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I know they did this in Cuba. I don't know if I can find the old videos about it though
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.
"Creating [a network] for the common good embodies the dream of the revolution."
Doesn't sound very anticommunist to me.
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.
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.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: