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