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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts) Fri Aug 23, 2013, 12:49 PM Aug 2013

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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"When you run your own network, nobody can shut it down" - sure they can. PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #1

Address that vector. Overcome. Obsolete the oppressor! Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #2

So they made a dial up BBS? Shivering Jemmy Aug 2013 #3

Mesh nets can be made with cell phones, etc. Something, anything, is a start. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #4

Much of the core software is open source. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #5

Not really a technical problem limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #6