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Re:Building a Mesh Network in Rural Somaliland by gboudrias on Thursday January 02, 2014 @08:56PM (#7003750)
Mmm full duplex...

But yeah I helped on the Montreal meshnet and I think we either have or really want to have a RONJA link, because it's cool as hell as well as very useful in general.

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Re:Building a Mesh Network in Rural Somaliland by sitkack on Thursday January 02, 2014 @09:28PM (#7003828)
I know, I drool over the http://www.canon.com/bctv/canobeam/
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Re:Building a Mesh Network in Rural Somaliland by sOuqq on Thursday January 02, 2014 @11:08PM (#7004099)
From what I've heard, optical wireless links are super sensitive to environmental conditions (precipitation, pollution, etc), and don't work too well in real-world deployments. I would love to hear about more people's experiences with it, though.
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