Vice's publication Motherboard says that "To Save Net Neutrality, We Must Build Our Own Internet" and will start publishing articles on how to set up decentralized internet infrastructure and start your own ISP.
That's going way beyond traditional journalism. That's really awesome!
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7x4y8a/net-neutrality-fcc-community-networks
@gargron Well, it is about physical infrastructure, though. Are you planing on making Mastodon fibreoptic cables? :D
@forteller
Funny. I was scrounging around for old BBS software with this same thought in mind, but who has an old dial up modem these days?
@hollyjahangiri @forteller
Guess there's a fair few laptops still knocking about that have them built in?
My 8 year old Thinkpad X200T has one (but my 6 year old X220T doesn't)
@forteller Now THIS is cybrepunk!
@forteller About a decade ago I worked on this project for doing exactly that in places with little existing infrastructure. Wireless technology has changed a lot, but much of this is still relevant.
Let's make this happen in the U.S.
Free book!
@forteller yeah, I posted a week or so ago about this too. I am also excited.
I've been saying for a while now that I would like if there's a "TorrentFreak-like site covering decentralization'
@forteller I couldn't agree more!
@forteller
Thank you so much for sharing.
This is something that many of us talk about often.
@CaptainUnderpants !! This is really interesting! I'm reading it now, and will report back when I'm done.
@forteller #cooperative ISPs are the future
Motherboard & VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network –
To protect net neutrality, we need internet infrastructure that isn't owned by big telecom. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5djd7/motherboard-and-vice-are-building-a-community-internet-network-to-protect-net-neutrality
@forteller Doesn't mention Mastodon 😕