Introduction to social and economic effects of community wireless networks / Abdelnasser Abdelaal -- Challenges facing municipal wireless: case studies from San Francisco and Silicon Valley / Heather E. Hudson -- Legal and political barriers to municipal networks in the United States / Eric Null -- The social and economic benefits of Nepal Wireless / Mahabir Pun -- The role of ICT in empowering rural Indians / Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Janani Rangarajan, N. Neeraja -- Digital El Paso: a public-private business model for community wireless networks / Barbara Walker, Evelyn Posey -- Motivations and barriers of participation in community wireless networks: the case of Fon / Giovanni Camponovo, Anna Picco-Schwendener, Lorenzo Cantoni -- Social cohesion and free home internet in New Zealand / Jocelyn Williams -- Telecentre-based community wireless networks: empowering rural community in Uganda / Dorothy Okello, Julius Butime -- The case of Chapleau network: why community wireless networks fail? / Sylvie Albert -- Challenges and opportunities of ICTs for rural and remote Areas / Yasuhiko Kawasumi -- Best practices in designing low-cost community wireless networks / Tomas Dulik, Michal Bliznak, Roman Jasek -- Lessons learned from grassroots wireless networks in Europe / Gwen Shaffer -- A critical analysis of the limitations and effects of the Brazilian national broadband plan / André Lemos, Francisco Paulo Jamil Almeida Marques.