At HOPE this summer I talked a bit about a wireless mesh concept that would allow people to communicate without internet access or phone access. The real problem with a BBS is that it's trivial to take down. In most countries, one call to the phone company can suspend a phone number 'pending investigation.'
Right now your best bet for the features you want would probably be Briar [1]. If your community's needs are closer to chat and file-sharing, then PirateBox is a promising solution [2]. (file-sharing ex: files that users wanted everyone to have, or wanted to be published online). Your concept could be tricky for more than a handful of users, since everything is manual. [1] http://briar.sourceforge.net/ [2] http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox Best, Griffin Boyce On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Peter Fein <[email protected]> wrote: > I & some other Telecomix agents have discussed using a local Usenet (NNTP) > for exactly this purpose a few times since Tahrir. Run it off a liveCD + > adhoc wifi or OpenWRT, with web gateway interface (so random users can > participate without needing to install software). Long distance backhaul by > dialup modem or motorcycle courier w/ USB stick. Rather than trying to > build in centralized security/identity, force everything to > anonymity/pseudonymity (the 4chan model). > > You don't need the access to the global Internet to organize your city... > -- "What do you think Indians are supposed to look like? What's the real difference between an eagle feather fan and a pink necktie? Not much." ~Sherman Alexie PGP Key etc: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Fontaine
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