TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoDonald Trump May 'Turn Off the Internet' if Elected, Former Staffer Sayswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down147file-textcross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down3·1 year agoIt was built to survive a nuclear war. It will survive Trump. Even if I have to drive a station wagon full of backup tapes myself.
minus-squarerckclmbr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoThere are countries that turn off the internet all the time. There’s a only a few major Telcos that control all backbone infra. It could definitely happen
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·1 year agoExternal connections? Probably. Low-latency internal connections? Sure. But when you can send IP packets over pigeons things get harder to disrupt. Hence the station wagon.
minus-squareDoc Avid Mornington@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoDo you think that’s a realistic way to keep sufficient modern Internet traffic moving?
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoNo, but it will keep some things moving. Ham radio and mesh networks will help, too.
It was built to survive a nuclear war.
It will survive Trump.
Even if I have to drive a station wagon full of backup tapes myself.
There are countries that turn off the internet all the time. There’s a only a few major Telcos that control all backbone infra. It could definitely happen
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External connections? Probably.
Low-latency internal connections? Sure.
But when you can send IP packets over pigeons things get harder to disrupt.
Hence the station wagon.
Do you think that’s a realistic way to keep sufficient modern Internet traffic moving?
No, but it will keep some things moving. Ham radio and mesh networks will help, too.