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WAGMI Ventures PodcastRevolutionizing Internet Access through Blockchain-based, Community-Driven Networks, with Deborah Simpier (Althea)Deborah Simpier is Co-Founder and CEO of Althea (https://althea.net), a decentralized infrastructure platform revolutionizing internet access through blockchain-based, community-driven networks. Deborah shares her journey from advocating for net neutrality and running a rural IT business to co-founding DePIN network, Althea, a company pioneering multi-stakeholder networks with innovative products like KeyLTE and Liquid Infrastructure. She discusses Althea’s milestones, including deploying networks in rural Oregon, powering connectivity in the Arctic Circle, and enabling the first ApplePay transaction on CBRS spectrum. Deborah dives into how Althea’s price-aware routing protocol and blockchain-based payment system empower comm...
2025-07-1826 min
DecentraLoungeS03 - E08 - Deborah Simpier - CEO & Co-Founder of Althea L1
GlobalStake’s recent S03 E08 of #DecentraLounge features Deborah Simpier the CEO & Co-Founder of Althea L1. Althea L1 is a frictionless alternative for autonomous machines and self-sovereign infrastructure networks.
In this episode Deborah outlines: 1. Althea’s Evolution and Unique Protocol2. Infrastructure Finance (I-Fi)3. Decentralized Telecom Solutions4. Machine Economy and AI Integration5. Future Vision and AdoptionAnd so much more… Deborah Simpier is the co-founder and CEO of Althea L1 and Hawk Networks. Althea L1 is a groundbreaking blockchain protocol focused on powering infrastructure and connectivity through a uniquely designed, hardwa...
2025-01-1522 minDecentraLoungeS03 - E08 - Deborah Simpier - CEO & Co-Founder of Althea L1
GlobalStake’s recent S03 E08 of #DecentraLounge features Deborah Simpier the CEO & Co-Founder of Althea L1. Althea L1 is a frictionless alternative for autonomous machines and self-sovereign infrastructure networks.
In this episode Deborah outlines: 1. Althea’s Evolution and Unique Protocol2. Infrastructure Finance (I-Fi)3. Decentralized Telecom Solutions4. Machine Economy and AI Integration5. Future Vision and AdoptionAnd so much more… Deborah Simpier is the co-founder and CEO of Althea L1 and Hawk Networks. Althea L1 is a groundbreaking blockchain protocol focused on powering infrastructure and connectivity through a uniquely designed, hardwa...
2025-01-1522 min
DePINed podcastDeborah Simpier: Althea – Decentralized Telecom Network for Internet and 5G (#26)In this episode of DePINed Podcast, host Tom Trowbridge interviews Deborah Simpier, co-founder of Althea, a decentralized telecom network.
Some of the main topics they explore include:
• How DePIN replaces traditional telecom roles with decentralized, crypto-incentivized networks;
• How Althea uses dynamic pricing and tokenized infrastructure to scale and enhance telecom services;
• Althea's affordable equipment reduces costs and boosts network coverage;
• Commercial opportunities with traditional providers and underserved areas;
• Althea’s business model of selling services and partnering with governments and private organizations;
• Althea's futur...
2024-10-1047 min
Digitel TalkAlthea - Creating a New Egalitarian Paradigm in Broadband CommunicationsIn episode 21, Ian and Frankie interview Deborah Simpier, CEO and co-founder of Althea, a company using blockchain and decentralised technologies to increase affordable internet access worldwide.In part 2, Deborah shares more about the innovative connectivity platform that Althea has developed. Althea is a decentralised network that aims to provide affordable and reliable internet connectivity to underserved communities. The platform utilises blockchain technology and a mesh protocol called Babel to create a transparent and flexible network. Althea's model allows users to select their preferred price and latency and the network navigates through the available routes based on these...
2024-09-1248 minDigitel TalkDeborah Simpier - CEO of Affordable Internet Company AltheaIn episode 20, Ian and Frankie interview Deborah Simpier, CEO and co-founder of Althea, a company using blockchain and decentralised technologies to increase affordable internet access worldwide. In part 1, Deborah shares her background and how her upbringing in a technology-focused family influenced her interest in technology and communication. The conversation touches on the future of technology, including automation, machine communication, and the potential impact on society and they discuss the importance of connectivity and the role of technology in creating positive change. She emphasises the need for open and neutral platforms, like Althea, that empower communities to build...
2024-08-2834 min
Cosmos Spaces – TerraSpacesThe Payment Layer with Althea Network & Cosmos SpacesToday on the Ether we have Cosmos Spaces hosting a chat with Althea on the payment layer. You'll hear from Marten O’Grady, elcryptoPri, Deborah Simpier, and more! Recorded on May 2nd 2024.
