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Sure. The protocols, the routing, the interference, backend and gear maintenance, regulatory requirements, expense and complexity of multiple WAN links, and ad
by peterwwillis 9y ago
Sure. The protocols, the routing, the interference, backend and gear maintenance, regulatory requirements, expense and complexity of multiple WAN links, and ad hoc setup of said links in an uneven physical environment. To say nothing of managing uneven customer load.
Running fiber is expensive but less complicated and less error prone. And unless I missed something, there aren't any initiatives by big companies (that obviously don't want extra expense and headache) to go mesh. Big ISPs use their customer nodes as wifi hotspots but that is obviously not mesh.
- woah 9y agoWhat are you talking about? Most wireless ISPs running OSPF could be classified as “meshnets”, plus the whole internet backbone is routed by BGP which works in the same way.
- jimktrains2 9y ago> Sure. The protocols, the routing, the interference, backend and gear maintenance, regulatory requirements, expense and complexity of multiple WAN links, and ad hoc setup of said links in an uneven physical environment. To say nothing of managing uneven customer load. I think you have an overly narrow view of what meshnets can be.