[pp.int.general] Egypt Help

[Yves Quemener]

On 01/28/2011 01:21 PM, Eduardo Robles Elvira wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Yves Quemener<quemener.yves at free.fr>  wrote:
>> A group named "We rebuild" (http://www.werebuild.eu) is currently trying to
>> set up radio links with Cairo and port-Said. They also have a mirroring
>> effort for videos. Come help them TODAY on irc.telecomix.org
>> #hamradio : if you are a radio expert
>> #streisand : to discuss mirroring
>> #jan25 : general discussion about events in Egypt
>
> Hello,
>
> This is - in part - why we need a decentralized network: so that they
> cannot switch it off so easily. First time ever a government switches
> Internet off, but it probably won't be the only one. Initiatives like
> guifi.net is what we need.

Exactly. And guifi is not the only technology available.
http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV4