El Paquete is an example of a sneakernet. Sneakernets are an informal word for sharing digital information in real life(using a hard drive, floppy disk, USB flash drive) rather than through the internet. The above is a response to the political climate in Cuba, but you can imagine creating a server for a smaller community – for example, between a group of friends where you share movies to watch.
“I spent 4 years planning and eight months breeding and homing a kit of fifty pigeons to a loft I built in Key West. My goal was to prove that pigeons could make the 90-mile flight from Havana back to Key West carrying highly coveted contraband Cuban Cohiba cigars. Eleven returned.”
El Paquete / Sneakernets
Sneakernet – Drew Crawford
BBS (Bulletin Board System)
Echo Net (East Coast Hang Out) – Stacy Horn
Trading with the Enemy
Are.na New York Women/Non-Binary Are.na Users
Dolphin.town – Darius Kazemi
Steem.it