Has anyone ever thought of constructing decentralized networks as concurrence to the internet? We could use radio frequencies to propagate data or even satellites. Or mesh networks. And if we restrict it to text files data transfer could be pretty easy, less harmful concerning viruses and could even be one-time-pad-encrypted. Referring to textfiles.com you can download a big part of the ancient American BBS network on a single telephone. It's some gigabytes in total (excluding pdfs).
@IntegralDuChemin I would love to hear more about this and/or be part of these conversations if possible
@mark We have a similar initiative in Germany called Freifunk. They create a local mesh network which can provide anonymous internet access as well.
@IntegralDuChemin That's super cool
@IntegralDuChemin Have you seen the work ISOC NY does with the NYC / Brooklyn Mesh? It's fairly compelling and easy to do in a really dense population zone like that.
https://nycmesh.net/