There are groups that pirate satellite links. This is illegal, but seems to be not hard to do and not quickly prosecuted. If they can find you. I believe a transmitter would cost a few hundred dollars and could be positioned in most any neighboring country. This would provide access into the country more cheaply.
Don't the satellite phones leak location info? One interesting question: are the connections tunneled through satellite TV being affected? A sign of real desperation would be their trying to cut off access to Turkish tele-novellas. On 11/18/19 3:51 PM, David Stodolsky wrote: > > >> On 18 Nov 2019, at 20:49, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Does anyone have more specific info on the products (e.g., costs of lasers) >> listed below? > > This Amazon’s Choice at $19 appears to be widely available: > > https://www.amazon.com/Pointer-Visible-Adjustable-Hunting-Hiking/dp/B07YXM51W4 > > Green Light Pointer High Power Visible Beam with Adjustable Focus for Hunting > Hiking > > >> >> Also, what alternative solutions (e.g., satellite Internet) could be used in >> a country like Iran where the government has shut down the Internet, thereby >> preventing the people from uploading videos to the Internet? > > A satellite phone or shortwave amateur radio can be used for low bit rate > transmissions. > > I posted a list of mesh network options to the list 10 August, when we were > discussing Kashmir. These types of solutions operate at WiFi rates, but the > units can’t be too far from each other. Normal phones are limited to 10 > meters, but special antennas allow about 50 kilometer line-of-sight > communication. When there is widespread resistance, a mesh network can be > created from thousands of phones and a signal can propagate from one to the > next, as long as there is no wide gap. > > One way to ensure no gaps is to pay people, with crypto-currency, to be in > the right place. Bitcoin can be transmitted by shortwave radio or into an > area by satellite: > > https://groups.io/g/yellowvests/message/14 > > > I discuss a comprehensive approach to mass direct action using mesh > networking here (sub list for access): > > https://groups.io/g/yellowvests/message/10 > > > dss > > > David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics > Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark > [email protected] Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070 > > -- =================== R. R. Brooks Professor Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Clemson University 313-C Riggs Hall PO Box 340915 Clemson, SC 29634-0915 USA Tel. 864-656-0920 Fax. 864-656-5910 Voicemail: 864-986-0813 email: [email protected] web: http://www.clemson.edu/~rrb PGP: 48EC1E30 -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing [email protected].
