That's a neat idea. The challenge will be to stop it from becoming a huge success because then you get all of the problems that are endemic on the normal internet as well. But that sounds like a very interesting and worthwhile project.

There are already 89 gateways in Vienna you can directly use. So nothing is holding you back :) https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/vienna/

This is a truly awesome resource - thanks for sharing that! I'll be getting the retro computing crew, that is forming around our new exhibit at the Retro Gaming Museum, excited about this!

Who knows, maybe we will have a retro- net up and running in the next few days ..

Go for it! These communities are pretty active so you can also join one of their events.

Definitely going to try to attend the next one .. thanks for the heads up!