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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by trust07007707 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @07:19PM (#21141818)
LORA based mesh could help here

https://nootropicdesign.com/projectlab/2018/10/20/lora-mesh-...

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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by viraptor on Thursday October 03, 2019 @09:05AM (#21146477)
Lora is not for general usage / internet. Basic messaging - maybe. But it achieves a few kbps in good conditions.
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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by trust07007707 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:52AM (#21147668)
Recall we had a whole interactive/social world in the 80s with BBSs with 300 baud acoustically coupled modems.
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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by ineedasername on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:44PM (#21142441)
Is it any more difficult to jam than other network technologies?
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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by trust07007707 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:53PM (#21142499)
No, and they have a large attack surface thru various techniques, so not a good choice for anything but keeping touch with friends and relatives (assuming no mass usage occurs)
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