Comments on: Big 4’s IFPI demands Feral Filtering http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14459 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:33:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cyberscan http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14459/comment-page-1#comment-252320 cyberscan Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:03:55 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14459#comment-252320 I have recently seen a 1 TB USB hard drive in the store for less than $350. This combined with a laptop computer and a commonly available wireless router can mean a community wide file sharing network with very little interference from big brother. DVD's, Thumb drives, etc are widely available and can hold tremendous amounts of data. If Big Corporations and Big Government succeed in locking down the Internet, we will simply create our own networks. Many people have already done so. With lasers, unused radio frequencies, and home brew DSL, hackers, amateur radio operators, and phone phreaks can use current technology to put together something much better than what we currently have. I remember the days of computer communication before the Internet was widely available. We used dial up bulletin board systems that communicated with each other in an ad hoc network called Fidonet. Nowdays, commonly available wired and wireless equipment can take the place of the telephone line and transmit much more data locally. Cities can be very well served by such a network, and rural areas can be served depending upon population and effort. The proverbial cat is out of the bag, and it is not going back in. I have recently seen a 1 TB USB hard drive in the store for less than $350. This combined with a laptop computer and a commonly available wireless router can mean a community wide file sharing network with very little interference from big brother. DVD’s, Thumb drives, etc are widely available and can hold tremendous amounts of data. If Big Corporations and Big Government succeed in locking down the Internet, we will simply create our own networks. Many people have already done so. With lasers, unused radio frequencies, and home brew DSL, hackers, amateur radio operators, and phone phreaks can use current technology to put together something much better than what we currently have.

I remember the days of computer communication before the Internet was widely available. We used dial up bulletin board systems that communicated with each other in an ad hoc network called Fidonet. Nowdays, commonly available wired and wireless equipment can take the place of the telephone line and transmit much more data locally. Cities can be very well served by such a network, and rural areas can be served depending upon population and effort. The proverbial cat is out of the bag, and it is not going back in.

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