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
> > <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> 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
> >
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