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📣 bollu

How does someone in India access the internet when taken down?


Title is the question. I'm currently living in India, and want to understand what I can do to retain internet access when the government attempts to take it down. Currently, the government run ISP appears to be shutting down, while private ISPs have not yet. I understand systems, networks not so much. - What are terms I should google to get good information? - What technology is useful in this situation? Is there some way to access the internet still? - How do I most easily setup a mesh network for communication? - What books/manuals should I keep at hand?


  👤 motyar Accepted Answer ✓
DNS queries are not banned!

So you can tunnel network traffic over DNS.

More info https://davidhamann.de/2019/05/12/tunnel-traffic-over-dns-ss...


👤 barpetiabhut
Use BSLN landline broadband internet. In the recent internet ban by indian govt in assam the bsnl landline internet was active and working (torrent/porn/darkweb are blocked). --: imindian live in india/assam/barpeta

👤 toast0
If they keep phones up, you want to get a dial up ISP with a modem. Preferably on a land line. If they're pulling down phonelines too, you may be able to do satellite internet, if that's available. Tends to be spendy though.


👤 known
Firechat, Signal Offline, Vojer, Bridgefy, Briar https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/tech-news/apps-androi...

👤 fellaindian
Hi fellow brother, this comment is unrelated. But we need WOKE Indians like you. I run a website named India Channel.

http://indiachannel.heliohost.org

It is an anonymous website like 4chan but without images and made for Indians.

We have an IRC too (check page). If you say, I'll add a programming /prog/ board too.


👤 villgax
Elon san's satellites will save us. Only if they don't ban possession of those transceivers.

👤 codegeek
Get a Jio account and hot spot it ?