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Afghans Build Open Source Internet From Trash

Posted by timothy on from the like-comcast-but-open-source dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Residents of Jalalabad have built the FabFi network: an open-source system that uses common building materials and off-the-shelf electronics to transmit wireless ethernet signals across distances of up to several miles."

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  1. Re:Semantics maybe... by Musically_ut · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... I'm sure everybody I know makes more money than most people in Afghanistan and not a single one of them could do this, so money makes people dumb as far as I can tell.

    Don't be that so harsh on the First World people, they have their own share of problems.

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    Never trust a spiritual leader who cannot dance -- Mr. Miyagi
  2. We out-Sovieted the Soviets by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the US, we do the opposite: take the Internet and make it INTO trash.

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    Table-ized A.I.
  3. Re:Homebrew mesh networking. by vga_init · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pashtun to Pashtun networking?