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Related: About this forumGreek community creates an off-the-grid Internet. "When you run your own network, nobody can shut it
Occupy Oakland @OccupyOakland
Greek community creates an off-the-grid Internet. "When you run your own network, nobody can shut it down."
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/greek-off-the-grid-internet-mesh/
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Greek community creates an off-the-grid Internet. "When you run your own network, nobody can shut it (Original Post)
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2013
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Mesh nets can be made with cell phones, etc. Something, anything, is a start.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2013
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. "When you run your own network, nobody can shut it down" - sure they can.
The government just has to seize some equipment.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)2. Address that vector. Overcome. Obsolete the oppressor!
Shivering Jemmy
(900 posts)3. So they made a dial up BBS?
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)4. Mesh nets can be made with cell phones, etc. Something, anything, is a start.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)5. Much of the core software is open source.
There is no technical problem to building a separate internet.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)6. Not really a technical problem
There might be a bit of an infrastructure problem since all the intercity cables are owned by telecoms and/or governments.
I wonder if anybody has ever tried sending internet packets over short wave radio, or like HAM radio.
It would probably be good if we could keep data communications up in case the internet ever gets shut down because of an emergency.