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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by johnnyforeigner on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:21PM (#16980809)
In Catalunya we’ve had such a network for many years and it is specifically used for providing connectivity to rural parts of the country. It’s called Guifi.net and has over 30,000 nodes. I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned in the article actually.
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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by Paul-ish on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:40PM (#16980956)
It was mentioned.

> While there are mesh networks dotting the U.S., she says the best working example of what mesh technology can do is in Spain. Guifi.net has more than 34,000 nodes covering an area of roughly 50,000 square kilometres across the Catalonia region.

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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by g8oz on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:33PM (#16980897)
Guifi.net is actually mentioned halfway through the article.
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