[Mechanicos]

This article discusses ways to keep connected if the internet is shut down like in Egypt.

[Gene Eric]

We need to launch a satellite. Let’s call it Freepnik. It’ll be our moment.

[JRandomFreeper]

Sorry, I won't have time to be on the internet. I'll be in my country, ridding it of tyrants that think they have the power to shut the internet down.

/johnny

[doc1019]

Ping for later.

[mo]

Yeah...well they can deal with the 20-30million armed Americans showing up in DC looking for that switch....

[tubebender]

Tech Ping...

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I’d rather grab my gun.

[Army Air Corps]

Now, If I could just rig a connection for a crystal set radio to my laptop...

[bunkerhill7]

Does anyone make a WiFi`d AK-47?

[southland]

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[Southack]

The author concludes with FidoNet over dial-up phone lines and packet radio over ham airwaves, both of which are easily shut down by a hostile government.

No mention in the article of using powerlines for communication. Shutting down electricity to a population tends to rally people against said government, forcing hard choices on a tyrant: either leave up that communications avenue, or else alienate everyone by cutting off power.

Also, no mention of mass print communications (read: newspapers and pamphlets), both of which are considerably more difficult to police and shut down...and both of which are commonly used in wartime for propaganda dissemination.

[Mechanicos]

Ping.

[Bullish]

They ever shut the internet down and it will prove everything we’ve been saying about them to all but the most insane skeptics.

From there it’s GAME ON!

[bigbob]

This is all BS. Conventional wi-fi devices can’t work in a mesh topology without new firmware, and even then you’d be limited to the same range, i.e. maybe as far as your neighbor’s house down the street. If you want to talk to your neighbor, you don’t need a mesh network. Even a CB or FRS handheld would have 10-50 times the range.

And if they shut down the internet, there is no way you can get access via wi-fi, mobile devices, or even two-way satellite as they all have to go back to a Tier 1 network, and that’s where the switch will be.

There IS a way to do it, but it requires obtaiing a ham radio license and spending some money and acquiring some skill, which is to say, it’s out of the question for all but the elite few. But hey, we’ll be willing to trade e-mail for gold, whiskey, ammo, or suitable trade goods ;-)

[Eye of Unk]

Personally I think we should at the very least have hard copies of Morse Code.

And we need to know who is on our side, even if we have to establish the Palin Broadcasting Network of resistance cells forwarding news and operations.

[Lmo56]

There are a couple of old standbys:

[TigersEye]

If the government shuts the internet down there will no need for further communication. The way will be clear.

[ShadowAce]

[KosmicKitty]

Gotta find the router.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Ham Radio includes a radio-based internet service that could be used for this purpose, it is used to provide internet in disaster areas, and just for fun.

[tutstar]

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