It seems that I may have been prescient in my other thread, but that didn't really go anywhere. I've just learnt that Africa has implemented an alternative Internet that avoids using Google and American servers and transport. There is a possibility that South America will do the same thing. I think people are concerned about the technocrats supporting the Global elite and disadvantaging the people. At the fundamental conceptual level, Bitcoin should be able to take advantage of this. How will it do it though? Obviously it will need a different node to handle the different African protocol, but the basic ledgers should be the same on both systems. Will this node need a port for each Internet? A cross over service will lead to centralisation, and will act against the strength of Bitcoin's independence.
I'm just hearing this for the first time, could it be the new proposal by our government for the laying of new optical cables for faster internet and things like that? That discussion is ongoing and they are already making plans on how to raise the funding. At this stage I don't know the advantage that will have and why they need an alternative to what we have now but if it will benefit us the more, it should get the support of all. I don't think Bitcoin will be affected by that since all you need to use Bitcoin is internet and it does not matter who the provider is.