The policy suggestions are fine but the reasons are kind of silly. I've never been in a conflict zone but I'd assume securing food and water is #1. Reliable electricity access might be a distant nice to have and cell phone or wifi signal? I'm guessing that's a no. Decentralize, increase redundancy, eliminate single points of failure, sure all good. But if we're really talking about internet like communication during…
Your first assumption is wrong. Food and water are necessities, of course, but you can survive without either for days (outside of extreme weather environments) and they're also very portable. Communications are an urgent and ongoing need, for military actors and civilians. Without them you are not only in a bad situation, you have little idea of where to go. Military communications manuals contemplate up to 5 levels…
Re: The Internet during world war
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