Vancouver Community Network

49°16′56.59″N 123°6′26.87″W / 49.2823861°N 123.1074639°W / 49.2823861; -123.1074639
Formation	May 21, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-05-21)
Founder	Brian Campbell[1]
Founded at	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Type	Nonprofit organization
Location	Woodward's Heritage Building, Suite 280-111, West Hastings, Vancouver, BC
Services	Internet access Technical support Web hosting service
Key people	Tracey Axelsson, Executive Director[2]
Website	www2.vcn.bc.ca

Vancouver Community Network (VCN) is a community-owned provider of free internet access, technical support, and web hosting services to individuals and nonprofit organizations in Vancouver, British Columbia.

It developed StreetMessenger, a communication service for the homeless.^[3]

History

The organization was founded as Vancouver FreeNet by Brian Campbell and others.^[1]

Revenue Canada initially rejected VCN's application status as a charitable organization, which would have allowed it to receive tax-deductible contributions. VCN appealed this decision, and in 1997, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that providing free internet service was a charitable tax purpose.^[4][5][6][7]

See also

• Chebucto Community Network
• Free-Net
• Wireless community network
• Community informatics
• National Capital Freenet

References

External links

• Official website

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