Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next Ethiopian lockdown?

Re:Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next E... by spotlesstofu on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:39AM (#29130097)

You could use https://briarproject.org/ for decentralized messaging. Once someone in your decentralized network has internet connection (by moving closer to Kenya for example) all the messages they collected would be relayed to the internet

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Re:Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next E... by schmorptron on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:51AM (#29130186)

Briar always seems awesome, but wouldn't this only work if there's people with the app installed / nodes every few meters because bluetooth's range is relatively small?

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Re:Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next E... by spotlesstofu on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:39AM (#29130536)

If nobody is moving around, you're right (actually the range might be greater since wifi can be used too).

If people move around, they relay the messages along their route, thus considerably extending the range.

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Re:Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next E... by schmorptron on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:54AM (#29130686)

Ah, didn't think of legs. Classic mistake

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Re:Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next E... by jack_pp on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:57AM (#29130729)

We're in 2021, we have wheels

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Re:Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next E... by kyawzazaw on Sunday November 07, 2021 @08:42PM (#29145390)

This really didn't work too well in practicality. My friends in Myanmar tried using it.

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Re:Ask HN: Connect to the Internet the old way during next E... by spotlesstofu on Monday November 08, 2021 @03:15AM (#29147085)

What where the main issues?

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