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I’ve seen some resources floating around including, if I’m not mistaken, a spreadsheet that adds up all the costs of everything you need.

Basically I want to create an internet coop that’s resistant to internet shutdowns and can keep running in situations where the wider internet is shut down but we still have electricity.

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[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know they did this in Cuba. I don't know if I can find the old videos about it though

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Probably full of imperialist brainworms and "Castro bad" but...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ycv-ZIx-1-c

HaLow might be able to achieve this sort of neighborhood network but idk, I haven't really looked into it. I suppose this is only good for an extended LAN but running an ISP covers a different aspect.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Creating [a network] for the common good embodies the dream of the revolution."

Doesn't sound very anticommunist to me.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh nice, I just grabbed the best looking link on the subject - I didn't watch it through and vet it before posting it.

Turns out there's occasionally some videos on YouTube that aren't infested by anticommunist brain worms? Well, I'll be damned.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean, there is still the conceptual framing of "the government banned imports of all of a certain communication device" with the reasoning and assessment for this left totally up to inference, but otherwise it's quite okay.

Everything exists in degrees I guess.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: