New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web

Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by na85 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:12PM (#20631449)

In any given mesh of peers, or for example the NYC mesh, suppose I am a mesh client with no ISP. How do I get internet without using another mesh client's ISP connection?

Edit: can't reply because rate limited or something. My point is that relying on good will doesn't scale.

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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by thinkloop on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:18PM (#20631472)

I thought mesh is supposed to involve hopping from neighbor to neighbor - not everyone directly connected to an ISP. What is the difference then besides that it is volunteer-run with donated bandwidth?

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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by fragmede on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @11:50PM (#20631852)

While many neighbors could be connected directly to a traditional ISP, in a hilly/mountainous area, only a few nodes may be able to connect directly to an ISP, and this will connect indirectly accessible nodes to the Internet via only intermediary nodes. This is not theoretical - the test network in Oregon does this.

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Re:New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web by fragmede on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @11:45PM (#20631838)

There's payment (out and also in), so it doesn't rely (entirely) on good will - running a connectivity-important node can even net you payments!

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