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Ask HN: Any way to bypass Government's shutdown of the internet?
I live in India and run a software tools business for data scientist. Government of India has had statewide internet shutdown in 2 states in the past 6 months (due to domestic issues that I don't want to get into this post).
If this were to happen in my state, is there any way I can have a fallback internet connectivity via global satellites or some other means? I am ready to pay yearly fees for this kind of service (as "connectivity insurance" for continued business).
- mtmail 7y agoTechnically (well politically) satellite ISPs have to enforce the shutdown as well. You'd need a two-way contract where both upstream and downstream is via satellite, many contracts are cheaper when the upstream is via phone line. Have a look at https://www.eutelsat.com/ https://www.eutelsat.com/ Too Way (there are various resellers). Expect cost of 500 Euro for hardware, 60 Euro/month for 50Mbit down, 2Mbit up.
- GrumpyNl 7y agoThis is indeed your best option, I used to work with satelite down and through phoneline up. To do the uplink through satelite, hardware costs are involved.