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Re:Rushkoff proposes we abandon the Internet, and create som... by wmf on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @11:07PM (#2069837)
In a given channel, 802.11 mesh networking provides roughly 1/7th the performance of non-mesh (and an ideal protocol only achieves 1/3) [1]; using more spectrum increases throughput but the waste is still there. Many people (especially telco lobbyists) would argue that spectrum shouldn't be wasted on such inefficient protocols.

[1] http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/papers/grid:mobicom01/

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Re:Rushkoff proposes we abandon the Internet, and create som... by WiseWeasel on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @02:59AM (#2070317)
OK, plan B. First, we quantum-entangle a few million pairs of particles...
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