Have you ever read the book Cyberstorm by Matthew Mather? They do exactly this. Excellent book by the way! On Monday, August 29, 2016 12:26:04 PM MST subscriptions wrote: > Here is some hope! > The solution is a grass-roots solution. > > To counter central technology, we will use dispersed and independent > technology. If and when it becomes necessary or expedient, a community > WiFi network is entirely possible. Most people have routers which can > sustain a power input of one to three watts. This certainly is enough > power to reach several neighbors across the street. This can be done > with little more than a three-inch antenna or only a built-in > ("invisible") antenna. > > Check it out at your home. Look at how many personal networks are > available to you if only you had the password. Look at the WiFi settings > on your cell phone, tablet, notebook/laptop, or even your desktop. > Grass roots techies will rapidly inform the participants in these > networks how to improve WiFi reception and reach, using aftermarket > antennas or will even encourage the use of wires and other metal objects > as antennas to gain greater coverage in the same manner as cell towers. > These antennas can be used in much the same was as the old-fashioned TV > antennas, in fact some of the newer (free-to-air) long distance antennas > might even work if (properly) connected to a router. There are (sports) > stadium style WiFi antennas available on ebay that will give you awesome > coverage. > > The point is that we can build our own WiFi networks and use them to > communicate and share information with each other. We can even share > cached web information and help and organize each other on a scale and > with security that was not possible during the last world war. > > To interconnect communities, we will be able to use hill-top and > mountain-top repeater radios. Repeaters are small radio stations set up > and maintained by Radio Amateurs, aka Ham Radio Operators. These radios > can be used to connect distant WiFi networks. I highly recommend to > anyone who is even slightly interested or concerned that they get their > FCC Radio Amateur license. It will not only make you a more useful > citizen but should our rogue government become less benign, it will give > you the ability to work for the common man and insure our individual > freedoms. > > There are a number of organizations which can help you to get a bonafide > Radio Amateur license. Education can cost as little as $35 (2016 > prices) and the FCC license tests are given by vetted licensees who > volunteer to give their time to run the tests. I paid $100 to get the > education to pass the (currently) highest available FCC Radio Amateur > license in just a few months. The testers are free to charge what they > want within reason, but it is so important to them to grow the Ham > community that they usually only charge expenses which is a token > amount. I had to take three tests and the total test fees turned out to > be only $10. Just as an example. > > I can only say that the Ham community has a great bunch of stand-up > persons. I am extremely grateful to all my Ham friends, some of whom I > knew as a boy and some of whom are still my friends. I encourage > everyone who has even a remote survival impulse to get at least a novice > FCC Radio Amateur license. > > And I should also mention that Hams help in rescue operations during > local and national disasters. That was the original reason the the > government created the Ham licensing. There was a time during the > 1920's that it was illegal for any to own or operate an ordinary radio. > > On 08/29/2016 12:06 AM, David Schwartz wrote: > > It seems like pretty much everything in America started with the > > election of one Barack Hussain Obama in 2008. > > > > I guess the world will end when he steps down next January, eh? > > > > -David Schwartz > > > > On Aug 28, 2016, at 6:58 PM, Keith Smith > > wrote: > > > > The article states in part “Without the U.S. contract, Icann would > > seek to be overseen by another governmental group so as to keep > > its antitrust exemption. Authoritarian regimes have already > > proposed Icann become part of the U.N. to make it easier for them > > to censor the internet globally. So much for the Obama pledge that > > the U.S. would never be replaced by a “government-led or an > > inter-governmental organization solution.””. > > > > This could be really bad. > > > > What is the solution? > > > > Keith > > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss > > mailing list – PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, > > unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > RLVzunonVk948p8WIzMe-2FXlJ9Cta8w8U9xoku9LrUSHNMJbSd3ZEwH-2BqnW2UHlA-3D > > -3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jIm > > K8EVWYBe3k7bucXKwtQLNvyHIy2SwsdKRiqh5JQ0kaAE-2FMloul3ORxTz9XuykcchWyri > > PAntZokWckir-2BQyL48zlARj2jv69JtRLElzU5tqJl3pcNgEabel4uL1asXyFjMxZcS3P > > hKagC9KFbMFHLuwoNyQKS2SfScURLjnOwfo09esgxrU-3D>> > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss > > mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, > > unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss