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lapfog_1

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2. many ham radio people use TCP/IP

Reply to QED (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 03:35 PM

Jan 2026

now... so shutting down the "internet" would be difficult even if they got all the big ISPs and Starlink to close service. But yeah, we all should be thinking about getting some sort of not controllable IP connection.

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What happens if the internet is shut down in the US? [View all] QED Jan 2026 OP

Maybe the mindless drone plurality would finally wake the fuck up? RockRaven Jan 2026 #1

many ham radio people use TCP/IP lapfog_1 Jan 2026 #2

The Tech Bros Deep State Witch Jan 2026 #3

Good time to buy a shortwave radio receiver Tim S Jan 2026 #4

Doesn't Wall Street depend on the internet for business and trading? If so, not only would the US economy in2herbs Jan 2026 #5

Not gonna happen. The distraction machine is the only thing keeping the peasants from a bloody revolution. ms liberty Jan 2026 #6

I have a short wave receiver... 2naSalit Jan 2026 #7

I ordered a shortwave radio. QED Jan 2026 #8

I think I'll be looking for something like that... 2naSalit Jan 2026 #11

This is the one I bought. QED Jan 2026 #16

Thanks! 2naSalit Jan 2026 #18

Amazon loses sales n/t leftstreet Jan 2026 #9

They won't shut down the internet sarisataka Jan 2026 #10

Millennials and Post-millennials Would Go Catatonic Instantly. DJ Synikus Makisimus Jan 2026 #12

Global markets would crash fujiyamasan Jan 2026 #13

The creepy incels masogynist racist antisemites can't get together and form things like MAGA applegrove Jan 2026 #14

The economy would crash Buckeyeblue Jan 2026 #15

We need FIDONet 2.0 JCMach1 Jan 2026 #17

Everyone knows MLK's civil rights wouldn't have happened with the internet. intheflow Jan 2026 #19

Like completely shut down? SamuelTheThird Jan 2026 #20

And how, exactly, would that happen? tinrobot Jan 2026 #21

FWIW, shortwave radio is almost extinct now Wednesdays Jan 2026 #22