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There were some rumblings about building out an "open source" alternative to the Internet about 10 years ago. The idea was to use various WiFi technologies to create a network that was encrypted and controlled by no one. It certainly is doable given enough people, but it seems like it just never materialized. Did I miss it? Surely there has been advancements in the last decade.

Where I live I have an elevation advantage. I could easily host a high-speed point-to-point link with line of sight to other peaks as far as 80 miles. I always wanted to get something like this rolling.

There were some rumblings about building out an "open source" alternative to the Internet about 10 years ago. The idea was to use various WiFi technologies to create a network that was encrypted and controlled by no one. It certainly is doable given enough people, but it seems like it just never materialized. Did I miss it? Surely there has been advancements in the last decade. Where I live I have an elevation advantage. I could easily host a high-speed point-to-point link with line of sight to other peaks as far as 80 miles. I always wanted to get something like this rolling.

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Mexican cartels were working on something similar when their independent & personal cell phone tower infrastructure was destroyed by US marines & navy.

Something I read in 'wired' magazine in 2014 before they were cucked to the nth degree but have not heard anything further. I did look for an archive of the article for you, but had no luck finding it.