Comment by throwaway48540
Comment by throwaway48540 10 months ago
Let's start with the technology, then it can be used to argue for legal changes.
Comment by throwaway48540 10 months ago
Let's start with the technology, then it can be used to argue for legal changes.
Connecting the nodes through a common backbone shouldn't be necessary in a mesh network. Nodes can provide connectivity by relaying even if they don't have access to internet directly.
You still need a governance model for the mesh. IP, NAT, anti-DDOS, certificate authorities, emergency services, phone network integration, etc... Otherwise you just end up with the worlds biggest open wifi network. About as safe as a hat full of mercury fulminate.
I think the technology is already there to hook into a 5g network and repeat it. However, you would need to create a network "Provider" for the mesh. Then you would need to connect all the nodes. In the end you have made one more wireless company. I think the governance model for the mesh provider would be way more important than the tech itself.
However, creating the Wikipedia/Internet Archive of wireless ISPs would be pretty awesome.