ah, yes! The old BBS! I’m well acquainted with that, as my phone bill was phenomenal and I was really glad when it went the way of the dinasour. But you’re right! It shouldn’t take much for someone to learn how to use something like the bluewave reader or some such program to log in and get back in the saddle. I think it would be pretty hard for the gummint to shut down the BBS’s, much harder than shutting down the internet. But I don’t know for sure. They would have to shut down all phone service. Maybe ham would be the way to go after all.
Ham is DEFINITELY a must for communication and we should probably get a group together in various places to be able to give information that the news might not pick up. But computers could be an option for a while.
The thing is, unless they take over the utility companies and/or wireless (which in a war or martial law is totally probable) they can only shut down servers.
Ok, off to doze and reflect on this. How to connect if phone or wireless is not available. Hmmmm
Think we should start a ham radio thread if there isn’t one already? I mean if we could get a few hundred, that ought to help some. I would love to get AmericaninTokyo in on this. He would be valuable to have in his area.