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Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet by ianai on Thursday May 18, 2017 @03:33PM (#14370346)
That sounds like an implementation-bound constraint. Many technologies start out unacceptable for certain uses and mature to competency.
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Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet by sp332 on Thursday May 18, 2017 @03:54PM (#14370535)
Adding lots of hops is going to slow down the connection. That's a limitation of the speed of light.
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Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet by progval on Thursday May 18, 2017 @05:28PM (#14371244)
On the other end, with a mesh network, your packets are less likely to go through the whole state/continent to reach a node in the same town as you.
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