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I predict the first instance this privilege is invoked that mesh networks and apps developed around them will rise in popularity.
by jayfuerstenberg 13y ago
I predict the first instance this privilege is invoked that mesh networks and apps developed around them will rise in popularity.
- ihsw 13y agoThe reason for this executive order is probably that government communications is increasingly occurring on the public internet, and, just like how many hosting services (be it AWS, Linode, or otherwise) provide dedicated communications links between data-centers, the US Government will probably be establishing its own fiber infrastructure. This is probably a stop-gap before wiring up the entirety of the US mainland with dedicated fiber connections, and hopefully the USG will release their clutches from the internet's core infrastructure afterwards.
- threeseed 13y agoNo doubt. But we are still talking about a handful of people at most. How many geeks have ownership of the roof of a tall building ?
- contingencies 13y agoMany geeks have access to high places. They don't have to own them or own them outright. Also, many average people could be trivially sold on contributing to interconnecting for shared benefits: fast, cheap internet, vast amounts of locally cached media, LAN games, and access to redundant connectivity. The way things are going with mobile ad-hoc networking, though, a lot of these human-speed agreements will become less of a requirement. Maybe a friend allowing you in to a trust network and the provision of connectivity or other resources will likely suffice for automated acceptance. (Yeah, spam, freeload, etc. But these are ~solveable by proxy-penalizing whoever lets such nodes in.) Some such communities might also want to run shared surveillance of their geographic perimiters (or local wildlife!).