[clue] decentralizing the Internet

[marcus hall]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 09:41:48AM -0700, Bruce Ediger wrote:
> Given the centralized nature of our "Public Switched Telephone Netowrk",
> telecom companies are like a spider at the middle of the web.
> 
> They have boxes called "DCS-3000" or "DCS-6000" in the middle of every
> phone network.  Turning on or off a tap is pretty easy these days.
> 
> If you want a decentralized internet, you have to aovid the phone
> companies. They're already co-opted, from a security-paranoia viewpoint.

AX.25 then?  (Amateur radio packet data)

marcus hall