Only because of the way modern web is developed now. If you build for a slow network it is much faster. We had internet when infrastructure was much slower you know.. And why to not mix both.
There might be if the current Internet wasn't almost entirely at the mercy of the whims of governments and mega-corporations. Either can too readily just "shut you off" if they desire, leaving you "out in the cold" with no means of connectivity. No VPN or encryption will help you if you're barred from even connecting to the network.
Against government it wouldn't help much. But against mega-corporations, it could be quite effective. How do you pull the plug when the logical and physical topologies don't match ?
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Would there be any merit in rebuilding the internet inside the exising one, using it only as transport ? Rebuilding all of it, including DNS ?
You can already host just about anything via Tor. But it’s so slow and inconvenient, especially on mobile that you may as well not exist.
Only because of the way modern web is developed now. If you build for a slow network it is much faster. We had internet when infrastructure was much slower you know.. And why to not mix both.
There might be if the current Internet wasn't almost entirely at the mercy of the whims of governments and mega-corporations. Either can too readily just "shut you off" if they desire, leaving you "out in the cold" with no means of connectivity. No VPN or encryption will help you if you're barred from even connecting to the network.
Against government it wouldn't help much. But against mega-corporations, it could be quite effective. How do you pull the plug when the logical and physical topologies don't match ?