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Ask HN: The current state of Mesh Networking?
I'm a layman with very little knowledge about large scale and wide area mesh networking. I was hoping the good folks here at HN can explain to me what types of mesh networking exists, what problems and what successes they have. Is it possible to use a mesh network as an internet connection? Are there any large scale installations with documentation and stats? Are we forever "roughly 10 years away" from a good solution?
Thank you for your time.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 5y agoI think the answer largely depends on your geographic location. From my also layman understanding, these might count as large scale installations with documentation and stats that you can look into: Guifi[0] and NYC Mesh[1]. I'll leave the other questions to more qualified HNers :). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guifi.net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guifi.net [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYC_Mesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYC_Mesh