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You could start another internet. Wouldn't be very useful at the beginning, though.

I don't think you guys get that this law affects how you provide access to a communications network. It doesn't matter if you have your own service provider or network, you are still going to have to comply with the laws. The entire point of this treaty is to hold the provider accountable for how people use their services.

Well, what if this new network has no notion of provider ? I mean, would it work with a peer-to-peer network ?

sure, how are you going to link computers together?

the only way that i can see this working is a NCLB improvised device-to-device network, which is actually a great idea that the tech giants are terrified of because they want to keep their proprietary lockdowns on everything

sure, how are you going to link computers together?

One Big Mesh.

Mind you, getting it set up would be a, um, non-trivial exercise.

isn't that what i said? :) Maybe I was vague in my NCLB description

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