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Re:NYC Mesh – community-owned network to replace your curren... by LeoPanthera on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @04:43PM (#17862686)
From the article:

"All of our network nodes cooperate in the distribution of data, and the network can also function independently in case of emergencies or internet shutdown."

Sounds fairly meshy to me.

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Re:NYC Mesh – community-owned network to replace your curren... by walrus01 on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @05:36AM (#17866953)
Something like bgp+ospf adjacency between routers and ring/triangle shaped networks can provide a high degree of resilience, but are not "mesh".
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