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title: "Communities and rural sector | Nexus Observatory"
description: "Community networks, Indigenous and remote connectivity, interim public-safety broadband and remote microgrids. Nexus Observatory designs…"
url: https://observatory.global/sectors/communities/
publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc.
updated: 2026-10-28
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**Communities and rural** 

# Connectivity and sensing, locally owned.

Community networks, Indigenous and remote connectivity, interim public-safety broadband and remote microgrids.

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Scenarios

[The protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/specification/)

**Scenarios**: 5
**Templates**: 5

**01** Deployment scenarios

**02** Proof

## What buyers ask to see.

The evidence a procurement in this sector asks for, from the sector research. Each item is produced by the grid as a record, not written up afterwards.

**03** Participation

## Where communities can host the grid.

[Community Join the communityOne account for every community, platform and the Nexus Observatory app.](https://observatory.global/register/)

[Open data Use the open networksPublic observing networks on their own terms, ready to reuse.](https://observatory.global/open/)

[Hosting Host a stationTell us about a site; we bring the survey, the design and the crew.](https://observatory.global/contact/)

**04** Lines

## The lines that serve it.

**05** Search terms and open work

## How the sector names the problem.

The terms buyers and programmes use, and open projects in the space, named as factual references only. Naming a project is not an endorsement or a relationship.

Search terms

Open projects, for reference

**06** Other sectors

## Thirteen sectors, one grid.

## Bring us the site.

[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/)

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