# Universal network deployment model for universal connectivity

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a universal deployment model for network infrastructure on public land that balances private, municipal, and shared uses to promote universal connectivity.

## Contribution

It introduces a flexible, regionally adaptable deployment framework that encourages private infrastructure development while ensuring shared access for the public.

## Key findings

- The model facilitates private infrastructure deployment with shared use provisions.
- It promotes universal connectivity through infrastructure sharing.
- The approach can be extended to regional and international scales.

## Abstract

There is interest in the deployment of cable and other networking infrastructure for private use in public land, but the lack of clear guidelines to regulate deployment in public land can block authorization decisions, which can be controversial due to the consequences of the private ownership and use of a private infrastructure in public space. The guifi.net Foundation proposed a universal deployment model for municipalities, where new deployments by a private requester are allowed as long it provides paths that simultaneously allow for three uses: self-service for the city council, private for the requester, and shared or common use for everyone else. The principle can be extended to apply to any other regional or even international infrastructure deployed in non-private land, although the proportion of resources for each uses can be adjusted. The effect of this model is that the deployment of private infrastructures generate a direct return as infrastructure for shared use by everyone can contribute to deliver universal connectivity.