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Is there any serious indication a mesh-network can handle common network traffic and video?

• dreamcompiler 11y ago
  Depends on the granularity and implementation. BitTorrent is a mesh network, at least logically.
• reustle 11y ago
  I think p2p streaming for chunks of a video would be interesting, and I'm sure people are working on it (and p2p in general, not just video). I saw some people talking about mesh networks in Bangkok, I'll have to investigate more to see how large it is.
• simoncion 11y ago
  No, not really. The right way to solve the problem is how Chattanooga, TN and other such places have solved it: either install fiber optics and maintain and bill them as a utility, or open the existing fiber lines and maintain/bill them as a utility. [0] This solution is so good that incumbent telcos have successfully lobbied to make it illegal in oh so many places. A second, decent solution is how -IIRC- either the CR or Romaina did it... string up a communally-owned wired network from building to building, expanding the wired network until you get enough "customers" that you can pool the cash (and have the influence) to get a good link to the Internet. [0] This was more-or-less what the telcos were supposed to do back in the 1990s with the tax breaks and other incentives they were given. As you can see, they failed to live up to their promises.
• fweespeech 11y ago
  Streaming video in the manner you describe is illegal unless you own the copyright or license it. ;) But yes, you can do that if you are willing to spend $10k for a city block.