I'm increasingly convinced we do need to establish an alternative physical network on a large scale if we want to circumvent all the bullshit political control over our existing comms medium.
From my research so far, cjdns meshnet over mid/long range wifi approach seems to be the most appropriate. Using it in concert with the latest decentralized tech like ssb/ipfs/dat we could create a serious uncensorable alternative.
@pepemao well, censorship on state level in enforceable through the centralized business entities (ISPs), I would assume that a truly decentralized bottom-up citizen maintained network of connections would not be subject to large scale censorship. For that to happen we do need to develop physical connections that could eventually develop into a larger network. Running some numbers I realized it's doable and not that expensive, given we'd be willing to revert to lower speeds initially
@adamsky Okey.. could you introduce me to these calculatiions and the general problem? How could we do it??
@adamsky interesting! why do you think we need a physical structure? they could be easily merged anyway probably..