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> Similar setups have been working in Cuba for a long time.

Official Sneakernet is terrabytes of TV (Government 'sanctioned' without porn or politics) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paquete_Semanal

If this is what it is, then I'm totally wrong. This is a really good idea. A wireless hotspot, anyone can setup to distribute terabytes of material to others, preferably with a charge/login option.

Years ago we did this with a wireless access point 'Login for free movies" in our apartment. But couldn't (at the time) work out an easy way to distribute the AVI's once randoms connected.

Wikipedia not clear IIAB is this and I didn't see it from the web site - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box

To do this, what's vital is cafe owners and teachers and students can buy this product and easily dump stuff on. A movies section, comics section, a books section they can make pretty, they need ownership in their collations.

Their FAQ is on OLPC's site which had a horrific attitude of not allowing others to use their products and locking them down.

Once you pay someone to set IIAB up, giving them Starlink would be around the same price. IIAB has to be open and easy to buy.

> They cite examples of it working

Where? The Dominican Republic video was 4 years ago. Is it up and running? These things are easy to send in a team for and have running for a few months. I would be surprised if one was running for more than a year without an expat there.



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