Internet in a Box
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Internet in a Box
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#2Popular in:
2023 (356 points, 120 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35750165
2021 (620 points, 142 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27568332
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#3Brilliant concept! I recently met the fine folks at Beekee who make something rather similar: https://beekee.ch/beekeebox/
It's an apparently simple problem on the surface, but quite hard to get it right... I once worked on a wireless network deployment for a transit refugee camp, and at least that was built on the assumption that some sort of Internet connection would be available at all times, making remote management possible. And even then it was tough to manage considering all other constraints.
I can only imagine how hard it is to deliver this kind of service reliably when Internet is rarely if ever available.
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#4I thought they meant this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg
Chuckles aside, it's a cool concept.
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#5So this allows people in poor countries to have access ONLY to the best curated resources available on the Internet?
And those people then have a better chance at a much better education?
Why not in developed countries schools as well?
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#7I thought they meant this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg Chuckles aside, it's a cool concept.
Their device should definitely have a big red light on top of it
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#8I remember encountering this project: https://piratebox.cc/faq , I even still have a compatible hardware at home.
I wonder if allowing it to have instant messaging (including offline asynchronous messaging) would change how people in a small community communicate each other. I wonder if, for one, it would induce Internet trolling.
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#9This is cool but I feel like buying a 1000 count of cheap USB sticks and loading them with wikipedia or whatever would be cheaper and more useful.
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#10It's the Innernette! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9S2ciB-6jc>