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Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists
(www.theguardian.com)
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True but the mesh only needs 1 egress point, instead of everyone being at risk by direct egress.
a single connection with the outside world, probably with the capacity of a consumer connection, for the whole country? that's too little even for just a single city. no one would be able to use it without some kind of time sharing or other access control