Cloudflare started a new project for the extension of Internet access to communities that have few resources and cannot have adequate access for a variety of reasons.
Today Monday, the cloud service provider said that Project Pangea, is now available in eligible communities, and will reduce the high cost of bandwidth in areas that cannot utilize any existing telecommunications infrastructure to gain internet access possibly due to location or cost.
The communities (local groups and non-profit organizations) that will be accepted at Project Pangea they will be able to leverage Cloudflare's network to “build their own telecom infrastructure [and] find a free and sustainable way to connect to the Internet for communication to education and economic development.”
According to Matthew Prince, co-founder & CEO of Cloudflare, reliable Internet access should be considered a "basic human right", as more and more people rely on the Web for training, business expansion and contact others.
"Unfortunately, many communities are creating their own infrastructure because the high cost of bandwidth is prohibitive for data ", said Prince. "We want to help where we can - if they have already built something, we want to offer our network as a secure, and accessible way to the global Internet."
Το Cloudflare αναφέρει ότι το νέο Project Pangea θα παρέχει δωρεάν “on-ramp” στον Ιστό και οι διοργανωτές του κάθε κοινοτικού δικτύου θα έχουν πρόσβαση στα τρία εργαλεία ασφαλείας της εταιρείας: Cloudflare Network Interconnect, Magic Transit και Magic Firewall.
Participants should be non-profit, cooperative networks or small / private commercial networks operating for local communities. In addition, they should have their own IPv4 space and should be able to create a backhaul at an exchange point.
