Re:Iran Goes Into IPv6 Blackout
by labanimalster on Thursday January 08, 2026 @02:42PM
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The discussion about Starlink is interesting, but with only ~0.1% of the population having access, the real story is the 99.9% who are cut off right now. The asymmetry between those who can broadcast to the world and those who can't is staggering — and even among that 0.1%, many are too afraid to broadcast anything, knowing the risks.
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The key is that the 99% can transfer data and such internally to the country; the 0.1% can then leak it out.
How effectively can they share data domestically during blackouts?
Re:Iran Goes Into IPv6 Blackout
by octoberfranklin on Thursday January 08, 2026 @04:36PM
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Carrier pigeons.
And hamsters.
Don't underestimate the hamsters.
Especially ones in a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
But seriously?
There are mesh networks, but even so IPv4 isn't down, and people can share files p2p.
Theoretically this is true, but in practice it's not. Most p2p services rely on the global internet in some way. The BitTorrent DHT, for example, is unlikely so self-heal in the event of a completely inaccessible global internet.
Things like HolePunch have a lot of potential here, but you'd need an Iran-only DHT, and it's just not deployed at scale.
Re:Iran Goes Into IPv6 Blackout
by jszymborski on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:37PM
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but, regrettably, at a trickle