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Two-way satellite modems were banned long ago in Belarus, so there is not much equipment on hands.

Mesh / opportunistic network solutions are great in theory, but require the installation of special software, which is difficult to coordinate on large scale. Also, this is an adversarial environment. We need to assume that every new network will be infiltrated by pro-government forces.

Only mobile internet was affected so far, so for now the most effective response was encouraging people to remove their WiFi passwords.