Judging by the website alone, this looks shadier than the Venus Project.

Isn’t it weird how the operators of the largest and most widespread cable networks has to transmit their data over the air?

how is this experience “solar punk?”

The same way not eating crap is now called body hacking :)

http://deafboy.cicolina.org/igelitka/video/BBCone_magnus.mp4

Is there a stable, maintained peertube instance, with open registrations, where I could occasionally put up stuff like this? Every instance I’ve ever registered on is gone.

What are your backup plans for an internet and telecom shutdown?

We’ve been trying lora based protocols such as disasterradio, meshtastic and reticulum. However, the quality of the available hardware is pretty poor, the price is reaching insane levels, and software stability is not fit for leaving it unattended in remote locations.

If shit really hit the fan, the standard old wifi gear with directional antenna would be better in reach, bandwidth and stability.

I can’t find the source, but I assume this must be in the US. They simple can’t stand a functioning sidewalk. It’s in their blood to sabotage it! :D

edit: The author is from sweden, so I’m probably wrong.

This is not how you get a surplus. This is how you get unreliable grid that’s too expensive to operate and impossible to fix.

I feed defeated. The damn parrot made me watch the entire ad section.