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Re:Google Video Quality Report by guelo on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @05:19PM (#7105770)
This doesn't ring true.

Mesh-type networks fail for many reasons. Mainly, nobody seems to have found a good use for them, especially with everybody walking around with 4G hotspots nowadays. Seems very doubtful that the FCC would have gotten involved regulating some fledgling community network.

Can you provide any evidence that an adhoc network was ever regulated under network neutrality rules?

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Re:Google Video Quality Report by dangrossman on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @06:06PM (#7106019)
I don't think that's what he's saying. He's saying that ad hoc networks never took off because normal ISPs were good enough. Normal ISPs were good enough because of net neutrality. Now that net neutrality no longer forces ISPs to provide equal service levels for all data someone may want to access, there's an opening for ad hoc networks to fill.
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