I really like the look of this. I have often wondered how one might approach implementing self organising networks for use within isolated communities or the 3r

I really like the look of this. I have often wondered how one might approach implementing self organising networks for use within isolated communities or the 3rd world. There are still many places where there is either no internet access at all, or internet access is only provided by a single vendor that is next to useless. The hardware exists that would allow communities with limited technical knowledge to build their own networks, but I have yet to find the software. Obviously in the civilised world we defer to our ISPs and their technical knowledge to maintain our connectivity, but why must it be like this? Why can't we just throw a bunch of old computers together along with some NICs, switches and cabling to make a self organising, self healing wide area network (an internet) that could be used by anyone. There is plenty of old but perfectly functional hardware out there and already communities trying their best to make use of it. Maybe it could be made easy for them with a zero-conf USB bootable Linux distro that could run the nodes on one of these networks? Add to the mix other new technologies like IPFS, and the whole of human knowledge could be made available to even the poorest communities, and there would be little to no congestion. Am I dreaming here? Is there anything about the above that is unrealistic? Would love to hear opinions on this!