The discussion about Starlink is interesting, but with only ~0.1% of the populat...

bombcar · 2026-01-08T19:55:37 1767902137

The key is that the 99% can transfer data and such internally to the country; the 0.1% can then leak it out.

esafak · 2026-01-08T21:04:19 1767906259

How effectively can they share data domestically during blackouts?

octoberfranklin · 2026-01-08T21:36:42 1767908202

Carrier pigeons.

And hamsters.

Don't underestimate the hamsters.

esafak · 2026-01-08T21:46:37 1767908797

Especially ones in a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

But seriously?

bombcar · 2026-01-08T22:05:10 1767909910

There are mesh networks, but even so IPv4 isn't down, and people can share files p2p.

adamfisk · 2026-01-08T22:34:46 1767911686

Theoretically this is true, but in practice it's not. Most p2p services rely on the global internet in some way. The BitTorrent DHT, for example, is unlikely so self-heal in the event of a completely inaccessible global internet.

Things like HolePunch have a lot of potential here, but you'd need an Iran-only DHT, and it's just not deployed at scale.

jszymborski · 2026-01-08T20:37:02 1767904622

but, regrettably, at a trickle