Sisyphus’s Broadband: Exploring models of rural community participation in digital infrastructure and connectivity

Simon Weeden, Wayne Kelly, Sarah Breen · 2025 · The Journal of Community Informatics

Summary. Rural communities face persistent digital divides in infrastructure and internet access. This paper develops a set of models describing different approaches rural communities use to build local internet connectivity. The models aim to help communities understand their options and challenges when pursuing community-led digital infrastructure initiatives, addressing a gap in empirical evidence about which approaches work best.

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  title   = {Sisyphus’s Broadband: Exploring models of rural community participation in digital infrastructure and connectivity},
  author  = {Simon Weeden and Wayne Kelly and Sarah Breen},
  journal = {The Journal of Community Informatics},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.15353/joci.v21i1.5508},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v21i1.5508}
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DOI

10.15353/joci.v21i1.5508

Countries

Canada

Regions

North America

Categories

broadband-and-digital, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28