International alternative networks are noncommercial organizations that are working to improve the quality of information and media in their countries. They are not imperialist power structures which are internal controlled. Instead, they are self-sufficient noncommercial entities that aim to bring marketing into the 21st Century. The first tasks were launched in 1990 and have since grown to include different media, like online video tutorials. These networks unlike traditional mass media, do not operate centralized. They operate as a local-regional and even national, links between individuals.
They spread their ideas through organizing video reform initiatives and disseminating information to everyone’s advantage. They also create new networks of interaction that can be used to facilitate local or regional, as well as global changes in social change movements. They differ in terms of size, type and focus on particular features. One of the most significant kinds of these alternative networks is cellular community sites, or WCNs that are made up of wifi devices that communicate to relay information from one node to the next.
While these systems aren’t a unified movement however they share a few common features, including the need to provide Internet proficiency where mainstream network deployments aren’t available or not the best choice. This article explores the legal and governance, economic and legal challenges to the sustainability of these alternative networks by drawing lessons from eight previous precedents. It proposes a classification and an understanding of these networks. It aims to broaden critical reflections on alternative media and communication infrastructure while recognizing the complexity and heterogeneity in their activities.