top | item 12881454 What is your communication plan if your internet service goes dark? 4 points| anigbrowl | 9 years ago | reply Simple question: assume extended and widespread disruption to your internet service at the mobile carrier/ISP level. What would you do? 11 comments order hn newest [+] [-] PaulHoule|9 years ago|reply 2 meter ham radio (maybe $150), antenna and cables (another $150) plus a 12V battery and trickle charger. [+] [-] countzeroasl|9 years ago|reply This was my answer. It's one of the reasons I became a licensed HAM. [+] [-] jrnichols|9 years ago|reply This is why some people still keep dial up accounts with a larger ISP around. I can imagine that even AOL might come in handy. [+] [-] anigbrowl|9 years ago|reply The question assumes your ISP is unable to provide service, perhaps through coercion. [+] [-] dasmoth|9 years ago|reply If wired ISP, use mobile data.If mobile, use wired.If they're both down for an extended period at once, then there are probably bigger things to worry about. [+] [-] anigbrowl|9 years ago|reply Well that's the question I'm trying to find an answer to. In such a situation, the need to communicate becomes critical to longer-term survival. load replies (2)
[+] [-] PaulHoule|9 years ago|reply 2 meter ham radio (maybe $150), antenna and cables (another $150) plus a 12V battery and trickle charger. [+] [-] countzeroasl|9 years ago|reply This was my answer. It's one of the reasons I became a licensed HAM.
[+] [-] countzeroasl|9 years ago|reply This was my answer. It's one of the reasons I became a licensed HAM.
[+] [-] jrnichols|9 years ago|reply This is why some people still keep dial up accounts with a larger ISP around. I can imagine that even AOL might come in handy. [+] [-] anigbrowl|9 years ago|reply The question assumes your ISP is unable to provide service, perhaps through coercion.
[+] [-] anigbrowl|9 years ago|reply The question assumes your ISP is unable to provide service, perhaps through coercion.
[+] [-] dasmoth|9 years ago|reply If wired ISP, use mobile data.If mobile, use wired.If they're both down for an extended period at once, then there are probably bigger things to worry about. [+] [-] anigbrowl|9 years ago|reply Well that's the question I'm trying to find an answer to. In such a situation, the need to communicate becomes critical to longer-term survival. load replies (2)
[+] [-] anigbrowl|9 years ago|reply Well that's the question I'm trying to find an answer to. In such a situation, the need to communicate becomes critical to longer-term survival. load replies (2)
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[+] [-] dasmoth|9 years ago|reply
If mobile, use wired.
If they're both down for an extended period at once, then there are probably bigger things to worry about.
[+] [-] anigbrowl|9 years ago|reply