube with LDN (Lorraine Data Network)
• We just got our own physical server (and are doing the migration)

Future

• Relaunch Reseau Citoyen (open wifi network in Brussels)
• Improve community side
• Opportunities around fibers in some buildings in Brussels

• work meeting every 2 or 3 weeks (generally at 123 rue royale or at the WTC)
• "members afternoon" every 3rd Sunday of every month (open to everyone)
• often holding stand at events to spread to good word
• current focus on the Internet Cube and improving our backoffice
• most of the work is not technical (but there are technical work if you want)
• self organised, small core team of motivated and active people
• focus on having a good atmosphere and having fun

• FFDN: http://ffdn.org
• ISP map: http://db.ffdn.org
• DIY ISP: http://www.diyisp.org
• Neutrinet: http://neutrinet.be
• Internet Cube: http://internetcu.be