How to Foil a Nationwide Internet Shutdown

[Swede]

The Egyptian government cut internet connections across their country to silence protests, leaving nearly all of its citizens without online access. But they weren't entirely successful. When governments shut down broadband and mobile connections, here's what to do at link below

http://lifehacker.com/5746046/how-to-foil-a-nationwide-internet-shutdown

[FSogol]

1. K & R. n/t

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2. Shortwave Internet Replacement

Still in its nascent stages.

"The entire concept of "replacing" the Internet with some sort of radio "short wave" seems like a sort of schizophrenic, distorted thinking. After all, first there was the land-line telegraph, then the land-line telephone, then Radio where one could communicate using the electromagnetic spectrum, and finally the current state-of-the-art culminates in the Internet, which uses telephone lines, microwave radio, and satellites all interconnected with special electronics and computers. It provides electronic mail, audio and video, a world-wide virtual library, and delivers it at high speed and low cost to homes across the globe. So, why would anyone even consider something as silly as a slow and expensive "Short Wave Internet Replacement?"

The short and direct answer is "Global Cataclysm." The Internet depends totally on the smooth functioning of a vast network infrastructure, stretching world wide, that is composed of thousands of highly technical parts, including people with specialized skills and training. Any global event that destroyed a major part or even all of this infrastructure would result in the Internet ceasing to exist."

http://www.zetatalk.com/nonproft/radio/l1intro.htm

[RKP5637]

6. Something I've often though about, as our cabled systems seem so backward. n/t

[47of74]

3. Ahem...

[RKP5637]

4. Recommend!!! n/t

[Warpy]

5. I started running Tor in the background

when Iranians were protesting. I've got it back up, hooked to an old version of Firefox sitting in the background. Yes, it slows things down a bit, but I can cope.

I don't do dodgy sites myself, so it's a pure donation on my part.

[RKP5637]

7. +1, n/t

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