apocalyptic-mailman:

kropotkhristian:

So since we are going to definitely lose Net Neutrality since nothing people say matters and the rulers are blindly evil – do you think we could push this into a fight for municipal broadband with direct democratic control? Can’t be fucked by Comcast if we create our own fiber-optic internet that is controlled by the people.

This might be relevant: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/how-to-build-a-low-tech-internet.html

TLDR, we can totally DIY an internet. Don’t even need no fancy-schmancy fiber optic, which makes it more accessible (and thus less susceptible to capture by the state), to the point where you wouldn’t even need to do it through municipal government–you could do it yourselves, with some friends, in your neighborhood.