The blog post analysis proposes a systematic model of connectivity resilience: sneakernet (days latency) → local/municipal networks (hours) → unstable global access (minutes). Each level builds on the previous. This is more structured than the current ad-hoc degradation scenarios in Section 6.3.
Proposal: adopt as the framing for Section 6.3 degradation scenarios. Each level defines: available transports, information propagation latency, content types supportable, and what breaks. The model clarifies which protocol features work at each level and what graceful degradation actually looks like in practice.
| Level |
Transports |
Latency |
Content |
Interactive communication |
| Sneakernet |
USB, physical |
Days |
Full (media, archives) |
No |
| Local mesh |
Yggdrasil, WiFi, LoRa, wired LAN |
Hours |
Text + limited media |
Yes, local scope |
| Unstable global |
Tor, VPN, Starlink, parasitic |
Minutes |
Full |
Yes, intermittent |
The blog post analysis proposes a systematic model of connectivity resilience: sneakernet (days latency) → local/municipal networks (hours) → unstable global access (minutes). Each level builds on the previous. This is more structured than the current ad-hoc degradation scenarios in Section 6.3.
Proposal: adopt as the framing for Section 6.3 degradation scenarios. Each level defines: available transports, information propagation latency, content types supportable, and what breaks. The model clarifies which protocol features work at each level and what graceful degradation actually looks like in practice.