Ask HN: If the Internet were redesigned today, what changes would you make?

Re:Ask HN: If the Internet were redesigned today, what chang... by soheil on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:36PM (#29054240)

I'd make it less transactional and more realtime. No http request, tcp packets instead more like old tv broadcasts where there is a continuous signal always being sent.

If it was possible to have infinite radio frequencies to use. Then you could load every possible webpage of every website continuously broadcast on a different frequency. To load a page all you have to do is tune in to that frequency. You will then get an instant latest version of that site without having to wait. This gets more complicated for signed in websites. There is no reason you couldn't implement the same thing just add more frequencies for more users. This wouldn't work for POST requests, but I think any GET request would work fine.

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Re:Ask HN: If the Internet were redesigned today, what chang... by snowycat on Sunday October 31, 2021 @12:21AM (#29054454)

This would mean that in order to send something back to that server you would need to send an equally powerful radio signal that could reach back to where the server is. Its not the most convenient thing for some people to have a high power radio transmitter in their backyard.

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Re:Ask HN: If the Internet were redesigned today, what chang... by soheil on Sunday October 31, 2021 @09:23AM (#29056797)

The signal could get boosted by an intermediary station.

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