about ALTcast
Let’s go from “dark ages” into the light of a brighter future. The center of the image is a painting by our designer Margarete Koenen (DrRon’s wife) inspired by The Kite Runner, book and film, with a boy surrounded by darkness and light surrounding his kite.
Contact DrRon to be the first in your community to create your own “ALTcast” to report just the facts happening in your locale.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Open Collective?
Open Collective is a platform that helps communities raise and spend money transparently. Each project has a public page showing its purpose, funding, expenses, and updates.
Is Broadband Institute Foundation a nonprofit?
Yes. Broadband Institute Foundation is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit. We serve as the fiscal host and steward for DPI projects funded through Open Collective.
What does my contribution support?
Your contribution supports the project you choose, based on the project’s stated goals, budget, and updates.
- 97.1% supports the project
- 2.9% supports nonprofit infrastructure needed to administer and sustain projects responsibly
Why is 2.9% set aside?
We call it Commons Stewardship. Digital public infrastructure requires reliable support systems — administration, compliance, accountability, and shared operational capacity.
This 2.9% helps support:
- nonprofit compliance and reporting
- accounting and financial administration
- project fund management and disbursement
- receipts and documentation
- operational infrastructure and stewardship
- project support, guidance, and transparency systems
It’s designed to keep the commons durable — not to extract value.
Our initial project is to build Community Internet (community owned infrastructure networks).