I’ve seen some resources floating around including, if I’m not mistaken, a spreadsheet that adds up all the costs of everything you need.
Basically I want to create an internet coop that’s resistant to internet shutdowns and can keep running in situations where the wider internet is shut down but we still have electricity.
There’s a lot of neat stuff going on with wireless networking these days: LoRa, Meshtastic, Reticulum, WiFi HaLow. These are mostly pretty low bandwidth, but are good ways to build out mesh networks that can maintain local communication during broader internet shutdowns.
WiFi HaLow looks promising. We could potentially start a mesh network pretty sparse with 2 or 3 nodes and build it out from there
I’m working on a project with it right now. It’s definitely evolving in terms of the available tech. This channel has been inspiring me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-soMNhNqEVc
Here’s another link: https://openmanet.net/#gallery
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I think it would be a massive project to actually make it usable for anything right now.
It seems like there is barely any hardware available for it.
Here’s some links I gathered last time I looked into it.
https://vantrontech.us/news/41
https://www.alfa.com.tw/collections/wifi-halow?page=4
https://lilygo.cc/products/t-halow
https://www.sparkfun.com/alfa-network-wifi-halow-hat.html
https://asiarf.com/product/wi-fi-halow-usb-dongle/
https://heltec.org/project/ht-hd01/
https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/discussions/421
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl06mkjlpXI
https://store.rokland.com/products/alfa-network-ahm27292u-ieee-802-11ah-sub-1-ghz-standalone-m-2-ngff-b-key-3042-type-linux-module
https://www.seeedstudio.com/Wio-WM6180-Wi-Fi-HaLow-mini-PCIe-Module-p-6394.html?gad_source=1
https://heltec.org/project/ht-hc01/
https://wi-fiplanet.com/understanding-ad-hoc-mode/
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: