[governance] Will FedEX Save Your Island Nation When De-Peering Comes ?

[Jim Fleming]

When (not if) de-Peering comes to your island nation, you may want to
consider
what some call Sneaker Net. It may be faster than no connection.

With Sneaker Net, a server located in the Lower-48 records over a 24 hour
period
your 160-bit Uni.X to Uni.X messages, with up to 3 bytes of data, and then
burns
them on to a DVD medium that is rushed to FedEX and delivered to your island
nation as fast as a plane can fly.

The DVD with up to 4+ Gig per side or layer is then played out into your
local LAN
and the packets are delivered, with a bit of lag. You may or may not respond
and your
responses are recorded and sent back on another DVD, with copies of course
going to
all of the governments around the world, compliments of THE Big Lie
Society's policies.

For some people, and some services, the lag does not matter. They are happy
with the
.NET experience and their island nation is connected as far as they are
concerned.
It is not exactly what some might call, "Instant Messaging", but it could
get a critical
message thru with even 3 bytes in a message. YES and NO fit in three bytes.
For some
people, that is all they need.

Waiting 24 or 48 hours for a YES or NO in legal-time is considered an
instant.
The industry standard in the Lower-48 is 30 days. You send one message and
do not
expect a reply for 30 days. The above system or service may be viewed as
fast in that
context.

By the way, people now also see that the industry standard in governance is
measured
in years. The speed of the real .NET terrifies meat-space people who
continue to post
messages such as, "can we set up a meeting next month" ? A meeting ? Why not
meet
using the .NET ? Where do the meat-space people go ? Why do netizens waste
their
time with meat-space people ? The meat-space people do not even use the
.NET,
or maybe they have their own .NET. Maybe it arrives via a plane.

da plane, da plane
welcome to Fantasy Island

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