In Response to SOPA, Reddit Meshnet Project picks up steam

Re:In Response to SOPA, Reddit Meshnet Project picks up steam by 4dr144n on Thursday November 24, 2011 @03:05AM (#3273597)

The problem has already been fixed. In South Africa, there is a mature, established private Wireless network spanning huge urban areas AND interconnecting them. It's based on cheap 5GHz hardware and directional antennae (mostly yagi). Details here http://www.ptawug.co.za/

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Re:In Response to SOPA, Reddit Meshnet Project picks up steam by skymt on Thursday November 24, 2011 @08:33AM (#3274254)

The problem isn't how to create a large-scale wireless network. That's not simple, but it's been done. The problem is creating a large-scale, ad-hoc, mesh wireless network, without a central hub that can be shut down.

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Re:In Response to SOPA, Reddit Meshnet Project picks up steam by yread on Thursday November 24, 2011 @05:45AM (#3273926)

There is a similar thing in the Czech republic

http://mapa.czfree.net/#lat=50.025828752356176&lng=14.73...;

CZ used to have 66% (200k in 2006) of all wireless end users in the EU

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Re:In Response to SOPA, Reddit Meshnet Project picks up steam by mpcovcd on Thursday November 24, 2011 @09:08PM (#3275972)

Wow, this is pretty amazing. The overall structure of the project, and the fact that part of it is funded through donations is striking. The coverage of the project is from what I can tell a very large area http://www.ptawug.co.za/content_list_5

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