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U.S. Backed “Internet in a Suitcase” to Help the World’s Repressed Have Open Access to the Internet

The U.S. is knee-deep in a project with world-wide implications: developing an easy-to-deploy, difficult-to-shut-down wireless Internet system that can be deployed just about anywhere, providing Internet access to anybody – including those whose governments have otherwise shut down their people’s Internet access. Dubbed the “Internet in a Suitcase”, the technology has been financed by the U.S. state department, and is already in development. The Internet in a Suit case consists of several components, including a laptop, wireless antennas, cables, and thumb drives preloaded with software which can be used to bring additional devices online (as well as CDs with the same software).