> - The internet has become an internationally important resource, and > having a nationalistic country control it is probably not a good plan > for the long run
That would make sense if all countries agreed to respect human rights and freedom. No other country has as strong a history in this area as US. > What I would like to see is a technical answer to the political pressure > ... multichannel routing that can't be throttled (or bugged), > distributed name spaces that can be citizen controlled (why can't KPLUG > have a name space and name server?), stuff like that. How could they put > toll booths and check points on the roads if we could all build our own > roads and add road signs? > > When it comes to information, I trust people over nations, and there > aren't any nations I trust more that any others. I've been thinking of this myself. I think this is the ultimate long term solution....have a grass-roots shadow Internet based on open wifi routers in everyone'e house and biz. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
