Rudy believes that organizations like KQED could easily become their own local wireless ISP, to provide free Internet connectivity and access to the content they produce.
"We're trying to evangelize the idea that anyone can be an ISP," Alex chimed in.
This is more of a philosophy than a plan at the moment, but the brains behind MonkeyBrains see a time when Internet broadband is free, or at least much less expensive, than it has been.
"People are so used to paying for the Internet, they're so used to paying for bottled water, for all this other stuff, when really it's something that -- maybe it shouldn't be free, but it should be closer to free," said Rudy.
Alex and Rudy go back and forth on this point, with Alex saying that Internet connectivity "should be free on a certain level."
And so it is: MonkeyBrains makes shared connections available to the community and users get a few Mbps at no cost. For faster connections, you pay.
Rudy says that if you wade through the contracts offered by large ISPs you'll find that they limit your ability to share your connection.
Alex added, "We're definitely more state-of-nature. If you can figure out how to resell or retransmit our signal, that's on you."
Hedging that statement, Rudy suggests that he'd probably approach anyone making serious money that way to discuss a revenue sharing arrangement.
MonkeyBrains is still a business after all, albeit one that's defiantly local and community-oriented.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
