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Carl-E:
So you want to evolve a new internet, then?

Mister D Nomms:
Yeah. The only thing that worries me is that instead of just being another internet, it will be a Usenet/TOR sort of dark and stinky. Then one day everybody who uses it will be arrested and sent to a military prison for odd and unspecific charges. Once there, we'll divide into factions and all murder eachother...

Papersatan:
You think that starting today, dial-up would be where you would start?  I'm not sure most people who would participate have land lines, also would it require sharing phone numbers which would make it hard to be anonymous.

I would start a network of Pirate Boxes or a similar wireless technology.  I'm not sure how it would work globally, but I think they would be a good start for local movements.  I think their potential is particularly good for areas of conflict as they are portable and decentralized.

pwhodges:
There may be some mileage in that for getting round restrictions on ISP access in local areas, but that's about it, I think.  This can also be done (with more trouble and less secrecy, but the means is there) using satellite access. 

As for a new Internet - it's taken decades of investment by governments and the largest telecoms companies to build the current infrastructure, and it's a pure pipe-dream to imagine setting up an independent parallel - especially against the resistance and probable legislation that would be mobilised to prevent it.

Mister D Nomms:
If the new internet used phone lines to connect to small servers, can anything really be done to stop that?

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