I work in the telecommunications industry and can say the CLEA act gets the gov into all switching centers.
I live in interior Alaska. The net is the only way I get news other than NPR and that’s not even an option as far as I’m concerned. There is no cell service and all phone service is over a satellite. I do have my own sat phone in addition to the commercial service.
But for years many of us have used high frequency radio. The one I have have now cost me less than $700 and has a tremendous range both in distance and frequencies available. I could even buy a modem for it if I chose to. It is a reliable means of both voice and code communication and email if that was still working. No ham license required, range is over 100 miles.
The other possiblity is marine band radio. Cheaper but more restricted in distance and terrain features.
I work in the telecommunications industry and can say the CLEA act gets theCALEA.
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994, during the presidency of Bill Clinton ...