How to put the internet in a box

Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 2:06 a.m.

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What happens when you take a little box containing some of the vast knowledge amassed on the internet, to communities that live offline? \\n \\nFrom 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. \\n \\nInspired by one of our listeners, we delve into the world of the \\u201csneakernet\\u201d - a network of people who carry information to places where the signal doesn\\u2019t reach. \\n \\nProduced and presented by Tom Colls

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