You have friends in Myanmar and now know they’ve lost wireless internet. Is ther...

baybal2 · on April 1, 2021

> Is there a fast way to help them recover some functionality?

A NATO tank division in Yangon, and a missile destroyer flotilla in the bay of Bengal.

There is 1 US friendly nation anywhere in the vicinity. And given the timeline of Iraqi Freedom as a reference, 1.5 month.

sofixa · on April 2, 2021

> A NATO tank division in Yangon, and a missile destroyer flotilla in the bay of Bengal

Tanks aren't great in cities.

sudosysgen · on April 2, 2021

That is, unless they're part of the unlucky 5% to be slaughtered in the invasion.

altacc · on April 1, 2021

Bribery. The military has separate networks which it doesn’t shutdown and if you know the right people and have the cash, then it’s possible to get added to it.

tyingq · on April 1, 2021

I wish I could remember the name of the software package. It was posted here some time ago, but it was a DIY way to create a "summary of the internet" on a 1TB disk, similar to the “Paquete Semanal”[1] used in Cuba.

Shipping those in regularly would likely be appreciated.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paquete_Semanal

neolog · on April 1, 2021

There's probably an app for building mesh networks.

nullsense · on April 1, 2021

It's not fast, but, move to Myanmar, join the military, rise up the ranks, start an off-hand discussion to the tune of "you know, when you really think about, running a country is a lot of work..." and make them think it was their idea to call the whole thing off.