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Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
2024-05-021h 05Cosmos – TerraSpacesThe Payment Layer with Althea Network & Cosmos SpacesToday on the Ether we have Cosmos Spaces hosting a chat with Althea on the payment layer. You'll hear from Marten O’Grady, elcryptoPri, Deborah Simpier, and more! Recorded on May 2nd 2024.
Make sure to check out the newest tracks from Finn and the RAC FM gang over at ImaginetheSmell.org! The majority of the music at the end of these spaces can be found streaming over on Spotify, and the rest of the streaming platforms.
Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
2024-05-021h 05
The Edge PodcastAlthea: The L1 Built For Liquid Infrastructure & Connectivity｜Quick HitDeborah Simpier is the CEO of Hawk Networks and CoFounder of Althea.
In this episode, we spotlight a Cosmos L1 built for liquid infrastructure and connectivity called Althea. We’ll learn about the emerging world of liquid infrastructure, how Althea enables the funding and coordination of networked utilities, and how this can benefit us as both end users and owners of crypto-powered physical infrastructure.
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2024-03-1643 min
Broadband ActionAll About AltheaIn this episode of Broadband Action, we chat with Deborah Simpier, CEO of Althea. Althea is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) platform and blockchain that enables the coordination of multi-stakeholder networks. Althea decouples the service and infrastructure layers of Internet delivery and coordinates transparent and programmatic revenue sharing.Using Althea’s platform, networks can be built faster and more economically than ever before.Althea’s flexible payment structure opens new markets and supports new entrants into the market, by enabling them to capitalize on underutilized bandwidth and real estate.
2023-05-3119 minComdex – TerraSpacesComdex Weekly Spaces with Gravity BridgeToday on the Ether we have the weekly space hosted by Comdex with special guest Gravity Bridge. You'll hear from Siddarth Patil, Dheeraj, Deborah Simpier, Justin Kilpatrick, Vadim, Valeria Geldash, Vi S, and more! Recorded on March 2nd 2023.
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2023-03-0243 min
Crazy WisdomWhy would someone need interoperability of everything? - Deborah SimpierDeborah Simpier Co-founder & CEO of Althea Network and Gravity Bridge What does Althea network do? What is interoperability? What is the payment experience like right now? Why do telcos get monopolized? When did we start referring to people as users? Why do 29% of New York City not have access to the internet? How do you create frictionless payments? What is the relationship between stable coins and frictionless payments? What do you mean by machine to machine? Have people tried to game the system you are building? What is proof of sale? How many people are on your network? W...
2023-01-0245 min
Criptomonedas.doEP.055 - El futuro de la conectividad con Althea Network & Gravity Bridge | Deborah SimpierThe world of internet providers is dominated by two or three players who claim to have the most efficient connection at the best price. But how true is this statement when all the real benefit is to themselves? Deborah Simpier, CEO and co-founder of Althea Network and Gravity Bridge, joins us today to talk about the potential of decentralized internet providers and the benefits they bring to their users.
El mundo de los proveedores de internet está dominado por dos o tres jugadores que argumentan tener la conexión más eficiente al mejor precio. ¿Pero qué tan ci...
2022-10-0329 min
Connect This!The Future of Community Networks and Fixed Wireless | Episode 53 of the Connect This! ShowJoin us live on Friday, September 16, at 1pm ET for the latest episode of the Connect This! Show. Co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) will be joined by Deborah Simpier (Co-founder at Althea Networks, Sommelier Finance, and Gravity Bridge) and Sascha Meinrath (Palmer Chair in Telecommunications at Penn State University, Founder of X-Lab). They’ll discuss […]
2022-09-121h 12
The Grit City PodcastAlthea - Broadband Internet - CEO Deborah SimpierDeborah Simpier, co-founder, and CEO of Althea, sits down with the GCP guys for this episode. Althea is a new way to access broadband internet that enables network growth through a unique revenue sharing system. Althea was founded in 2017 with the vision to bring the open market and interoperable peering from the data center to the field and empowering communities to build multi-stakeholder networks faster and more affordable than legacy telecom models.
01:51 – Justin shares where listeners can listen GCP live, the Tacoma background noises that come with recording at the Union Club, and introduces Deborah. Justin talks th...
2022-05-1650 minCosmos Spaces – TerraSpacesCosmos Spaces: Decentralized Internet Access with Althea Network Pt.2Today on the Ether we have part 2 of a 2 part Cosmos Space chatting with Deborah Simpier of Althea Network. You'll hear from Tricky, Cosmos HOSS, Cosmo Clay, Lil Gainzz, SandyToes2211, and more! Recorded on April 29th 2022.
Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
2022-04-301h 28Cosmos Spaces – TerraSpacesCosmos Spaces: Decentralized Internet Access with Althea Network Pt.1Today on the Ether we have part 1 of a 2 part Cosmos Space chatting with Deborah Simpier of Althea Network. You'll hear from Tricky, Cosmos HOSS, Cosmo Clay, Lil Gainzz, SandyToes2211, and more! Recorded on April 29th 2022.
Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
2022-04-301h 52
Citizen Web3Mesh Networks, Working Nights and Web3 with Althea core team
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Deborah Simpier and Justin Kilpatrick, co-founders of Althea, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) platform and blockchain that enables the coordination of multi-stakeholder networks.
Althea is built for a fast and affordable, locally run internet. Althea's unique cooperative vision for the internet brings peering from the data center to the field. Empowering communities to build multi-stakeholder networks faster and more affordably than legacy telecom models. The core technology behind Althea is a price-aware routing protocol and blockchain-based payment system that debits and credits funds based on a router’s bandwidth usage. Al...
2022-04-2247 min
Zero KnowledgeConnecting Cosmos and Ethereum with Gravity BridgeThis week, Anna chats with Deborah Simpier and Justin Kilpatrick, co-founders of Althea and the team working on Gravity Bridge. They start with the history of the Althea project and how they aim to build an open marketplace for independent entities to create their own ISPs, providing bandwidth to users in under-connected areas. They then dive into the larger topic of bridges and the work being done on Gravity Bridge – a bridge that links Ethereum with IBC and the Cosmos ecosystem. They touch on the larger bridge landscape in Cosmos, the new initiatives and challenges that come with a mu...
2022-03-2358 min
RCR Wireless NewsWell, technically… the internet is fundamentally broken (Ep. 61)Deborah Simpier, CEO at Althea, a networking company, comes on the podcast to explain how the company's solution offers a different approach to a distributed network, and why the current internet business model doesn't work for everyone.
2022-01-1113 min
Buidl Crypto Podcast#6. Althea, community internet .Send us a textDecentralization is incomplete without the infrastructure and community. This episode we interview Deborah Simpier , CEO of Althea. Althea is playing its part by building a community managed ISP. Internet by the community for the community. Use discount code "BUIDL" to get 10% off!! on your online order.Get Tangem Hardware Wallet:https://go.tangem.com/Tangem_cardsSpecial shoutout to : Trezor hardware wallet Protect & store all your cryptocurrencies offline....
2021-02-2354 minConnect This!5G, CBRS, and Urban WISPs – Episode 2 of the Connect This! ShowHost Christopher Mitchell speaks with Mason Carroll (Monkeybrains), Deborah Simpier (Althea Networks), and Travis Carter (US Internet) about urban wireless solutions, including 5G, Citizens Broadband Radio Service, and how cities can help WISPS.
2020-11-121h 09
Citizen Web3Internet quality, mesh networks and the radio with Deborah Simpier
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Deborah Simpier about networking technology, Althea blockchain, mesh networks and how these affect our daily lives. We also discuss controversial topics, such as, freedom and the cost and quality of an internet connection. Can internet access become a lifesaver? And, learn about, Deborah's personal ‘radio in the blood’ feeling.
Althea is built for a fast and affordable, locally run internet. Althea's unique cooperative vision for the internet brings peering from the data center to the field. Empowering communities to build multi-stakeholder networks faster and more affordably than legacy telecom models. The...
2020-11-0448 min
Community Broadband BitsSelling Bandwidth to the Block with Althea Networks — Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 420This week on the Community Broadband Bits podcast Christopher speaks with Deborah Simpier, CEO of Althea. Althea offers software and tools for communities looking to build and maintain sustainable networks. Althea works by installing custom firmware on the routers of its member-operators, connecting them all together in an ad hoc network that dynamically responds to the supply … Continue reading "Selling Bandwidth to the Block with Althea Networks — Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 420"
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2020-07-2131 min
UnconfirmedAlthea Network: How Ethereum Is Used in the Real WorldFrom DevCon 5 in Osaka, Japan, Deborah Simpier, COO and cofounder of Althea Network, describes how this decentralized internet service provider works, what problem it's trying to solve, and how it uses Ethereum. She describes how neighbors provide each other with internet access, and how they pay each other automatically on pay-as-you-go plans using a stablecoin. She also covers how she came to found Althea, what challenges she faced in explaining how it worked to her non-crypto neighbors, and Althea's plans to expand to other areas, including urban areas and Nigeria. Thank you to our sponsors! Cryp...
2019-10-1128 min