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Isn't this the core spirit of the internet? ARPANET was designed to "emphasize robustness and survivability, including the capability to withstand losses of lar
by latch 15y ago
Isn't this the core spirit of the internet? ARPANET was designed to "emphasize robustness and survivability, including the capability to withstand losses of large portions of the underlying networks."
I've heard of remote parts of the world relying on amateur radios to access the internet (citation needed, please). This approach, to me, is simply a more technologically sophisticated. But it's nevertheless beautiful.
- stonemetal 15y agoThe goal was to use low-cost commercial radio equipment to connect users on Oahu and the other Hawaiian islands with a central time-sharing computer on the main Oahu campus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALOHAnet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALOHAnet It worked out pretty well, 3G mobile phones use a variant of the communication protocol.
- bostonvaulter2 15y agoNot to mention inspiring wired Ethernet.