The most difficult part is the backbone, not the software. The internet's power comes from its large scale and resilience, bypassing censorship and copyright is

The most difficult part is the backbone, not the software. The internet's power comes from its large scale and resilience, bypassing censorship and copyright is just a side effect. WiFi Dabba's [0] approach is quite interesting but I am not sure whether it will scale well in practice. Optical communications through free space generally requires line of sight and the bandwidth is low due to atmospheric losses. Broadcasting across oceans is another issue, especially when sovereignty is involved. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24790350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24790350