The internet isn’t dependent on an operating government. However, in the US, the government does supposedly have an internet “kill” switch.
Use another connection method, satellite (mentioned elsewhere) , PPP serial between nodes, Dialup (PPP) to a node outside the blackout zone. Ham band (AX.25) or establish a Mesh network.
part of the reason the Internet is so hard to ‘shut down’ is the many ways to bypass, and reestablish the interconnections.
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So the possible loss of connectivity is not if the government itself shuts down, but rather if the government is still operating at some level, and opts to shut down the internet, which they would likely do only to create an information black-out condition, an ominous move indeed.
However, if they blocked all the local providers from giving internet access and this is you are asking about a wired internet connection, then it is not possible without having a local provider on your side (who can provide access to the last-mile , the wire/cable connecting to your home ).
- For this reason, some people are interested in a user-owned
mesh network independentof centralized control, as the internet was meant to be. As far as I know, that network does not yet exist, at least not on a large scale, but it could.
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