On 9/8/98 2:29 PM, Ryan Lackey (ryan@systemics.ai) passed this wisdom:
Is anyone else interested in setting up a radio net (probably packet radio relay) to relay small quantities of data in the event the telecommunications infrastructure becomes unavailable (either technically or legally/politically/militarily)? There are existing packet relay nets, but in my experience amateur radio people, especially in the US, are very willing to roll over for the government at the slightest cause.
you tar with too wide a brush ... one of the pioneers of ham packet radio is Phil Karn, who definitely isn't in to submissive roll overs! For that matter neither am I, though, sadly the greater number of hams do fit your description.
I think the cost would be something like $1-5k per station, and it could be done in a fairly turnkey fashion. Exactly how to handle routing and what protocol to use on the network is kind of an open question -- there are a lot of solutions, none of them optimal.
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