As far as I can tell, we are only allowed to go online at the pleasure of our ISPs, who have been shown to be more than willing to let 'the man' do whatever he wants to our connections.

In order to be able to use the internet and connect to our peers, a vital necessity in today's world that is where free speech happens now, we need mesh networks. I've seen Steem, Pocketnet, and various free speech platforms, but they're just a firewall away from being unavailable, because the ISPs can cut them off as they did New Zealand.

Thanks!