Human people. My source is the old ham dude who gave us the ham exam I managed to bungle and haven’t gotten around to retaking.

He was the type who used morse code at gigabit speeds with a funky looking sideways key

Finland. The questions for the basic test require you to actually know your shit, they’re specifically worded so that you can’t wing it

I failed it, that’s how I know. By a few points but still 😀

Both can coexist, more options is better when talking about decentralised systems

Yep and depending on contracts, some things will be affected more than others.

DIY PC builders are the first ones to suffer

Internet routing is a bit more complex, but basically yes.

It all depends on the environment and the amount of nodes. I’m not exactly controlling Fort Knox here so 100% reliability isn’t a big point

It’s still cool to be at the store 2-3km away and get a notification that the fridge door is open, via a completely independent network 😀

I get the exact same notification via the internet, but it’s not as cool

They dropped the morse requirement because people just stopped taking the test

The HAM license isn’t a trivial checkbox test, at least not over here

Controlling home automation remotely without any internet access.

Tracking dogs, people or vehicles - again with no internet.

There was a massive power outage in Portugal not too long ago and people used Meshtastic to communicate between cities to see who had power.

It does work, but it’s not a Final Solution

Now let me introduce you to APRS 😁

It’s pretty much the HAM equivalent of Meshtastic

Antennas and location.

I can see one node on top of the tallest building around here and it allows me to connect to nodes 20-30km away.

They’re a mesh walkie-talkie, but you don’t need to walkie or talkie 😁

Meshnet means that if A can see B and B can see C, then A can message C, it’s routed through B automatically.

Also it’s text only, not enough bandwidth for speech

Nope, it specifically uses free frequencies. The same ones that are used by RC hobbyists and RF based remotes

iPhones do by default, you need to specifically turn on fixed IP at home to identify the damn phone reliably

Console part prices have been negotiated years in advance.

Post nut clarity doesn’t hit for you?

Yes. Because they don’t have the same networks, relationships etc.

We’ll get web of trust on top of the “main” internet and smaller Tor-style networks will pop up.

Also people will go analog and local, use systems like Meshtastic or good old Amateur Radio

I’m hoping some trusted organisation like EFF will come up with a web of trust system people can use to tag sites and content as reliable and not AI generated/ “enhanced”