You aren't witnessing this growing trend of censorship and control of the internet by totalitarian forces all over the globe?
This sort of opinion if it catches hold will only result in the media labelling participants in this forum as crackpots. Censorship and control of the internet, I don't think so, that's bordering on impossible. Now sure, if you want to say specific countries are applying censorship & control that'd be valid but nothing will stop new namespaces coming about with or without ICANN approval and support (that's why AltDNS systems exist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root) and the internet community has a history of routing around non-open players.
Besides, flying some planes above an area and meshing them together isn't going to fight the 'censorship' you speak of. All those drones eventually have to hit the ground to access the rest of the internet system and consequently will be bound by the same limitations as normal terrestrial connectivity. The only thing such a setup would provide is an open net (or as open as the operators of the drone would allow) between peers.
What about the ridiculous unobtainable cost of use for the majority of people on earth?
For the internet? Internet infrastructure costs money, it doesn't just exist for perpetuity with no ongoing costs. I'm not sure which country you're in but in Australia internet costs a fortune by global comparisons. That hasn't stopped a large and active internet community & service structure popping up around it. Likewise in improverished nations within the African continent people gain internet access for competitive market rates (ie. barely anything).
Now, can we take a break from the paranoid trollific hyperbole and move on?
Stu
Internet regulation has been increasing in pretty much every nation on the globe for many years now. This is not a conspiracy theory, it is reality. Also I never claimed that they are or could be successful, only that governments all over the globe are putting more and more resources into regulation, including new legislation.
The difference between a drone grid and a terrestrial system is that they can move to heal gaps in the network. Not only that if a target destination is distant a single drone can deliver static packets of information much more efficiently. Regulations would be up to localities or individual users, and it would limit dependance on the regular commercial grid while generating income locally. Functional aerial drone WiFi grid systems are already reality and in use. Additionally with the dropping price of solar technology combined with recent developments in "perch and watch" drone technology, it is possible for the network to be solar powered.
Ad hominem attacks are usually a hallmark of the ignorant. By the way, could you possibly be any more pedantic? This was meant to be a simple discussion about citizen run WiFi grids and you turned it into a rant about conspiracies and Australian internet prices.
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