3 ms·
Mesh networks do sound like a real solution, but we need a substrate that can do long-distance hops. Otherwise, it'd just a bunch of population-center islands
by toss1 5y ago
Mesh networks do sound like a real solution, but we need a substrate that can do long-distance hops. Otherwise, it'd just a bunch of population-center islands of communication. Perhaps this is better than nothing, but with that being the best case, it seems to be the hurdle preventing progress.
Otherwise, seems all we've really got is Ham Radio.
Suggestions as to what I'm missing here?
- barathr 5y agoThat's right. The natural way to do this is to do long-haul point to point wireless using commodity hardware. Such backhaul links will be limited to a few Gbps each but that's better than nothing. Building this out further, you could create a network like this: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.10897 https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.10897
- t0mas88 5y agoI think the problem isn't technical. Point to point links or satellite fit the requirements. The problem is that it's very dangerous to operate one in a state where the government has turned the internet off to suppress protests.
- rasengan 5y agoI think what's important primarily is the inter-island communication first -- the power of the people in communication well exceeds any governmental force. But I agree, to be connected to the world at large, we need to make sure there are satellites, long haul ptp microwave wifi, and other methods connecting the islands. My heart weeps for Kazakhstan, I pray that no more will be harmed.