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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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People Fixing The World: How to put the internet in a box

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How to put the internet in a box

20/10/2020 GMT

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Inside the “sneakernet” - the people carrying websites to places that are off the grid

We go inside the “sneakernet” to meet the people carrying knowledge from the internet to places that are off the grid.

What happens when you take a little box containing some of the vast knowledge amassed on the internet, to communities that live offline? 
 
From a peaceful valley in the remote Himalayas to a bustling Rohingya refugee camp, people are carrying gigabytes of data - from school curricula to the whole of Wikipedia - into places where access to the internet is impossible. 
 
Inspired by one of our listeners, we delve into the world of the “sneakernet” - a network of people who carry information to places where the signal doesn’t reach. 
 
Produced and presented by Tom Colls

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